Have you ever attended evening classes and noticed that people's
initial enthusiasm soon fades away and the class size gets smaller
and smaller? Many classes have real diffculties in continuing because
of lack of support.
Most film and video clubs meet fortnightly or monthly, and even then
some struggle to find members. RFVM by comparison meet every single
week between September and May and yet our membership has remained
consistent at 40+ for a number of years. It's something we should
be proud of. However it does not happen by accident. It's the result
of good leadership, hard work by the committee (especially the programme
secretary), plus of course, the support of every single member.
Each Chairman brings his/her skills and experience to the job. Over
the past 3 years we have been particularly lucky to have Brian. His
leadership, business acumen, computer skills, and experience as a
filmmaker (plus the jokes) have served the club extremely well. So
on behalf of all the members a BIG 'thank you' - it has been
an excellent 3 years!
Now turning to this edition of the In Focus Magazine.
It would be misleading if I were to say that I have been totally inundated
with articles, letters and other contributions. In fact, undated (if
there was such a word) would be a closer description! My sincere thanks
however to the contributions that I did receive. But seriously it
would be nice to know whether you value this magazine. It does take
a lot of work to produce and when there is total silence when distributed
it does make you wonder if it was worth the effort.
Summer time (when its supposed to be sunny and warm) is a time in
which individual members can get together and work on joint projects.
You get to know your fellow club members better. You can pool your
skills knowledge and learn to be adventurous!
Caversham Remembered started out as a summer project and has
now sold over a thousand copies! It gave the club the financial stability.
A bank balance which is the envy of other clubs. Not surprisingly
sales are now tailing off so its time for a new title. Who wants to
take up the challenge this year, have some fun and achieve something
worthwhile? Have a good summer and have fun!!!!
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