VIEW FROM THE RPS BENELUX CHAPTER ORGANISERS Janet Haines FIPFARPS and Didier Verriest ARPS

The Royal Photographic Society Benelux Chapter

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Photo Requirements 2000 pix long side and quality 8 no watermark or text in the photo and no borders around the photo AGM came with some changes This is our first eJournal of 2020 and with it comes some changes. At the February AGM Richard Sylvester stood down from 6 years as the Chapter Joint Organiser and as the Benelux representative. We thank him for his contribution. In his place we welcome Didier Verriest who will become the Joint Organiser for the Benelux Chapter and the Belgium representative. Jeroen Dorrestein continues as Treasurer and we welcome André Bergmans as our Secretary. These main Officers of the Chapter are ably supported by Andre MeyerVitali as our web content manager and Armando Jongejan as the eJournal Editor. This team of volunteers will continue to work hard on your behalf to deliver an interesting and varied programme of events during 2020/21.

Documentary workshop by Tom Meerman An early date for your agenda is Saturday 6 June 2020. This will be a days Documentary workshop at a location near to Utrecht, Netherlands. More information will come out to you all about this in March, but the date is agreed with the workshop presenter Tom Meerman. Night Photography workshop by Patrick van Dijk On Friday 18th September an evening/night workshop in Rotterdam, Netherlands. For more details, see page 40.

Do you know a good venue? When we plan our main Chapter meetings we try to move it around different venues to give all members a chance of having an occasional event that is closer to home. We move between the Netherlands and Belgium so if you know of a good venue near you that we could consider, then do please let us know. Finding suitable venues is one of the more difficult aspects of organising an event. Your assistance with this would be appreciated.

Join our Study Group meetings (also online) It is also appreciated that we have a few members living in France. Whilst some live too far south to make it practical to join the meetings, those further north do join in when they can. For all members who cannot make the regular monthly RPS Distinctions Study Group meetings, held in Rotterdam, remember we can always have you attend in the virtual world, with thanks to video conferencing. Or alternatively I am happy to support those seeking to gain their LRPS Distinctions on a 1:1 basis, working remotely with them. This has proven a satisfactory method over the years, so do contact Janet Haines if you want to consider this.

New members? Finally do remember that all RPS meetings are open to nonRPS members. So when we have a meeting if you think one of your photographer friends or club colleagues may enjoy the event then do invite them along –you never know they may even like us so much that they end up joining us!

Janet Haines ARPS and Didier Verriest ARPS RPS Benelux Chapter joint organisers