Re: Survey of Stereo Clubs

[P3D KENNETH LUKER <KLUKER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Name: Utah Stereo Society

Location: Wasatch Front (Nephi to Logan, Utah, centered on Salt
Lake City) 

Reliable contact: Ken Luker, vice president, Kluker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Regular meetings: Once a month, at 6:30pm on the third Thursday of 
each month.

Meetings start with dessert, usually.  (Life is uncertain.  Eat 
dessert first.  Since many of our core members were middle aged 
in the fifties when this group began, the actuarial realities 
dictate an opportunistic philosophy.)

After the refreshments, we have a short announcement and 
business session, suggestions for future programs, reports on 
ailing or missing members, etc.  Then we usually talk for a 
while on some topic of interest such as equipment, shooting 
experiences, mounting techniques, the unpredictability of the 
weather what with all these comets and what not these days, etc. 
Finally we get to the slides: either a featured presenter or a 
potpourri of contributed slides, "Come on Ethel, I know you stuck a 
stack of slides in your coat pocket.  Bring 'em out so we can see 
'em." "Welllll....., they're not very good, but here they are."  We 
break up about nine p.m. so folks can drive home before it gets too 
late.

The format described above is evolving into a more focused, 
structured arrangement as the membership changes.  We're starting to 
get some of us younger set (fifties and younger :) ) now, and things 
are slowly changing.  

 Membership fees: One year- $10 for one person, $15 for a couple.
 
 Number of members: About 30 on the mailing list and about half 
participate at some time during the year.  Biggest turnout I've seen 
was at the Christmas Party (no slides shown, just eating and 
recitations and reminscences).

We have no newsletter at present, although in previous years there 
was an announcement sent out before each meeting.

We meet in rotation at the homes of members, or at their place of 
business if there is a projection room there.  

Actually, my description, while mostly accurate, is a bit misleading. 
We have a few excellent photographers, and a heck of a lot of 
experience represented in the group.  Naoma Roe of the Alpha 
Circuit is now president, and her husband Alan is usually there 
with his great shots, too.

Ken Luker_______________________________________________________________

Kenneth Luker
Marriott Library Systems and Technical Services
KLUKER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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