TPG Business and Planning Meeting 2014
The TPG Steering Committee hosted the annual business and planning meeting on December 15, 2014. A number of procedural, structural, and planning issues were discussed and we are delighted to announce some immediate new services for our members. Our primary concern is who our members are and how we communicate effectively to meet member needs. Below you will see a section about how to be sure we communicate effectively with you.
Linked to our communication concerns is our website. We are hoping to increase traffic on the website so our members can have “one-stop shopping” for their local photographic information needs. We would like the site to be your source for regional educational and training services. Effective in the next week we will start syndication of blogs from individual members to TetonPhotographyGroup.org/blog. This will give you access to several high-quality, local member blogs and the latest information about what is happening photographically in our region.
Next, starting next week we are launching a new “Photo Wednesday” activity on our Facebook site. We encourage you to submit photos to this feature to better show your work to the larger membership. Aaron Linsdau will coordinate this program and provide submission instructions and suggested topics as the weeks go by. You will need to “like” and join the Facebook TPG group to participate in this program.
Finally, we are happy to say that the Rocky Mountain Photo Council page (www.TetonPhotographyGroup.org/RMPC) is up and running. The TPG has joined with 12 other regional photography clubs in the inter-mountain west to improve communication among the groups and share program information with all members. This gives our members access to more than 4,000 regional photographers.
How to stay in touch with the TPG
One of the biggest problems for any new organization is communication and although communication is generally easier in the digital age, it can also be confusing. The Teton Photography Group communicates with its members by any of four methods: our website (www.TetonPhotographyGroup.org), our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/459493864122722/), our GooglePlus group (https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104570801506195329251), or traditional email from info@TetonPhotographyGroup.org. However, as a member, you must register to have full use of the website and forum, join the Facebook and GooglePlus groups, and submit your contact information to receive email notices. Please check out each of these sites and send your contact information via email to receive our monthly newsletter and event mailings. If you have signed-up and sent your email address but are not receiving monthly newsletters, be sure to add our email address to your contacts list. Some email services will not accept blinded-address email if we are not in your contacts folder.
By the way, if you have tried to join our Facebook group and have been rejected, be sure that your Facebook account has a viewable public city address in the region and you have original photographs on your FB page. If we don’t have an indication that you are a photographer or have links to the region, you may be rejected. If you are rejected and want to join, please send your contact information and your FB account to us via email.
Please share our FB posts with your photographer friends and those interested in the region. Your shares will help get the TPG message to more photographers and improve our presence in the region.