Executive Team

The CPOPC Executive Team is made up of talented volunteers. They ensure the club’s mandate is on target and that it is serving its membership. 

Alan White – President

president@cpopc.ca

Responsibilities: The general supervision of the Club and its programs

  • Chairing Executive meetings, and providing meeting agendas
    Presiding at all Club meetings
  • Preparing the presentation slide deck for the monthly meetings
  • Calling extraordinary meetings to deal with urgent issues
  • Overseeing the elaboration of yearly programs with the Officers involved
  • Assisting Officers in creating yearly programs
  • Giving approval to all amendments to programs, competitions, and events
  • Booking facilities for all Club meetings

Alan’s first photographic experience was helping his dad develop and print black and white in the family kitchen darkroom using a home-made enlarger. After that came a succession of technological wonders such as colour, exposure meters, 35mm, SLRs and eventually digital. Along the way his photography has been really stuck in recording places and things, with little emphasis on people – he hates having his own photo taken and wrongly assumes the same of others. So the club is his attempt to broaden his creative repertoire and start creating some interesting images. As an engineer and currently using Lumix FZ 200 and FZ 2500 all-in-one cameras, he is amazed at the results that the packaging of new technology such as small sensors, electronic viewfinders and image stabilization can produce. He is particularly enjoying capturing scenery, birds, flowers and other wildlife with the high zoom.

Chris Taylor – Vice President

vp@cpopc.ca

Responsibilities:

  • Assisting the President in the overall duties of running the club
  • Chairing meetings when the president is absent
  • Recruiting members
  • Marketing the CPOPC including publicity, press releases
  • Liaising with community organizations, local media and camera stores
  • Assisting other members of the executive at the direction of the presideny

Chris began with photography using an Olympus OM-1 35mm film camera in the 1970s and learned shooting & darkroom techniques at the Carleton University Photo Club. His subject interests lie mostly with landscape, urban/street, and architecture. Chris has taught on many aspects of photography through photo clubs, the Ottawa Public Library, and the Ottawa PC Users’ Group. His volunteer education efforts have led to being awarded 15 times as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, receiving the Ottawa Mayor’s City Builder Award, and the 2018 Ontario Volunteer Service Award.

John Ingold – Communications Director

communications@cpopc.ca

Responsibilities:

  • Generating the Monthly communication newsletter for members
  • Ensuring the website information is informative and current
  • Managing the club’s media presence including uploading of images from
    monthly challenges
  • Preparing the Reminder emails as necessary for Club Members.

John started photography by photographing birds in his backyard. He has since expanded his horizon into landscape and macro photography. John enjoys learning about new photography techniques and the technological advances in cameras. John uses the Sony family of cameras. 

Marianne Pethke – Program Co-Director

programs@cpopc.ca

Responsibilities:

  • Preparing, in consultation with the President, a yearly program of activities
    and guest speakers for the club’s regular meetings, and presenting it to
    the executive for approval
  • Organizing workshops and outings to complement the regular club
    meetings
  • Maintaining a list of guest speakers, with recommendations

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Lynda Buske – Competition Director

competitions@cpopc.ca

Responsibilities:

  • Preparing, in consultation with the President, a yearly a list of competitions
    to be held through its regular season, and presenting it to the executive for
    approval
  • Preparing guidelines, organizing competitions identifying judges
  • Reporting the competition results to the membership and highlighting the
    winners
  • Preparing and organizing pictures for the website
  • Maintaining a list of judges, with recommendations

Lynda was an Ottawa Public Library volunteer lecturer for many years with a special interest in travel photography, photo editing and sharing images in various ways. She now gives ad hoc lectures to various seniors clubs on these topics as well as  armchair travel lectures from her domestic and international trips. Lynda writes a monthly column on digital photography for the Ottawa PC Users Group. She got her first camera (Brownie) at the age of 10 and has never been without one since. Her favourite time to shoot is before dawn where, year-round, you will find her at various locations around the city.

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Roger Régimbal – Secretary/Treasurer

treasurer@cpopc.ca

Responsibilities – Secretary:

  • Maintaining the archives of the Club
  • Receiving and sending all correspondence
  • Maintaining the membership database
  • Taking registration, issuing identification and membership cards
  • Revising the constitution and submitting changes to the Executive

Responsibilities – Treasurer:

  • Dealing with all financial transactions of the CPOPC
  • Preparing in consultation with the President, a yearly budget and presenting
    it to the executive for approval
  • Receiving all money due to the Club
  • Depositing all money in a chartered bank account
  • Issuing checks for bills owed by the Club
  • Approving all non-budgeted expenses under $200
  • Paying such sums as authorized by the Executive

Roger has always been interested in photography. He took his first pictures with a Brownie camera. During his university years, he became the photographer for the newspaper and the yearbook, where he took and processed thousands of black and white pictures. As a teacher, he taught the basics of picture taking and darkroom processing to his grade seven and eight students. His union activities did not leave much time for his hobby. In recent years, he has renewed with it and has become a member of our club. This year he has once again accepted the task of secretary treasurer.

John Miner – Webmaster

webmaster@cpopc.ca

Responsibilities:

  • Developing and maintaining the CPOPC website
  • Developing the membership database
  • Posting and updating the information to the website and Facebook
  • Scheduling and administering online meetings, e.g.: via Zoom

John is now retired and trying to pursue his photography passion further.  His Dad was an ardent photographer and the genes seem to be inherited.  John’s main interest is in travel photography which is his justification to travel.  John is currently working in both digital and film with lots of future projects in mind.