Due to the great talks at last weeks meeting, we ran out of time to talk about the mentoring groups. I’ve organised the groups to the best of my ability and here is an update of where we are.
First of all thanks to everyone who signed up, we had 27 positive responses. For privacy reasons, I’m sending out details of groups by email to those who responded so keep an eye on your inbox (and spam folder).
The groups were assigned on basis of level, camera, software (hopefully) using the following criteria
- At least one other with same camera & software (total number of users in brackets)
- Olympus (4), Fuji (5), Nikon (6) & Canon (6) cameras only (not enough users for other makes).
- Affinity (13) & Adobe (14) software
- It was too complex to add in phone type (2/3rds use iPhone, 1/3rd use Android).
- Each group has a balance of user ability
How the groups will work – However the group members want them to!
- You can start now
- Communicate via email, face to face, WhatsApp, Facebook, however you want
- At the next meeting, get in touch with your fellow group members and share contact details.
- Two half members evenings are planned on 9th January & 19th March for mentoring at the club.
- Better if the the most experienced is not the leader in terms of organisation as it is likely that they will have more work to do in the group. This will spread the workload. So you need to be proactive if you want this to work
- No set topics: have questions and images to discuss in your group
Have fun and hope you enjoy the mentoring. We will discuss how this goes after Easter and can change how these operate. If you would like to be the mentoring co-ordinator going forward send an email to chair@wilmlsowphotoclub.org.uk
That’s all for now
David
