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Show your favorite pix at Photo Club

The October Photo Club meeting is the perfect time to show off your favorite photos. If you enjoy taking pictures, consider coming to one of our meetings. We welcome photographers of all abilities. Most of us are struggling amateurs who like to take pictures and want to get better. We all benefit from the help we get from each other.

Book Club will discuss George Orwell's 1984

New participants are invited as UMRA’s Book Club begins its fall meetings on September 15.

See book selections for fall meetings.

Photo Club meets on September 12

1 to 3 p.m. at the St. Anthony branch of the Hennepin County Library. The library is located in the small shopping center at New Brighton and St. Anthony Boulevards in Saint Anthony. Contact Sheri Goldsmith May, [email protected] for more information.

UMRA Photo Club meets May 12

The Photo Club welcomes photographers of all abilities.  Most of us are struggling amateurs who like to take pictures and want to get better. We benefit from the kind and supportive help we get from each other. The next meeting will be held at the Washburn Library, 5344 Lyndale Ave. South in Minneapolis from 1 to 3 p.m. on Friday, May 12.

April 2017 Come early and socialize before the luncheon

You are invited to meet and greet friends in the comfortable surroundings of the Campus Club lounge. Beginning in March, the Campus Club has opened its bar–lounge, just down the hall from our ABC luncheon room, for UMRA members to have coffee and visit before the luncheons.

Come early, beat the rush, and enjoy catching up with friends and acquaintances. Coffee is served at 10 a.m.  There is no charge and no need to RSVP.  Just let us know if you like this opportunity, and if we should continue this next year.

— Donna Peterson, UMRA President [email protected]

Photo Club meets April 14

The UMRA Photo Club will meet Friday, April 14, 1 to 3 p.m. at the St. Anthony branch of the Hennepin County Library, in the small shopping center at New Brighton and St. Anthony Boulevards. Come at noon for lunch at the Great Dragon Buffet across the parking lot from the library (ask for the senior discount).

Photo Club members learn about the magic of using the Lightroom program

The UMRA Photo Club welcomes photographers of all abilities. The next meeting will be held at the Washburn Library, 5344 Lyndale Ave. South in Minneapolis, from 1 to 3 p.m. on February 10.

Welcome reception and orientation for new members

Recently joined members of UMRA are invited to the Welcome New Members Reception in the Campus Club Lounge, from 10 to 11:15 a.m. on Tuesday, October 25. (You are considered a new member for this reception if you joined UMRA since November 1 of 2015.) 

URVC Volunteers -- Red Cross Run for Blood

RUN FOR BLOOD – URVC VOLUNTEERS

A Red Cross Fund-Raiser

Saturday, July 23 @ Lake Calhoun (Field Area/ south of the lake)
We need Early Risers ! Volunteer Check-In is 6 AM ! 
(Please say: “Yes I am. Count me in.”)
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES: (Sign-in at Volunteer Check-in Tent)
To sign up for an activity reply to [email protected] or 612-625-8016

May meeting includes annual election

During the business portion of the May 24 meeting, members will elect next year’s UMRA leadership. The Board of Directors presents the following for your approval:
For Officers:
President:  Donna Peterson (will automatically move from her current position as President-elect to President)
President-elect: Chip Peterson
Secretary:         Sherilyn Goldsmith May
Treasurer          Carl Adams

For Board of Directors:
Kathleen O’Brien— for second three-year term, Martha Feda, ,Judy Leahy Grimes Cherie Hamilton, Gerald Rinehart

Mark your calendars for the Annual Meeting

May 24—Annual business meeting and election; gala luncheon; speaker will be Peter Moe, director of Operations and Research, University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Photo Club plans a photo shoot in May

Our May photo shoot will be at the Minneapolis Farmers Market on Saturday, May 21.  We should meet at 9 am at Tollefson's stand at the northwestern most point of the market, corner of East Lyndale North and Cesar Chavez Ave. 

There is good parking right across Lyndale under the freeway as well as a couple of other lots. 

Photo Club members learn together

The UMRA Photo Club is made up of photographers of all abilities. We benefit from the kind help we get from one another. This month we will meet on Friday, February 25, from 1 to 3 p.m., in our usual spot at the St. Anthony Branch of the Hennepin County Library.

Photo Club meets November 20

To observe the holidays, the UMRA Photo Club, which had begun fall meetings on the fourth Fridays, will change their meeting dates in November and December to the third
Fridays.
 

November meeting NOT 4th Tuesday!

UMRA will hold its regular monthly meeting a week earlier than you might have expected.  This is due to the 4th Tuesday being so close to the Thanksgiving Holiday.  We will meet 1 week earlier, on November 17th at the usual place and time.

2015 Welcome reception for new members

Recently received members of UMRA are invited to the Welcome New Members Reception in the Campus Club Lounge, from 10:00 to 11:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27, prior to the luncheon.

Photo Club meets October 23

The UMRA Photo Club will meet on Friday, October 23, at 1 p.m. at the Hennepin County St. Anthony Branch Library, located in the small shopping center at the inter­section of New Brighton Blvd and St. Anthony Blvd. Please contact sheri Goldsmith May, [email protected]; or Craig swan, [email protected], for more details.

Photo Club Meeting

The UMRA Photo Club is open to all UMRA members who have an interest in photography.

Prior to the meeting at 1 p.m., many members of the Photo Club gather at noon for lunch at the Great Dragon Buffet, just across the parking lot from the St Anthony Branch Library.

Contact Sheri Goldsmith <[email protected]> or Craig Swan <[email protected]> for more information and to be put on the Photo Club email list. 

Book Club Meeting

For both August and September, we are reading and discussing The Bully Pulpit:  Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and the Golden Age of Journalism.    Contact Pat Tollefson, [email protected], for more information.