Events

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Using the Lightroom program for photos

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Dick Kain continued his demonstrations on using Lightroom. If you were not able to make this meeting, good books and web-based videos talk about how to use Lightroom.

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Welcome reception and orientation for new members

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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.) 

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URVC Volunteers -- Red Cross Run for Blood

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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

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May meeting includes annual election

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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

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Photo Club plans a photo shoot in May

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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. 

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Mark your calendars for the Annual Meeting

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

 

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Photo Club members learn together

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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.

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Photo Club meets November 20

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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.
 

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November meeting NOT 4th Tuesday!

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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.

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2015 Welcome reception for new members

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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.

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Photo Club meets October 23

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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.

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Book Club Meeting

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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.

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Photo Club Meeting

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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. 

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