2010 Conference - hotel deal
A block of hotel rooms have been secured at a reduced rate for the 2010 Illinois Press Photographers Association Conference at St. Louis University. The Drury Inn Union Station is located a few blocks east of the college and is offering a room rate of $94.
The hotel features free parking and free hot breakfast.
Rooms are secured for reservation until April 9. IPPA members can still reserve rooms after April 9, but room availability is not guaranteed.
To make reservations, call 800-325-0720 and reference IPPA or reserve online.
2010 Conference - April 23 to 25 in St. Louis
The Illinois Press Photographers Association is pleased to announce the 2010 conference will be held April 23 to 25 at St. Louis University in St. Louis.
The private Catholic college is located in the heart of St. Louis midway between the Mississippi River and Forest Park. It is the second-oldest Jesuit university in the country
Stay tuned for more details concerning hotel specials and speakers.
Updated - Candidates for new IPPA board
The Illinois Press Photographers Association is electing a new board in the coming weeks. After over 10 years of dedicated service, IPPA President Scott Strazzante, Vice President Mark Black and Secretary-Treasurer Steve Warmowski are stepping down. The updated list of candidates to fill those vacated positions are as follows:
- President: Rob Hart
- Vice President: Stephen Haas
- Secretary/Treasurer: Jason Brown
The three positions are still open for other nominations and members can declare themselves as a candidate. If you are interested, please contact Mark Black or Steve Warmowski at ippa@ippaonline.com
There are also several new IPPA members volunteering their time to take on chair positions:
- Chair of Membership/Student Outreach - Karen Kring
- Chair of Web Content - Beck Diefenbach
- Chair of the Annual Convention - Sandy Bressner
- Chair of iBOP - Allison Williams and Rene Edde
- Chair of Multimedia iBOP - Will Sullivan and Beck Diefenbach
- Chair of Student iBOP - Jon Cunningham
- Chair of Monthly Clip Contest - Clark Brooks and George LeClaire
Photo Night - Feb. 6
The Illinois Press Photographer Association invites all members and friends to a Photo Night event at Jason Brown’s home at 2619 N. Troy St., Unit E, in Chicago. The event will take place at 7:00 P.M. on Saturday Feb. 6 and food will be provided.
Come meet the IPPA board candidates and network with other local photographers as we approach this year’s conference and iBOP, iSBOP and iBOM competitions. The evening will also include a discussion of possible updated iSBOP rules and a speaker who is yet to be announced.
IPPA members are also encouraged to bring photos for possible contest submissions for discussion. The entire evening will be broadcasted online with live chat interaction for anyone watching from home. We hope this experience will be a good testing ground for our planned webcasting of the iBOP judging and speaker presentations at the upcoming conference.
In summary: IPPA Photo Night
- 7:00 P.M.
- Jason Brown’s home at 2619 N. Troy St., Unit E, in Chicago
- Food provided
- BYOB
- Bring competition photos to share
- Speaker(s) TBA starts at 8:30 P.M.
- Entire evening to be webcasted