It's been about a month since finals finished and people handed in their room keys to head out. Since then, the new Photo House executive board has been hard at work preparing for the fall. I thought I'd take some time to share some of those things.
Our new president, Kenna Lindsay, is hard at work organizing and planning all that is going to happen next year. The e-mail chain going around the executive board is busy with ideas and suggestions. Our Social Chair, Katie Lachut (2nd year), is working on planning the first week of school, which for most members of the floor, will be their first week of college. Barbecues, movie nights, and more are all on her list.
Maggie Stockman, our Academic Enrichment Chair already has two photographers booked to give lectures during the year. Many new and exciting fundraisers are being planned by our Fundraising Chair, Jacob Sachs. Our Labbie, Jackson Roland is planning to update our computer systems and improve our printing process in the Print Finishing Room, as well as work with the Facilities Manager, Drew Swantak and others to clean up and organize the darkrooms. I have also been hard at work, sorting through and organizing all of the Photo House archives. There's not much to go through, which is kind of sad, but what I have found so far, I've organized into a timeline that can be seen here.
Jackson and I have also taken on restoring the old Photo House group pictures. Before we left, Jackson scanned all the pictures and negatives we could find, and I've been slowly restoring them so that by the fall, we can print and frame them, to be displayed on floor.
Now, you may be thinking, "Wow! That's a lot of work to be doing over the summer!". But before you go any further, consider all the other things the executive board has been up to: Jackson Roland is currently in the middle of a Co-Op, in which I'm not sure I can say more. Drew Swantak is currently in Croatia on RIT's study abroad program. He's been keeping us up to date on his blog, and is having an amazing time!
So there's your summer update. I'll be back with a more news when September comes nearer!
