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Clubs & Councils: PSA-member Camera Club Councils
Camera club councils have played an important role in PSA from the very beginnings of the Society. The Society grew out of the Associated Camera Clubs of America (ACCA), a council of camera clubs from across the United States founded in 1919. In 1933 the ACCA voted to change the name of the organization and to include individual members, as well as camera clubs. A camera club Council is a number of camera clubs, usually located in a geographic area, which join together to participate in photographic activities as a group. A camera club Council may also be known as an association, federation, or organization of camera clubs or photography clubs. The activities of a Council usually include photo competition(s) for the Councils’ member clubs and the individuals who belong to the Council-member clubs. Councils usually charge a membership fee to the member clubs that may be based on the number of members in the club. Councils also may organize weekend workshops, outings, and conferences; and provide seminars featuring guest presenters. There are approximately 25 camera club Councils that are members of the Society, including 18 Councils which have been members of the Society for more than 25 years, and nine Councils that have been Society members for more than 50 years. The Chicago Area Camera Clubs Association (CACCA) has been a PSA member for 67 years. Eight of the PSA-member Councils are located outside the United States: three are located in the United Kingdom, two are in Australia, one is in Finland, another is in Sweden, and there is one in South Africa. The PSA-member Councils are listed on the PSA Region webpages. The Southern California Council of Camera Clubs (S4C), formed in 1941, has been a member of PSA since 1953. The activities of S4C provide an example of the activities of a typical camera club Council. The Council conducts monthly competitions in all PSA divisions (e.g., pictorial, nature, photo travel, photojournalism, prints) and sections (e.g., Monochrome, Wildlife, Human Interest) to help club members learn about PSA-recognized Exhibitions. S4C also holds monthly interclub competitions for member clubs. There is an End of Year judging where each division’s Award and HM images from the monthly competitions are sent to a non-S4C PSA-member club for judging. Awards for the year’s winning images and S4C Honors are presented at an Annual Banquet in June. S4C also hosts an annual PSA-recognized Exhibition in July. S4C does not charge a Council membership fee to clubs that are members of PSA. Many PSA-member Councils perform significant service to the community of photographers. The Southwestern Michigan Council of Camera Clubs (SWMCCC) has approximately 15 member clubs and has sponsored the SWMCCC Summer School of Photography each year in July since 1974. The New England Camera Club Council (NECCC) has about 80 member clubs and has sponsored the NECCC Photography Conference each year in July since 1946. In 2005, the PSA Councils Challenge was created to showcase the images from PSA-member Councils in three pictorial areas: color digital, monochrome digital, and prints. The closing date is usually at the end of May each year. The winning images are first presented at the PSA Annual Conference and continue to be displayed on the PSA web site. All PSA-member Councils have login access to the PSA Club/Council Services area under My PSA, where ten Consultants are available to help PSA-member Council’s leadership with: Getting Started, PSA Membership, PSA Forums, Communication, Technical Assistance, PSA Council Challenge, Judging Services, Programs, and Community Service. Council activities are listed in the Councils Calendar.
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