Practical writing on running camera club competitions well. Aimed at secretaries, chairs, and anyone who's ever spent a Friday night wrestling with a spreadsheet.
The stuff that goes wrong on judging night, at season end, and during committee handovers — and the ten practices that stop 90% of it from ever happening.
ReadA buyer's guide from someone who's built one. What matters, what doesn't, and the ten questions to ask any tool before you commit your club's data to it.
ReadHow to design a season that produces fair, exciting, and defensible annual awards. Sum totals vs best-N, tie-breaks, honourable mentions, and how software makes this a 5-minute job.
ReadLabelling, tracking, returning, and recording — the practical field guide to print competitions in a modern club. Yes, they still matter. Here's how to keep them tidy.
ReadImage sizes, colour spaces, file naming, projector calibration, submissions. Everything a camera club needs to run PDI competitions that look great and land smoothly.
ReadScore out of 10 or 20? Should judges see previous scores? How do we handle ties? A committee's guide to designing a judging system your members actually trust.
ReadThe Competition Secretary is the quiet hero of every club season. Here's what the role really involves, week by week, and the shortcuts that make it less of a burden.
ReadEverything a committee needs to know about setting up, running and closing out a photography competition. Categories, rules, entry management, judging, scoring, and how to keep it all fair.
ReadEvery camera club has been there. It's judging night, the projector's warming up, and someone realises the spreadsheet doesn't add up. Here's why the old way is more fragile than it looks, and what a purpose-built tool changes.
ReadFrom opening the app to a shareable results page — here's the fastest possible walkthrough of scoring one competition on the night, with a room full of members watching.
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