IFWP Decisions, Resolutions, Rules,Special activities, Important momentsInternational Federation of Wildlife Photography1978 - 2010 |
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1978-'79 |
Initiatives of ASCPF France for a IFWP |
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1983 Annual meeting Budapest: |
Decisions to design a logo, a information booklet and a membership card. |
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1983 |
Decision to do not become a member of CIC because of the difference in ethics, although the CIC has a department for photography. IFWP decides to stay independent. CIC is a correspondent member of IFWP (e.g.without the right to vote) allready. |
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1984-'85 |
ASPN Switzerland and SICF Italy left IFWP because of the relationship of IFWP with an organisation for hunting (CIC). |
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1986-87-88
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Discussions about interpretation of membership/relationship of an organisation with hunters (CIC). 3 members has left IFWP: SICF Italy, ASPN Switzerland and RSPB Gr Britain. After a change of presidents in the IFWP 2 former members came back, RSPB Gr Britain in 1989 and ASPN Switzerland in1993. |
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1989 |
Decision to make a Brochure for attracting new members. Images for the borchure are send in by the active members and the brochure is printed and distributed finally in 1992. The brochure is attached. |
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1989 |
Decision to make a book with all national laws and rules concerning nature photography. (The book is never made because of the associations had difficulties to collect the information of their countries. Rules etc. are changing sometimes. And after several years the book plan is cancelled. |
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1989 |
Decision for an IFWP logo to be used on all IFWP papers etc. This logo is the present one.
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1989 |
Start of a membership card for all members of associated societies. |
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1989 |
Idea for an annual 'picture of the year' contest. |
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1997
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Decision that organisations who owe the membership fee for 2 years and are not willing to pay the outstanding amount in good time or who are not explaining their situation satisfactory to the board shall be excluded from th IFWP by registered mail. The treasurer will inform the respective organisations. |
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1997 |
Decision to create a digital www homepage. Homepage editor for the first year is Beate Stipanits (president). |
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1999 |
Decision that individual persons can join the IFWP as associated members. |
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2002 |
Decision to make a competition for a nature photography book of the year |
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2003 |
Initiative and organisation by the president Matti
Torkkomäki. Open Competition, participants from Norway, Sweden, Finland,
Hungary, France, Germany and Japan. |
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2003 |
Decision that the society that is responsible for the organisation of the meeting in a particular year does not have to pay the annual fee for that year. |
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2005 |
Organisation by the president Matti Torkkomäki.
Open competition, participants: eight books from the Chech Republic,
Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, 2 from Sweden (a book from each
of 2 associations). The judges were from the BBC Wildlife Magazine, UK:
The editor Sophie Stafford and art director Simon Bishop. |
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2008 |
The general assembly decided that individuals (correspondants) may enter the IFWP with a 10euros contribution, it allows them to joint the activities except the contest & the General assembly. They will be encouraged to create an association in their own country to enter the IFWP as whole member. If more than 10 correspondants enter IFWP, they could be considerate as a group, with one vote in the general assembly & possibility to enter the contest. (the princip is: one club, one member, one vote. |
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2009 |
Two new members enter the IFWP: Naturfotografer i Danmark (NFD) & the Cornwall Wildlife Trust Photographic Group (CWTPG). |
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2009 |
About individual membership: this has to be promoted on the website. Decided is also that individuals members can enter the competition with only 2 photos in regard of 18 photos /club. |
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2009 |
The results of the IFWP competittion of each year, from now on, are invited for a foto-exhibition on the big Nature foto festival in Montier-en-Dèr in France. |
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