PHSC President Clint Hryhorijiw
Toronto. November has arrived, just in time for Exec meeting #63. The meeting was held via ZOOM on Wednesday, November 5th. Exec meeting #62 in October missed being posted.
Treasurer, John Morden, sent out his report before the meeting reporting that the Fall Fair was well received. Many more exhibitors are using PayPal. John continues to discuss some form issues with the Federal Government.
Financial Controller, Jeri Danyleyko, discussed our GIC status and related issues.
Membership Secretary Lilianne Schneider provided a membership report by email. She will be taking charge of the MailChimp updating function in December.
For those choosing to buy or renew a membership, please remember our journal is now in ‘pdf format’ only, so an email address is essential. A MailChimp notification is sent to all member emails when each journal pdf is produced and uploaded.
If you are a member but HAVE NOT seen any notification for Photographic Canadiana since you registered or renewed, please email Lilianne at member@phsc.ca.
Celio reported the October Halloween program is now up on Youtube.
Newsletter editor Patrick Gunn sent in a written report before the meeting. The October newsletter will be issued in early November after some details regarding the November auction are resolved (since issued).
The fall auction was hosted on Sunday, November 9, 2025. It was a well received estate/museum auction in spite of the snowy weather.
The RESEARCH menu item link to the free pdf version of Mr Garrett’s index to Canadian Daguerreotypists was corrected and is now available.
David and Louise report that the journal issue 51-2 has been issued to members.
Social media editor, Ms Markovic provided a written report for instagram which shows a continuing enthusiastic interest in this media (15,000 views and 1022 followers by October month end).
Robert issued a monthly web report before the meeting and selected highlights were reviewed at the meeting.
Note: The post title is a riff on a line in Gord Lightfoot’s iconic ballad, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald“.
