PPETN Members – we still need to vote for our 2009 Board of Directors. You should have received an e-mail this week with ballot and voting instructions. Here is the slate of officer that have been nominated for the 2009 calendar year:

• Chairman:   Sarah Lynn Seaton
• President:   Christopher Hoopes
• Vice-President:   Michael Broyles
• Secretary:   Lynn Austin
• Treasurer:   Jerry Godolphin
• Senior Board Member:   J. Wade Tipton
• Board Member:   Carlos Jones
• Junior Board Member:   Ambler Brown

Please cast your vote by the end of this week. We will annouce the results on Monday. If you are a PPEETN member and did not receive the e-mail, please contact Chris Hoopes.

We announced the Professional Photographers of East Tennessee “Photographer of the Year” at last night’s Holiday Party. It came down to the November 8×10 print competition to decide the winner. Our 2008 Photogapher of the year is:

~ Wade Tipton ~

Congratulations Wade! The November hat trick (winning 1st, 2nd and 3rd place) was the decision over a very close 2nd place by Kendall. Here are some of the winning images Wade submitted this year.

We will be starting with fresh tallies in January. So make sure to bring your 8×10 prints for the monthly print competitions throughout 2009!

We have moved the blog to our PPETN home page! This will give us one location for all our information. Please update any bookmarks you may have to http://ppetn.com.

We still have a lot of updating to do, but everything is now combined for easier access. PPETN members, please check out the PPETN Membership listing to make sure your information is correct. We have web links for most of the members, but not for everyone. Please notify Chris Hoopes if any information needs to be added or updated.