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IPF Distinction Fees Due

  • 25-01-2009 4:07pm
    #1
    CabanSail
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 9,047 CMod ✭✭✭✭


    If you have an IPF Distinction then fees are now due.

    There is a new fee structure & they all fall due in January now. They have a new Lifetime Fee of €200.

    More information here


Comments

  • #2
    Covey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,368 ✭✭✭Covey


    Not a member of a camera club but now I know why.

    You get a distinction for something or other and you pay an annual fee to retain it. Bizarre :eek:


  • #3
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,633 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Covey wrote: »
    Not a member of a camera club but now I know why.

    You get a distinction for something or other and you pay an annual fee to retain it. Bizarre :eek:

    No different as to how an accountant has to pay an annual fee to his professional body.

    It is quite normal.

    The distinction is also not required to be a member of a camera club so don't understand your comment!


  • #4
    Covey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,368 ✭✭✭Covey


    murpho999 wrote: »
    No different as to how an accountant has to pay an annual fee to his professional body.

    Is that not called a membership fee :confused::confused:

    I assumed, maybe wrongly, that a distinction was for a body of work


  • #5
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    Yeah, was kinda wondering myself what it had to do with boards.

    Sounds like you have to pay to have a distinction to prove you can take decent photos.


  • #6
    CabanSail
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 9,047 CMod ✭✭✭✭CabanSail


    When you join an affiliated club, you are also joining the IPF.

    Going for a distinction is optional & is a way to be assessed by your peers. There is no secret that a fee is attached. If this doesn't suit you then you don't need to participate.

    I went for my LIPF last year as it was a goal I set for myself & was glad I did it. It doesn't mean my photo's are better or worse than anyone else's it is just something I decided I would like to try.

    There are a few others on here who also have distinctions & have posted this to alert them to the fact that there has been a change in the system.


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  • #7
    Covey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,368 ✭✭✭Covey


    To each his own :pac:


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