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During the year, we have continued to benefit from the free use of rooms for our weekly "networking" meetings in the Hat Factory, together with free courses run by Headstart. We continued running our club competitions/shows at the Hat Factory.

The number of registered members is seven, although, with visitors and students, we often get more than this at meetings. The membership fee is £12.50.

A Programme of events and activities was drawn up and meetings were held weekly throughout the year. The main activities included:

• Networking meetings with Casablanca Club filming sessions,
• Club film shows and competition evenings,
• Shows in/for the local community,
• Amateur Competitions; club, inter-club, regional, national and international,
• Producing scripts for short films and taking part in them,
• Attending workshops and courses related to digital movie making and script writing,
• Filming local events and maintaining a Local Film Library/Archive,
• Reviewing Camcorders and other film-making equipment, attending VideoForum, etc.
• A "Daytime" Meeting for those who work shift hours

This year, in the IAC Regional Triangle Competition 2008, our "A" Team won the first round with the films: "Tony" by Aliakbar Campwala, "In My Country" by Frank McPartland and Aliakbar Campwala and "Invaders" (Short Version) by Scott Bailey. We were narrowly knocked out in the semi-final by Bourne End by a single point and we beat Finchley in the process. So our films are showing progress relative to those of other clubs.

The LMM Library/Archive of films about Luton has grown, with about 70 of the new films being shot in High Definition Video (HDV1080i). Copies are now available for the public on DVD.

Scott Bailey released the second version of his feature film "Warriors of Hastings".

Dapo Owolabi has released his religious drama film "Divine Solution". The script of this has been published as a book for groups who wish to do their own performances or make films.

Frank McPartland and Aliakbar Campwala released their feature film "In My Country".

Frank McPartland has started work on a new documentary film about Dunstable. We look forward to a busy year and hope to improve all round.

Scott Bailey (Chairman)

10 April 2008