After serving a term as President of a large camera club in Toronto. I felt that York Region could support a camera club in the northern area of the region. There was already a club established in the southern portion of the region.
I set up a team comprising of Jim Spurgeon, Rosanne Baumhard and Sue Curtis to serve as the club's first Board of Directors. During the summer of 1984, we put together a program of speakers and workshops.
As we expected 40 to 50 members in our first year, a schoolroom in a local school was booked. It was felt that if we had a core of 20 or so enthusiastic photographers the club would be a success.
On our opening night we had a turnout of 85 people! What a turnout, in a classroom that typically holds 30 - 40 people. People were sitting in the aisles on the windowsills, anywhere that they could park themselves.
The club has grown steadily and matured. At one point we had 126 members making it the second largest camera club in the Greater Toronto area. Unlike a lot of camera clubs, our average age is quite young. Thus Country Images Camera Club was born,    Harry Cartner.