Re: Convention Plans

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

Bob,

Unfortunately, I won't be going to the ACA this year. My family is demanding a
real (read: no fish) vacation, so we are going to the Oregon coast this summer
instead. I look at it this way, at least I'll get to look through the tide pools.

The ASG meeting is late on Thursday, usually in one of the same meeting rooms
that they have their regular seminars. This year Jeff Cardwell will talk about
collecting in South America. You might also want to collar Frank Warzel, if you
can get him away from all the pike cichlid people. As for taking fish, there
usually isn't a problem having your own tanks in your room. You pay for any
damage they might cause, of course. Generally, there are more tanks set up in
rooms than in the regular fish room. If you can't take your own tanks, you can
usually rent some in the fish room. That's what people do who fly in.

What kind of scientific names are you thinking of? Most spell-check systems have
a "learn" function on them. If you use a name or scientific term that isn't on
the spell-check, just tell it to add the word to the vocabulary - once you're
sure it's correctly spelled. This will certainly take up less memory than adding
a supplemental spell-check program.

Mike Wise

IDMiamiBob@aol.com wrote:

> This is my first convention, so I have the following thoughts:
>
> I think the ASG is planning a meeting on Thursday night.  Is this correct?
> Location and time, please.
> Perhaps the members of this list could meet for breakfast Friday or Saturday
> morning at a local Perkins or something.  Can one of the indigenous list
> members set up a place for us?
>
> Also, as a side note, I'm hoping to hook up for some local killies Sunday
> after the auction.  I am particularly looking for Fp. gardneri nigerianum or
> akure, as well as maybe some australes, or other interesting Aphyosemion.
>
> Since we will be arriving Wednesday and Thursday, and not leaving until
> Sunday or Monday, is there some way we can keep fish we bring for trading
> with each other alive without over-stressing them?  I'm not sure our local
> hotel accommodations will be hospitable enough to allow us to set up
> maintenance tanks in our rooms.  I have had fish live in shipping bags for
> over a week, and this would of course suffice, but gosh, it would be nice to
> be able to take care of them.
>
> It would also be nice if I could find an email spell-checker utility with a
> full list of scientific names in its dictionary
>
> Bob Dixon
>
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