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RE: General Meeting Notes
Excellent notes Erik, from someone who couldn't be in attendance. We had our
first puppy training class on Tuesday nite. I think Gail was embarrassed about
being pulled onto the floor a couple of times by our 40 lb. pup. The fish
hobby is starting to look a lot easier to her now, and our Kribs don't bite
holes in her new stockings! . Now, how about that new tank, dear... ;-)
-Don.
> ----------
> From: Sanford, Dave LHS-STAFF[SMTP:Sanfordd@issaquah.wednet.edu]
> Reply To: gsas-board@thekrib.com
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:17 AM
> To: 'gsas-board@thekrib.com'
> Subject: RE: General Meeting Notes
>
> Hi all, if we change the writing contest to "fish stories" from "fish
> tales" it will blow the idea that i had during the meeting. Not really a
> big thing but a consideration. What do others think?
> Oct 2 looks ok with me for the field trip, but i do need to check with
> administration and my personal boss before we cast in stone.
> dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: *1st Bde Surgeon CPT Cartwright [mailto:1bdsurgeon@lewis.army.mil]
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 9:32 AM
> To: gsas-board@thekrib.com
> Subject: RE: General Meeting Notes
>
>
> Great job taking those notes, Erik!!!! (you were very thorough!).
> "One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing." Socrates
> <<...>>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erik Olson [SMTP:erik@thekrib.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 9:25 AM
> To: gsas-board@gsas.org
> Subject: General Meeting Notes
>
> I'm planning on having these in the newsletter as well.
>
> On the topic of "open house", if we could get the location of the
> board
> meeting AFTER next (ie. end of october), then I could get it in the
> next
> newsletter. Already assuming next one's at Heather's.
>
> Likewise, if we could agree on the Saturday for the Liberty High
> thing
> (October 2?) then I could print that as well.
>
> - Erik
>
> ---
> GSAS General Meeting - 14 September 1999
>
> Attendance was 11 total. Let's see if I can remember
> everyone... Dave, Scott, Victoria, Myself, Kathy, Steve Ward, Bob
> Holmes, Sandy Gibson, Paul Skofield, a new guy named Sasquatch, and
> a
> new guy named Mark.
>
> Sasquatch has been in and out of societies since he was a kid. He
> brought pictures of his big fish (eel, Arawana, etc), and a can of
> worms (literally), which Sandy opened up near the end of the
> meeting.
>
> Mark has recently moved to Oak Harbor from San Diego. Down there,
> he
> was involved in their aquarium society.
>
> Scott brought a Farlowella cat to give away or auction. Dave
> brought
> Fish of the Month, longfin white clouds.
>
> Looks like the Liberty High field trip will happen sometime after
> the
> newsletter gets out, because we want enough people to know about it.
>
> We talked about the "Fish Stories" or "Fish Tales" (I actually
> prefer
> "Fish Stories" because of the exaggeration overtones, while I think
> "Fish Tales" is generic and too cutesy, but that's just me). Some
> folks had ideas on topics to write, and immediately picked up on the
> idea that it could be fictional.
>
> On Bowl Shows: Steve finds them fun, and suggests "open bowl show"
> where you just bring in something interesting. Someone brought up
> size problems if you have big fish. Paul brought up timing
> problems,
> since he comes directly from work.
>
> "Home Show/Open House"
>
> Dave is very emphatic about non-judged home shows; he dislikes not
> being able to talk to the "judges" when they're visiting, and the
> hardcore nature of judging the fish themselves. "It's just not my
> thing" he said. The purpose is primarily to get to see people's
> fish.
> Sandy would like to help out with a home show. She also suggested
> having a myriad of prizes "so that everyone who enters will win
> something".
>
> Paul noted that in "old times" the board meeting was held at>
> different
> people's homes so we could see their fish (including non board
> members). I noted that we had discussed the idea of combining the
> board meeting with "open fishroom night" once a month at someone's
> house.
>
> I brought up the national aquascaping contest and how we can tie in
> with our own home show... by having several people photograph the
> tanks in our show, people who otherwise don't take pictures can
> still
> enter... a la "team Seattle".
>
> The possibility of having a "big show" was brought up by Mark and
> Sandy. Both Dave and I noted that this sort of thing boils down to
> needing a champion, someone who is interested enough that they will
> take on the monumental task of running it. Right now, the club has
> "champions" of the other areas, such as the newsletter, or the
> speaker
> program, but nobody wishing to actually stick with and run a big
> show.
>
> Also, it was noted that any photos from these activities make great
> newsletter and website fodder.
>
>
> "General Meeting"
>
> Sandy wanted a "show and tell" meeting where people bring in video
> clips and pictures of their fish.
>
> Sandy was disappointed at the Geophagus-only talk, and wished there
> were more types of fish in it. (On the other hand, she did buy some
> more geophagines afterward).
>
> Sandy was also disappointed that the mini-auction occurred before
> the
> talk that month, because she didn't get as much money for her fish
> as
> she might have had it been after the interest had been stirred up
> (c.f. the rainbowfish talk the month before, where eggs went for
> ridiculous prices).
>
> Paul likes the specialized talks; they're a chance to get into some
> fish he's never really known much about.
>
> Several folks want more on fish diseases. Steve would like to put
> together a video of diseases under a microscope (hey Steve, you
> could
> probably sell such a thing to the general public!). Talk of this
> mutated into a meeting where people bring in their sick fish to be
> examined, we have scopes, etc. "Sick fish bowl show".
>
> Another topic, possibly brought up by Steve, was just a "medication
> review". The idea here is that people don't really know which
> medications should be used to treat which disease. This idea was
> well-received.
>
> Sasquatch recommended Bill Robertson of the Seattle Aquarium for a
> talk, just because he's very knowledgable and was the only one that
> could read his Arrowana autopsy report. Steve concurred that Bill
> would be a neat speaker.
>
> There was also talk about water condition and quality. Someone
> suggested we have a "water only bowl show" where the techno-nerds
> bring in all their test kits that the rest of us don't normally own.
>
> Steve would like to see some split-topic meetings, along the lines
> of
> our "workshops" we've held over the past couple years. This has
> involved getting three or four members to each give a 15-20 minute
> mini-presentation about a series of topics loosely related (for
> example, fish breeding). This topic was also well-received.
>
> Mark would like to see a wholesaler here (something we manage to do
> every few years), and possibly a behind-the-scenes tour. We had Art
> from Puget Sound Fisheries a few years back; maybe Tom from African
> Northwest could be persuaded?
>
>
> Sandy asked a lot about PR and getting more members in the club.
> She
> mentioned seeing the ad in the times, and noted the many other
> newspapers that carry announcements. I mentioned the "champion"
> thing
> again, that this is all dependent on having someone who can do the
> job.
>
> We also talked about the Seattle Home Show and the Flower and Garden
> Show. I think it's safe to say that we have no idea what we're
> doing
> here. Who was in charge of getting us a booth? Did we get it?
> We've
> got a few volunteers to help man the booth if we do it.>
>
> And finally, Mark, in a passing reference to differences in clubs,
> inspired Scott to do some research into the meanings of those latin
> fish names for possible newsletter articles.
>
> Oh yeah, and Dave had already brought in "Tropical Fish for the
> Complete Idiot".
> It's a pretty nice book!
>
>
>
> --
> Erik Olson
> erik at thekrib dot com
>