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RE: Mired in the past..
Wow! You've done a lot Erik. That's interesting! I've actually always been
interested in history (in general). The CD rom sounds like a good idea. I'd
be interested.
On another note, here is an email that I just received. Another case
of mistaken identity (last year I received a membership application from a lady
who was looking for the Seattle Aquarium Society). I think I have some numbers
or email addresses for this lady from Italy and I have already responded but it
made me wonder about our name. Since you discovered that the club existed 7
years before the public aquarium I guess it is up to them to change their name
:)...........BUT WAIT, I see that the new aquarium project is being referred to
as the Northwest Aquarium so there you go.......
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> From: Erik Olson[SMTP:erik@thekrib.com]
> Reply To: gsas-board@thekrib.com
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 2:04 PM
> To: gsas-board@thekrib.com
> Subject: Mired in the past..
>
> So, I'm on another kick. Maybe it was after the realization that the
> bylaws and other president stuff may be "gone" (actually, I need to call
> Heather back; I keep forgetting. She thinks she may know where the
> notebook(s) is). Maybe it was thinking about Wayne's upcoming "history"
> talk. But whatever it was, I started asking some folks about old GSAS
> material and publications. The first was Steve (Steev) Ward, who dug up a
> box of _Northwest Aquaria_ from 1971 through 1979, plus the complete (I
> think) set of all five excellent "revival" issues that the Elliotts did
> between 1987 and 1991. I've got all of Steve's collection scanned in now,
> and have moved on to my other sources. Wayne Longacre, one of the founding
> members now living in Alaska, has confirmed five more issues from the
> first year which he's sending me. I also e-mailed the guy Scott forwarded
> mail from (he's the real deal, Scott. His name is all over the early
> issues of NW Aquaria!); he says he has some too. I'm going to also try
> the Elliotts, and maybe Warren Holmen. Steve said that Avis Mitchell used
> to have an extensive history of the club, but gave it to someone many
> years ago.
>
> So aside from turning me into even more of a basket case scanning all
> these papers, what's the point of it all? Contextual continuity! History!
> Fun! Paper reduction!
>
> Reading this stuff, I learn that some things have changed greatly in the
> last 30 years: In the 70's, everything was typed and mimeographed, but yet
> had color ad inserts manually stapled into the magazine. The club existed
> 7 years before the aquarium was built... Steve Ward did a pretty scathing
> review of the place after it had been running a year. Old ads from The
> Fish Store herald the first Plexiglas aquaria. The club's tropical fish
> shows drew thousands. Articles were quite varied (as opposed to our
> current cichlid & plant content), including quite a bit of marine slant.
>
> Some things, though, are very much the same. Fish Gallery & Pets, The
> Fish Store, Massi's Aquarium are all still fixtures. Articles on the
> Olympic Mudminnow, Hererandria formosa, and Killies such as Cyanolabeius
> nigripinnis all exist in these early club magazines.
>
> I've learned that the club has had a lot more editors than I thought.
> During the 70's it seems like they had a different editor every year
> (including Steve Ward!), and the Elliott's were the art department. In
> fact, Diane and Rich didn't edit Northwest Aquaria at all until they
> revived it as an annual magazine between 1987 and 1991.
>
> Anyway, I'm planning on stuffing the whole thing onto a CD-ROM where we
> can sell or give to members, along with the 1996-present "revival" of NWA
> of which I have the source code, and maybe a "best of" the Maxine
> newsletter period (at least the original articles -- Steve A or Dave, do
> you have any newsletters pre-1993?). I sort of like the idea having an>
> archive corresponding to the 30th birthday of GSAS.
>
> - Erik
>
> PS: In terms of the present, we will have a newsletter this month. :)
>
> --
> Erik Olson
> erik at thekrib dot com
>
>
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Dear Sir,
my son Simone is a 16th years old boy (he was borne in December '83), he
has finished the third out of five years in the Scientific high school here
in Italy.
He is planning to study Oceanograpich Biology at University, because he is
very interested in marine animals and life into the sea.
He will be in Seattle for three weeks starting from 07/17 guest of our good
friends, to perfectioning his English language that till now is better than
just scholastic.
I am writing you to ask if during his staying in Seattle it will be
possible for him to work or to study into your aquarium, just to know
better if he is really thinking to the right way for his life.
I don't know if there are stages or something like that (working to clean
or food animals) for high school students. If this stages are scheduled
just for paying student please let me know about it.
Our friend live on the side of Washington lake, but they are working
downtown, so Simone could work from the morning to the afternoon.
If nothing is possible to do, thank you in any case, but let me know if you
know other possibility at university or in other high schools or
organizations.
He will probably come and visit aquarium just as tourist.
Thank for your attention and best regards
Andrea Deregibus
Gnathological Department
Orthodontic Chair
University of Turin
Home
Via Chambery 4/C
Torino
Italy
Phone ##39011799142
Fax ##390116502068
e-Mail dere.and@inrete.it
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