Re: VAHC auction: November 4th

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

It's a separate club, but all the clubs up there combined for the auction.
I don't know if the plant group exists up there anymore... plant clubs
have this tendency to have a lot of members who don't want to lead, so
they're falling apart left and right across the country. :)

  - Erik

On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, DonaldR wrote:

> Are you guys going up?  I'd sure like to go if I can
> work it into our schedule.  Is this club separate from
> the Van. Plant Group (or whatever its called) or does
> the latter a subset of the former?
> -Don R.
> 
> --- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:
> > Hi Folks,
> > 
> > Looks like the Vancouver Aquarium Hobbyist Club is
> > still alive and
> > kicking...Just got the enclosed note about their
> > annual auction at the
> > Vancouver Aquarium on November 4th.
> > 
> > Their auction is very different from the GSAS
> > auction... the bulk of the
> > goods are fish, plants and goods brought in by
> > MEMBERS, and there's very
> > little manufacturer donated equipment.  This is
> > actually a good thing!  
> > If past years are an example, expect to see a lot of
> > killifish (some very
> > good breeders up there) and plants.  The other
> > difference with their
> > auction is they don't cram it into three hours like
> > we have to, so you can
> > make it an all-day trip, maybe even visit the
> > aquarium.  Just be careful
> > crossing the Canada-US border with those plants;
> > it's illegal to import
> > them without a permit.  Fish should be no problem,
> > though.
> > 
> >   - Erik
> > 
> > -- 
> > Erik Olson
> > erik at thekrib dot com
> > 
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 10:19:52 -0700
> > From: Dave Carlson <fishguy@attcanada.ca>
> > To: erik@thekrib.com
> > Subject: VAHC auction
> > 
> > Hi Erik,
> > 
> > The Vancouver Aquatic Hobbyist Club are having our
> > annual auction Sunday
> > November 4, 9-4. Would you be able to mention this
> > in your newsletter and or
> > your web site? Please contact me if you need more
> > info.
> > www.fishopolos.com.vahc
> > Thank You,
> > Dave Carlson
> > 
> 
> 
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-- 
Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com