Hello. I'm thinking of visiting Vancouver for the auction. Is anyone able to give me any detail info on location, times, places etc? Any suggestions on hotels/motels would be helpful also. Thanks. Doug Muneta AFIT BODY STRUCTURES 777-200LR/-300ER Sec44 Design M/C 02-HJ 425-266-6879 40-87.1 Col B14 > ---------- > From: Erik Olson[SMTP:erik@thekrib.com] > Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 10:40 AM > To: gsas-announce@thekrib.com; gsas-board@thekrib.com > Cc: fishguy@attcanada.ca > Subject: VAHC auction: November 4th > > 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 >