RE: Email for Kathy: Plant auction followup question about specia l interest group (fwd)

[Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com>]

It seems to me they would be like a Rainbow Study group, much like 
Portland has a Plant Study group, Marine Study Group, South 
American Dwarf, aka Apisto Study group.  It is nice they want to 
contribute.

They do also have their own agenda as the other groups do, I think it is  
a great way to get some more motivated people into GSAS. Darcy was very 
nice, motivated, polite, friendly and enthusiastic at the meeting.  

I think we definitely need different/new people on the board or interested 
in helping out, that way we don't burn out the existing people.  After all 
it is always fun to bid at the auctions!!!  :)
but I will say, our check book always benefits from volunteering!!!

Kathy



On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Hess, Clay A wrote:

> Interesting idea......but, I would like to hear more about what their
> proposal is for how this sub-group will work within GSAS.  We have had
> cliques in the past and sometimes that is not so good.  But, if this is
> purely to get these people a more open venue for their particular interest,
> it sounds possible to me.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathy Olson [mailto:kathy@thekrib.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 9:43 PM
> To: gsas-board@pulcher.thekrib.com
> Subject: Email for Kathy: Plant auction followup question about special
> interest group (fwd)
> 
> 
> question...
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 11:28:13 -0800
> From: "Darcey Harding (Excell Data Corporation)" <a-darcha@microsoft.com>
> To: Erik@thekrib.com
> Cc: kathy@thekrib.com
> Subject: Email for Kathy: Plant auction followup question about special
>     interest group
> 
> Hey Erik and Kathy,
>  
> Great job at the auction last night. I have -got- to get home and plant
> all the new plants currently floating my tank :-) I have a followup
> question for Kathy from our conversation last night. I'm curious about
> the possibility of setting up a special interest group for rainbowfish
> hobbyists under the GSAS umbrella.
>  
> We've got a loosely affiliated bunch of folks (four or so regulars,
> another five interested, and we haven't advertised anywhere yet) who are
> interested in rainbows.  We'd like to set up a group to trade eggs and
> fry, talk fish, probably place a few wholesale orders (as the local
> shops generally don't carry what we're looking for), and sign up for
> bulk subscriptions to the foreign rainbow mags.  Is GSAS a good venue
> for a group like that?
>  
> We're more interested talking fish and ordering things as a group than
> we are in publishing our own newsletter (we'd all read ANGFA anyway),
> but I'm sure we could contribute to the GSAS in some way, by regularly
> contributing a column, finding other speakers, or something like that.
> What should I do to learn more about setting up something like that?
>  
> Many thanks,
>  
> Darcey Harding
> (206) 852 6050 cell
> darceyh@drizzle.com
>  
>