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Per Erik's request
that we begin discussion on alternative January 2003 meeting topics, I have come
up with the following possibilities...
- As previously
suggested to Paul, we could try to get someone from the Saltwater Group
(discussed after the meeting at Kevin's house) to give a
presentation.
- Round-Table/Workshop
on raising live food for your fish. My wife bought a 14-page
pamphlet at the Portland Aquarium Show called "Food Cultures for Dummies",
written/published by The Bug Farm, Jim Atchison. The pamphlet cost $1.00
so we could easily order more copies. The bug farm has a website and
sells live cultures and provides a lot of advice: www.livefoodcultures.com .
- My family and I are
also members of the Seattle Aquarium Society (No "Greater") which offers
"Behind-the-Scenes"-Tours one Saturday each month to members. We have
taken the tour once and want to do it again; it is very interesting. Since
many of our GSAS membership may not be members of the Seattle Aquarium
Society and therefore would not have access to this tour, maybe we could
arrange with the Seattle Aquarium to give our membership a special tour during
our meeting time. I'm sure we'd have to pay for their employee's time
(given by their Scientists, for the most part) but it would probably be
similar to the expenses and honorarium that we pay to out-of-town
speakers.
- We could invite the
President of the Aquatic Gardeners Association (a.k.a. Erik) to come give us
his presentation on Aquarium Photography. I'll bet he has a cool slide
show all prepared since he gave the presentation at their Conference in
Houston this past November.
-
Rick
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