RE: Volunteering to organize a GSAS Home Show

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

I am always happy to help out with a home show, whether it be stills or 
video.  Dave Sanford is also a good person to ask. :)

  - Erik

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Rick Rose wrote:

> Hi Jeffrey,
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> This is a very well thought-out proposal - Great Job!  
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> We have a vacant chair position for "Shows."  I don't know if you were just
> intending to volunteer to organize a one-time event or if you might consider
> volunteering for the "Shows" committee chair - either one would be
> appreciated.  If you would like to go that extra mile and volunteer for the
> committee chair, please let me know.  Either way, the Board would have to
> approve your request (or more likely, through a banquet in your honor!)
> 
>  
> 
> The October board meeting was last night, so I'll put this on the agenda for
> the November Board meeting.  (Again, please let me know whether I should
> present it as a one-time event or as you volunteering for the committee
> chair.)
> 
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> Thanks again,
> 
> Rick Rose, GSAS Secretary/Historian
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stewart, Jeffrey [mailto:jeffs@amazon.com] 
> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 9:04 AM
> To: rick-rose@comcast.net; jbholmes@nwlink.com
> Subject: Volunteering to organize a GSAS Home Show
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> 
> Rick and Bob,
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>  
> 
> After the meeting the other night, I was thinking about volunteering to set
> up a home show.
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> Here are the basic I think we would need:
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> First, we would need to get people to volunteer to show off their tanks.  We
> could advertise this at a meeting or two, on the website, through the e-mail
> list, and possibly drop off flyers at different fish shops.    
> 
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> 
> Next we would need a panel of judges and a photographer.  When I spoke with
> Clay about this, he mentioned that Steev, Clay and the Elliots were all
> certified as judges in the past, so maybe we can get them to volunteer, and
> maybe we could get Erik to do the photographs since he has all the equipment
> and takes good tank photos (from what I've seen).
> 
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> Once we have the names and addresses of everyone who wants to enter, I could
> plan out a route, that included a place to meet up (for carpooling
> purposes), a route to go to all the houses, and possibly stopping for meals
> as needed.  Then, on a prearranged weekend, the judges, photographer, the
> board and I could go around to all the houses, doing the judging.  I imagine
> this part would take the better part of a day, if not two.
> 
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> After that, at the next meeting, we could present the winners, and possibly
> a slide show of the tanks we saw.  Maybe having the members speak about
> their tanks?  
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> A few questions that would need to be addressed are:
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> *         Do we want to have awards/prizes for the winners?
> 
> *         Should it be broken down into categories based on fish type, tank
> size, planted or not, etc?  If so, how many categories do we want?
> 
> *         Do we want to charge an entry fee to raise money for the club, or
> have it free to possibly attract new member and ensure participation?
> 
> *         Do we want to limit the number of tanks entered per person overall
> or in each category?
> 
> Of course, we would probably need to discuss this at one of your board
> meetings with all the new members (I could only get your two off the
> website).  I know the board meetings are usually on Thursdays, but I hang
> out with a group of friends every Thursday, so I'm not sure if you'd be
> willing to have the board meeting a different day to discuss this, or just
> have a separate meeting for it.
> 
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> 
> Let me know if you like the idea, or have any ideas for it,
> 
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> 
> Oh, and Bob, you maintain the library for the club don't you?  Do you know
> if the library currently has and of the small Barron's books in the "A
> Complete Pet Owner's Manual" series?  I have a bunch of them I can
> contribute if they aren't in there already (I just keep forgetting to bring
> them to the meetings...)  
> 
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> The ones I have are:
> 
> Catfish (ISBN: 0764123971)
> 
> Cichlids (0764119567)
> 
> Tetras and Other Characins (0764121480)
> 
> Aquarium Fish Breeding (0764122088)
> 
> Gouramis and Other Labyrinth Fishes (0764121057)
> 
> The Barbs Aquarium (0764121162)
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> Goldfish (0764119869). 
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> 
> Jeff Stewart
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Erik Olson
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