
Greater
Seattle
Aquarium
Society Board Meeting Minutes: November 18, 2004
(at the home of Bob Holmes)
Board Members Present Absent
Bob Holmes Sandu
Simion
Rick Rose
Susan Welenofsky
Paul Winchester
Membership Observers
·
Steev
Ward
·
Preliminary
Business
·
(None)
Executive Committee
Reports
Ø
Approval
of The Minutes of the previous Board Meeting
(October 21st
2004) was postponed
until the next board meeting as the final, printed copy was not available for
signature.
Ø
The Treasurer’s Report
1)
Current Primary Account Balance: $1,108.63
2) Money Market
Account (Unavailable)
3) Cash Box: 40.00
____________
$(Unavailable)
4)
Outstanding Bills -
Meeting
& Program Schedule
Month Topic / Activity Fish-o-the-Month
SEP 14th Steev
Ward – Fish Pathogens Small,
Community Fish
OCT 12th Jim
Atchison – Live Foods $35
Live Food Items
NOV 9th Michael
Goumas – Breeding, Selling & Trading Fish to Local Stores Rummy nose Tetras
DEC 14th
Christmas Party (None)
JAN 11th
Tom Waltzek – Leafish (______________________)
FEB 8th
Plant Auction
MAR 8th
APR 12th
General Auction
MAY 10th
Tim Hovanec – Water Chemistry & Filtration (______________________)
JUN 14th
(2005-2006 Club-Year)
SEP 13th
OCT 11th
NOV 8th
DEC 13th
Christmas Party
JAN 10th
FEB 14th
Plant Auction
MAR 14th
APR 11th
General Auction
MAY 9th
JUN 13th
(*) Tentative,
Special Dates
Special Dates (in Red)
List of possible speakers:
ü
Pam Chin
ü
Steve Lunblad (African Cichlids) FOTM:
Tanganyikan Cichlids
ü
Steev Ward (Freshwater Fish Diseases from a Practical
Standpoint) FOTM: Any nice tetra, barb, catfish, otocinclus
ü
Wayne Liebel – Cichlids, or History of the Aquarium
Hobby
ü
Paul Louiselle
ü
Mel O’Meare (sp?) – Large Central American
Cichlids (Dave) FOTM: New World cichlids – NO CONVICTS, Blue
Rams would be good.
ü
Lee Findley – Catfish
ü
Yohan Fernando – Wild Bettas – Part II
ü
David Spector – Show Bettas
ü
Tom Waltzek – Fish Disease, Leaf fish,
Cichlids
ü
Oliver Lucanus (www.belowwater.com) FOTM: (Variety)
ü
Takashi
Amano
(will be here in the US in November 2004)
ü
Sandu Simion – Breeding Fish Techniques (Corys,
Neons, Angels)
ü
Anthony Calfo – from Pennsylvania –
Saltwater/Beginner Reef
ü
Dave
Sanford/Kate Breimayer - Advanced Killifish Presentation
ü
Frank Tompko
- How to Sell on AquaBid
ü
Betty
Goetz – Autoliths (sp?) – after established and comfortable
ü
Rick’s Friend from Fred Hutch Lab
ü
Mike
O'Brien – PSAS – Beginning Saltwater Aquaria/Reef FOTM: (3) $10.00 gift certificates
Meeting Ideas:
- Field trip to African NW
(South Park Industrial Area – weekend activity) (Sam is willing to
set up – let him know when ready)
- Videos from Erik’s
library
- Home Video Night (10 minute
presentation by various members)
- Rain Forest Aquarium
Presentation by Sandu
- Florida Aqua Farms Presentation
o
Livebearers
- South American
cichlids (broad selection. could be subdivided into dwarf,pike etc.)
- Asian fish (loaches,
barbs, rasboras etc.)
- Gold Fish
- Anabantoids (again,
subdivide into bettas, gouramis etc.)
- Round-Table –
Bring something to trade
Action Items:
- Sandu is in contact with Oliver Lucanus for
June (depending on Oliver’s recovery.)
o
Bob will contact PSAS (Paul Hamby) to
see if they want to share – PaulH@LastingCredit.com
o
Bob will contact Vancouver to see if they want to
share.
- Bob will contact Lee Findley
- Sandu will put out a request on the email
list for spawning pictures (to be emailed to him off-list.)
- Bob will ask Mike O’Brien if he
can speak at the March meeting.
- Bob: Anthony Calfo can only be here in
May and we don’t have May open. Sandu
asked Mike O’Brien (of PSAS) if we can establish a relationship with
their club to let our members in free (by showing membership card.) If
they are reluctant, we could offer to pay $100 to Anthony as an honorarium.
Ø
Suggestions for
Livebearer speakers from Frank Tomko
(originally sent to Rick and now
forwarded to Bob.)
John Lyons
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
1350 Femrite Drive
Monona, WI 53716-3736
Phone: (608) 221-6328
Fax: (608) 221-6353
e-mail: john.lyons@dnr.state.wi.us
Dr. Steven Kazianis
e-mail: sk13@swt.edu
Southwest Texas State University
601 University Drive
419 Centennial Hall
San Marcos TX 78666-4616
Phone: (512) 245-0358
Bob will contact these men about speaking at a
future meeting (without specific dates, for now.) - Outstanding
Next
Meeting: December 14, 2004
o The December General Meeting topic is our annual
Christmas Party – including potluck, games, and prizes.
-----Original Message-----
From:
gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Paul Winchester
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 10:49 PM
To: GSAS Board
Subject: [GSAS-board] GSAS
Christmas potluck
Hi folks, sorry to
say I am unable to make tomorrows meeting. I was planning on making the usual
announcements for the Christmas potluck, and collaborating with my buddy
Trish on the party details but instead here is the potluck plans assuming last
years plan is okay to repeat:
Date for the party:
Tuesday December 14th-@7:30 pm.
Potluck style
event-The club provides the main course-turkey/ham and a variety of beverages.And
also all paper goods. (Cheryl and Paul will take care of these.)
Sign up sheet
should be passed around for potluck items-I would appreciate someone doing this
for me. (Rick)
The gift exchange
will be one of our sources of entertainment-everyone that would like to
participate should bring an aquarium related mystery gift with a $15 limit,
they will receive a number for the gift and members can take turns stealing
gifts from each other. (Rick will promote this via email list.)
I will contact Erik
about bringing the Fish-O game again for additional entertainment- and I
will be picking up about 6 prizes for that game. I know that Kevin is no longer
at the Fish Gallery so if anyone has any other ideas on where I can procure
gifts for prizes let me know-otherwise I will purchase the gifts and be
reimbursed by the club. (Bob will call to solicit prizes.)
Hopefully Tori has
the kid's activities planned-if not maybe somebody can let me know if help is
needed there. (Bob will prepare a Kids’ Coloring Contest sheet.)
Thank you for your
understanding, parties are being planned daily for me at my place of business
and time is very sparse for me right now, however I will be at the GSAS
Christmas party, of course, bringing with me all of the clubs provisions listed
above-and then some!
Sincerely, Cheryl Winchester- (Your
absent party planner)
o Bob has reserved the
commons area for December.
o Responses to the
Potluck Sign-up Sheet…
Hot
Dishes
1. Woody (Egg Rolls)
2. Enchilada Casserole
3. Sandy – Green Bean
Casserole
Salads
1. Susan
2. Bob Holmes
Desserts
1. Dave Sanford
Chips
& Snacks
1. Paul
Side
Dishes
1. Sandu –
Smoked Salmon
Other
Condiments
(None)
Old
Business
Ø Recap of November
General Membership Meeting – Michael Goumas – Breeding, Selling and Trading Fish to Local
Stores.
- 24 members signed-in
plus 7 guests
- email feedback
-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com] On
Behalf Of Bob and Judy Holmes
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 7:58 AM
To: gsas-board@thekrib.com
Subject: [GSAS-board] Board meeting
Good morning. Hope everyone
enjoyed the meeting Tuesday night. I thought Mike did an excellent job with his
presentation, and I liked how the intense Q&A session went into overtime!
…
Bob
- Bob will
send a Thank You card to
Fellow GSAS member, Joe Hughes, who has kindly donated a 125 gallon tank
and two lights (used equipment) to the club. Tomorrow night at the meeting
we will auction them off (as one item.) The tank and lights are in Joe's
garage and must be picked up by the end of this coming weekend. Joe lives
in Kirkland.
Rick will print more Thank You cards after
the December Kids’ Coloring Contest.
Ø
June
Olberding (from the
membership) requested that the kid’s coloring contest winning entries be
displayed on the table near the entrance. Rick
will do this. (Outstanding)
Ø
Library Handout – Bob
will contact Woody to go through the cabinet and update the inventory -
producing a handout based on the new book list. (Outstanding) Rick will make a poster promoting the
library with Woody’s picture on it. (Outstanding)
Ø
Fire
Safe – The Board unanimously
voted to direct Rick to purchase a
fire safe in which to store the club’s official documents: Insurance
policy, Incorporation, Contract with SPU, etc. - Done. Bob gave the documents that are to be stored in the safe to Rick. He also handed out copies of the
keys to all board members.
Ø
On-line banking
procedures for all board members yet to be established. – Susan explained the procedure for using the
website, account number, and password to access the bank account information.
Those details have been omitted from the minutes to maintain security.
Ø
Rick
will begin sending an email reminder when membership is expiring. – Process in place.
Here
is a sample of the text approved by the board via email…
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Rose [mailto:rick-rose@comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 11:39 AM
To: rick-rose@comcast.net
Subject: GSAS Membership Reminder
Hi Rick,
The GSAS Board of
Directors has asked me to provide our members with a friendly reminder when it
is time to renew their membership. We hope that you find this service to
be a helpful and useful tool in making sure that your membership in GSAS
remains current. If you’ve recently renewed, please disregard this
reminder with our thanks.
Our goal is to ensure
that you find your membership to be a very valuable and interesting aspect of
your home aquarium hobby; and we are working hard to that end. Your
continued interest and support of GSAS is much appreciated.
Your Family membership
recently expired on 11/1/2004.
There are two ways to
renew. You can simply pay your dues to Susan Welenofsky,
our Membership Coordinator, at the next monthly meeting; or, if you would
prefer, you can send your check (payable to GSAS) in the mail.
Susan’s mailing
address is…
Susan Welenofsky,
GSAS Membership
2973 142nd Place SE #6
Bellevue,
WA 98007
IMPORTANT: Please
help us keep our address and other information up-to-date. If you have
moved, changed phone numbers, or gotten a new email address recently (and who
hasn’t?) please include that information. There are forms available
at the meeting, or you can print out a membership form from our website:
just go to www.gsas.org and click on the
link to the membership form.
Thank you, again, for all
you do to make GSAS such a successful and rewarding experience for us all!
Rick Rose
GSAS Secretary/Historian
Annual
Membership Types Available
Single
$15
Family
$20
Junior
(single under
18)
$10
Senior
(Single, age 60 and above) $10
Is the
hobby “catching on” at your house? You can upgrade your
‘single’ membership to ‘family’ by paying the
additional $5 at any time.
Three
responses received from the 11 reminders sent were all neutral/positive.
Ø
Susan
will ask Kate B. about our using her fish painting to create T-Shirts for sale
to club members.
-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com
[mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com] On
Behalf Of Susan Welenofsky
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 3:34 PM
To: GSAS Board
Subject: [GSAS-board] Fw: Fish
Painting
Kate said it would be fine for us to
use her picture. Can we give her some kind of compensation for its use? It's a
beautiful rendering.
Susan
v
It was
decided that we will give Kate a free shirt to thank her for donating her
artwork to the T-Shirt project.

The Board again discussed
Susan’s proposal (above.) It was decided that we will have the artwork aon
the back of the shirt with the Latin name in small letters (Voted 3-to-1 in
favor of adding the Latin Name.) Then, on the front, in the pocket-area, we
will have the logo along with the name of the club, in the font Nadianne in the four-line, gradually
indented format that has become standard over the past three years – as
shown below.
Greater
Seattle
Aquarium
Society
If the cost would go up
significantly to have the logo printed in its typical black and (whatever color
that is?) then it could be printed in dark blue with white (no color) for the
embedded letters GSAS.
It will not have the
years, or “Since 1977,” or the website url.
Some shirts will be on white
material and some on black with the color of the letters and logo adjusted
accordingly.
Sizes will be mostly large
and extra-large, with a limited quantity of small, medium, and XXL.
-----Original Message-----
From:
gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Susan Welenofsky
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 4:15 PM
To: gsas-board
Subject: [GSAS-board] FW: t-shirt
prices from shirtworks, ellensburg
Okay, I found a much
better deal in Ellensburg. Here it is. Kate requested a black shirt, as she
would like something that would show stains. The black shirts require an extra
color, making it a 5-color process, and the shirt itself is more expensive. So
are XXL, XXXL t-shirts.
Susan
-----Original Message-----
From: Kyle Williams
[mailto:shirtworksembroidery@elltel.net]
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 2:54 PM
To: welenofsky@comcast.net
Subject: t-shirt prices from shirtworks,
ellensburg
Susan-
Hello, this is Kyle from Shirtworks
in Ellensburg. Karen requested that I e-mail you some prices on t-shirts
that you were interested in. Please let me know if this information is
what you were looking for and if you have any further questions.
The board voted unanimously to
select the thicker material in this option - 75 pcs. Hanes Beefy t-s 6.1
oz. with 2 color front logo and 5 color back logo, sizes small -
x-large. (Including a pocket.)
Black = $10.33 - White
$8.72
75 pcs. 5.6 oz cotton t-shirt, 2
color front logo 5 color back logo, sizes small - x-large.
Black = $9.47 - White
$7.86.
Thank you and once again please
don't hesitate with any questions you might have.
Kyle Williams
509-925-3469
Shirtworks, inc.
Ellensburg, WA
Rick
will email Shawn (of GPAS) to get info on how they produce t-shirts with art
– Outstanding.
Ø
Sandu
was recently exposed to a situation where an incorporated group lost their
incorporation status because they did not fulfill certain “common”
requirements such as…
o
Following through with
additional paperwork prescribed by the State – on HOLD
o
Including “,
Inc.” on their letterhead, business cards, checks, etc.
Bob will talk to his
neighbor who is an attorney and also to Rich Elliot.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob and Judy Holmes [mailto:jbholmes@nwlink.com]
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 8:02 AM
To: Sandu Simion; Rick Rose; Paul Winchester; Susan Welenofsky
Subject: Rich Elliott
I Had a nice
conversation with Rich, and he was very encouraging in regard to our liability
situation. He is willing to help us resolve our uncertainties and it would be
"pro bono" unless it should become very complicated, which he felt
was doubtful.
I told him I would
send him copies of all pertinent paperwork along with any questions and
comments that we came up with at the next board meeting. He will review same
and advise us.
Bob
This item is continuing. Bob has mailed items to Rich Elliot for his review.
Ø
Tropical
Fish Hobbyist Magazine Society Contest
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gsas-board@thekrib.com
[mailto:owner-gsas-board@thekrib.com] On
Behalf Of Bob and Judy Holmes
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 2:55 PM
To: gsas-board@thekrib.com
Subject: Fwd: Tropical Fish
Hobbyist Magazine Society Contest
Something to chew on.Might be worthwhile. Good
magazine.
X-Original-To: jbholmes@nwlink.com
Delivered-To: jbholmes.nwlink.com@mx6.pacifier.net
Subject: Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine Society Contest
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:51:12 -0400
X-MS-Has-Attach: yes
X-MS-TNEF-Correlator:
Thread-Topic: Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine Society Contest
Thread-Index: AcRwA7bRqVNgss4HRPC1luz1BcMYYQ==
From: "Courtney Baran" <cbaran@tfh.com>
To: <jbholmes@nwlink.com>
Dear Valued Organization:
My name is Courtney Baran and
I m the Advertising Coordinator for Tropical
Fish Hobbyist Magazine. I d like to tell you about our bigger
and better Magazine Subscription Commission
Program where you can earn money for your club while competing for a
very special prize!
This program works as follows:
For every
subscription to Tropical Fish Hobbyist
sold, your organization earns 25% commission! In addition to earning this
money, we re running a special contest. The organization who sells the
most subscriptions between August 1st and December 31st
will win a great prize: 3 premium
titles from T.F.H. Publications, Inc.
We would like to
have all of your members participate in this contest! Not only will they
receive Tropical Fish Hobbyist,
the leading aquarium magazine for over half a century, but they will help their
organization earn money! The contest kit provided to you at your request
includes letters and subscription cards to be sent out to each member.
Not only are we providing you this kit but for each contest letter sent out, we
will also pay for your postage! Send us your receipts and you will be
reimbursed!
The prize will
be mailed to the winning society in January 2005. The winning society
will be announced in Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. What great
publicity for your club.
Our relationship with your organization is considered invaluable. We d
like to help you in any way we can! Please respond via email/phone to
request your contest kit. Please include the number of members in your
society so we can send you the right number of letter/subscription cards
If you have any questions,
please don t hesitate to contact me!
Sincerely,
Courtney Baran
Advertising Coordinator
Tropical
Fish Hobbyist Magazine
The Leading Aquarium Magazine for over Half a Century
One TFH Plaza
Third and Union Avenues
Neptune City, NJ 07753
800-631-2188 ext. 152 cbaran@tfh.com
Rick will pursue this. – Promotional Packet received.
Rick will have two
ink-stamps created – one with the club name only (for use with the
subscription cards) and the second being a Deposit stamp with the account
number, etc. The subscription
cards will be mailed along with the December pamphlet.
Ø
Affiliate Program of www.livefoodcultures.com
(Jim Atchison)
Affiliates!
For
clubs with web sites, we have an active affiliate program which is a simple way
to raise funds for the club. It doesn't matter if your club is a fish club, a
herb club or a bird club...we support all our affiliate sales with the same
level of customer service and your club gets a check.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Atchison [mailto:jim@atchison.com]
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 1:25 AM
To: Rick Rose
Subject: The Talk for the Group
Rick,
…
Also, I know you have looked through our WWW sites. Did you happen
to pick up on the hot link that we created for "affiliate" groups?
Essentially it's a way for groups to place a link from their site to ours and
sales that might be generated from the clicks on the link result in a 5%
donation to the group. If the GSAS would be interested let me know.
…
Jim Atchison
The
board is interested in participating as an affiliate. We need to get input
from Erik to see if he has any concerns. Rick
will ask Erik for feedback.
Ø
Susan proposed that we look into producing
“Club Buttons” for events or as a possible fund raiser. She brought
an advertisement from a company called “Badge-A-Minit.” Rick will request their catalog. If we
decide to pursue this idea, we might save money by simply purchasing the
supplies from this company and using the machine that Rick’s church already owns to produce
our buttons. – (Waiting on catalog delivery)
Ø
We should have a
kids’ coloring contest at the December Christmas Party.
Ø
Bob will come up with a “Where’s Nemo?” or
“Loach-o” patterned after the popular “Where’s
Waldo?” game.
New
Business
Ø Newsletter
Update
- Dues Increase
- Aqua-Tips
- No response received from Victorea to Rick’s request for a status
update last month.
- No response received from Victorea to Bob’s inquiry about an October
newsletter.
- Rick will be ready to produce a pamphlet
if needed.
- Rick will ask Erik to remove Victorea’s
name from the website.
- Thank You to Dave Sanford for library donations.
- We are looking for a newsletter editor.
Ø
New Members since last meeting
– Susan
Ø
PO Box?
The text {of the membership reminder} sounds well.
However, it just occurred to me that it will be much better if GSAS will have
its own PO. Box address, instead of publishing, every time,
different cashier's addresses. A small PO. Box costs about $60.00/year. It also
looks more official.
Sandu
The board discussed this issue and decided that we will not pursue it.
Ø
Philanthropy
Project
Bob,
This sounds interesting. To consider
sponsoring Thai I think the club should be provided with a proposal from Thai
on exactly what it is he is trying to accomplish, the schedule of the project
and the precise use of the money he is planning on spending. He could
present this to the Board I think, in 15 minutes or less. Just some of
the things I feel are needed.
Clay
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob and Judy Holmes [mailto:jbholmes@nwlink.com]
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 2:07 PM
To: gsas-board@thekrib.com
Subject: [GSAS-board] Fwd: Senior
Project
I received this email a couple of days ago and, with Thai's permission,
am forwarding it to both the board and member lists.
This might be a worthwhile philanthropic opportunity. Thai sounds to me like a
kid with a lot on the ball.
Bob
Hello, my name is Thai from the Bellevue
International high school. As a senior at the school, I am required to do a
senior project that requires me to explore and to go in depth on an educational
subject. Being a fish enthusiast, I have decided to learn and explore more
about ichthyology and fish keeping. I've chosen to write an essay on matter of
"how does society ensure the well being of aquatic zones while at the same
time ensuring the well being of the ornamental fish collectors who depend on
their jobs for a living." Therefore, I was wondering if there were anyone
who is experienced and has extensive knowledge on the field, who I can
possibly consult the subject with and someone who I can possibly rely on as a
mentor. Secondly, one of the other goals for my project is to become involved
with the community. I've chosen to teach an elemenatary school class about the
fundamental science and art behind fish keeping. I wish to broaden their views
about the aquatic world and show them that there is a lot more to fish keeping
than just having gold fishes in a bowl. As a result, I plan on teaching an
interactive learning class where students learn how set up a fresh water
community fish tank and how to maintain and take care of it. To do so, I would
have to raise enough money for the proper equipment and material (about 200-250$).
I was wondering if the Greater Seattle Aquarium Society does any sponsoring and
could possibly sponsor my project to make the project possible. My phone number
is (425)861-7902 and my email adress is Thaichicken162004@yahoo.com. If
anyone can help out, that would be awesome. I hope to hear back from you. Thank
you.
Cincerely; Thai
Rick
and Bob will locate the
Philanthropy Project Procedures that were established by the board two years
ago and refer this issue to Clay.
Ø
Email
from Erik
-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com] On
Behalf Of Erik Olson
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 5:34 PM
To: gsas-board@thekrib.com
Subject: [GSAS-board] Improving the Website
Hi guys,
Thought I'd drop a note on the off chance it gets
intercepted before the board meeting. I know I'm more or less out of the GSAS
loop these days between all the AGA stuff, the ACA stuff, and more importantly,
Dad stuff, so I wanted to offer the chance for you guys to help make the
website better. Rick's been periodically poking me with a stick when there are
position changes, but I haven't been updating the meeting notices very well.
If someone is able to send me some copy for the website for meetings and such,
I will be happy to put it up as quickly as possible (seems I'm not so likely to
remember when it's on the flyer). Also, if anyone has newer photographs to
replace some of the now-outdated ones on the site (for instance, of a recent
meeting at our new location), I'd be happy to add them. That sort of thing. And
of COURSE, I am always open to someone taking over the webmaster job, but I
figure you probably all have enough jobs to keep everyone busy, 'else someone
would have probably asked me by now.
- Erik
The
board discussed Erik’s email and decided that Rick would make a better effort to keep Erik informed via
email of changes and updates that need to be made. Also, given Rick’s recent unemployment, he may
look into learning how to create a website. Steev offered to loan Rick a book that explains the basics in a
very clear format.
Announcements
for the next General Meeting
·
Bob – January Meeting Topic – Tom Waltzek speaking on Leaf Fish
·
Need
Newsletter Editor
·
TFH
Subscriptions
Low-Priority and On-going Issues
(The
following issues which may or may not have been addressed above will continue
to be listed here until they are completely resolved.)
Ø Official Bylaws - Rick
1.
Dave
has obtained a copy of GPAS bylaws and passed them on to Rick
2.
Erik
has obtained a copy of AKA bylaws and passed them on to Rick
3.
Erik
found a copy of the GSAS bylaws, scanned them, and gave them to Rick
4.
Rick has produced an editable text file from the scanned images – a
copy given to each board member and one to June Olberding.
Ø
Promotional Materials for GSAS – Rick
·
Poster
Boards (for Fish Stores) and GSAS fliers are still outstanding.
·
Business
cards will be produced for all board members plus the Newsletter Editor. All
new board members and June agreed to have their phone numbers and email
addresses included on their card. Paul would like his cell phone number (206-383-2910)
used rather than his home phone. – Rick
to have sample at next (September board meeting) - OUTSTANDING
·
GSAS
Fliers
·
Standard
GSAS Thank You cards - Done
·
T-Shirts
and Caps with GSAS logo
·
A-Frame
Sign(s) – check using “shower board.”
·
Mugs,
Pens, Window Decals
Ø
Historian
Project(s) – Rick
·
History
of Philanthropy Projects
q
Probe
the minds of Clay, Dave, Bob, and Erik
q
Look
for old article (on the 30-years CD), written by Laurie Hess, about the
“Providence Tank”
Ø
Committee
Chair – “Job Descriptions”
– Rick has no progress to
report.
Ø
Discussion
on a future Philanthropy Project -
Clay
Ø
Clay has asked Diane Elliot how Rich (a lawyer)
would advise us to proceed with regard to Liability
Insurance – Waiting for an Answer.
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Meeting Activities for younger kids – Dave, Bob, and Rick
1.
Dave -
coloring book update – gave a folder full of artwork to Rick.
2.
Rick - pages for the coloring book that promote GSAS
3.
Rick – Aquarium-related word searches, puzzles, mazes
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Sandu - a presentation to introduce his idea for an “Aquascaping Award
Program.” Brief discussion highlights from last month’s meeting
are as follows: - Moved to “Low Priority” items at Sandu’s request. Sandu will prepare a short
“blurb” for the January Newsletter.
o
Submissions/entries
would be pictures
o
Entrants
should have the option of being/providing their-own photographer or requesting
that a “club photographer” (one person, to be determined) take the
pictures. This would alleviate the potential problem of “blaming”
a non-winning entry on “which photographer was assigned to take their
picture.”
o
The
contest could accept entries during the entire club-year, culminating in a
slide presentation at the June meeting, at which time the membership would
judge the entries and vote for the winner(s).
o
Sandu will asked if there is enough interest in this idea at the last
general meeting.
Ø
The “show
of hands” of those interested in receiving an electronic version of the
newsletter was positive at the December 2003 meeting. June will continue to
investigate on a low priority basis.
Ø
Sandu
suggested the idea of establishing a “Sister Club” in some foreign
country. Bob is already in
contact with Daryl Hutchins from Brisbane
Australia.
An English-speaking country would be much preferred. Bob will email to exchange newsletters
first; then, if that works, he will propose the idea of a “Sister
Club.” Rick will send
copies of the pamphlets to Bob. – Done. Bob will continue correspondence re: “Sister Club”
specifically to establish some common activities and a video exchange.
Next
Board Meeting Location
The location of the next meeting will be at Sandu’s home.
The date will be Thursday, December 16, 2004, starting promptly at 6:30 pm.