Dear Board Members:
I am not going to be there tonight, but I dropped off the check to Paul and to Rick.
Susan
-----Original Message-----
From:
gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Rick Rose
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004
4:34 PM
To: gsas-board@thekrib.com
Subject: [GSAS-board] GSAS
November 2004 Board Meeting Minutes -PreliminaryCopy for Review
Greater
Seattle
Aquarium
Society Board Meeting Minutes: November 18, 2004
(at the home of Bob Holmes)
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Board Members Present Absent
Bob Holmes Sandu Simion
Rick Rose
Susan Welenofsky
Paul Winchester
Membership Observers
· Steev Ward
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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: $1,108.63
2) Money Market Account (Unavailable)
3) Cash Box: 40.00
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$(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:
o Field trip to African NW (South Park Industrial Area – weekend activity) (Sam is willing to set up – let him know when ready)
o Videos from Erik’s library
o Home Video Night (10 minute presentation by various members)
o Rain Forest Aquarium Presentation by Sandu
o Florida Aqua Farms Presentation
o Livebearers
o South American cichlids (broad selection. could be subdivided into dwarf,pike etc.)
o Asian fish (loaches, barbs, rasboras etc.)
o Gold Fish
o Anabantoids (again, subdivide into bettas, gouramis etc.)
o Round-Table – Bring something to trade
Action Items:
o 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.
o Bob will contact Lee Findley
o Sandu will put out a request on the email list for spawning pictures (to be emailed to him off-list.)
o Bob will ask Mike O’Brien if he can speak at the March meeting.
o 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
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Next Meeting: December 14, 2004
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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.
1. 24 members signed-in plus 7 guests
2. 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
3. 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
1. Dues Increase
2. Aqua-Tips
3. No response received from Victorea to Rick’s request for a status update last month.
4. No response received from Victorea to Bob’s inquiry about an October newsletter.
5. Rick will be ready to produce a pamphlet if needed.
6. Rick will ask Erik to remove Victorea’s name from the website.
7. Thank You to Dave Sanford for library donations.
8. We are looking for a newsletter editor.
Ø New Members since last meeting – Susan
· Laura Kusiak
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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.
Ø 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
Ø 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.
