Re: [GSAS-board] November fill ins

[Paul Wallace <pwallace@u.washington.edu>]

Erik:

Thanks for being the voice of reason.  I see how the viewing of Eric's talk now 
could go poorly.  I like the idea of Flowerhorn/AGA/auction as the 11th.  I 
will try to talk with Eric at the AGA.

-Paul


On Tue, 28 Oct 2008, Erik Olson wrote:

> Just a follow-on regarding the flowerhorn show...  I just viewed it again
> to make sure it was how I remembered it, and I would give it a "PG" or
> "PG-13" rating...just warning.  But it is funny.
>
>   - Erik
>
> On Tue, 28 Oct 2008, Steev Ward wrote:
>
>> I think Erik's suggestions for the November meeting sound superb! That "In 
>> search of
>> the flowerhorn cichlid" in particular sounds like a GAS. I would love to 
>> promote THAT
>> in the newsletter.
>>
>> I recommend that we let Erik liason with Mr. Do for a future presentation.
>>
>> Steev
>>
>>
>> --- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>
>>> Yep.  As I offered before, I would be happy to present something to do
>>> with the Aquascaping contest.  Is anyone familiar with the "secret cinema"
>>> shows at SIFF every year, where the audience is sworn to silence and they
>>> show a movie that isn't released yet?  I could do something along those
>>> lines.  (Hint: I have to prepare a particular powerpoint show for the
>>> convention 3 days later, so this would be no extra work for me.)  This
>>> could be billed as "secret presentation" in the newsletter.  This would
>>> last perhaps 30 minutes.
>>>
>>> A couple of short shows that might be a decent complement to a secret
>>> presentation:
>>>
>>> "Dutch aquascaping" by Wim Van Drongelen is an old-school lesson in design
>>> that has interesting implications in the aquarium.  About 30 minutes.
>>>
>>> "In search of the flowerhorn cichlid" - a humourous banquet talk by Wayne
>>> Leibel a few years ago, parodying all those "collecting trip" talks and
>>> skewering Heiko Bleher at the same time.
>>>
>>>    - Erik
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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