Re: [GSAS-board] November fill ins

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

I don't think Eric will be at the AGA convention this year.  There's a 
bunch of people who tend to only go to conventions that are in their city, 
and Eric certainly had an advantage in 2006 with the convention being in 
his...

   - Erik

On Wed, 29 Oct 2008, Paul Wallace wrote:

> 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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