Re: [GSAS-board] FW: Aquarium club talk

["Phil Lacefield Jr." <phil@lacefield.com>]

Sounds good to me.  You might want to suggest that she do a bit about the
Vanc Aquarium as well, since she works there and all (or I could do a small
bit with my pictures from our trip there...)

Are you the Club Guy In Charge Of Contacting Speakers?  I couldn't remember
if we had such a person or not, who can speak lucidly about expenses we pay
and whatnot, because I've no clue.

Phil
 



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From: gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com]
On Behalf Of Paul M. Wallace
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 9:59 PM
To: GSAS board members and alumni
Subject: Re: [GSAS-board] FW: Aquarium club talk

Dear Phil,

Thank you!  Jennifer sounds like the perfect speaker and in light of all the
cichlid frenzy this season I would still like to invite her.  I am working
with Kathy to get the details of Ad and Wayne but my impression is that the
talks are widely different and personal and just happen to take place in the
same part of the world.  I have a letter drafted below to flesh out the
details but would like to check with you and the board prior to sending
it...

"Dear Jennifer,

Thank you for hosting Phil at the big Vancouver auction as he has since done
everything in his power to make use feel guilty for not going.  At the last
board meeting we also realized that we were short a January speaker and Phil
volunteered to find an INTERNATIONAL speaker.  The club is more than happy
to host you with an allowance for travel and lodging.

For this year, our dear friend Kathy Olson has already committed two cichlid
speakers.

* Local member Jeff Schulstrom in March for 1/2 talk on importing to share
with home show (not confirmed)
* Ad Konings in May whom likes Lake Tanganyika Sand dwellers
* Wayne Leibold in June on is also a cichlid guy but will likely talk
specialization
* (Plant auction in Feb and general in April)

I appreciate your willingness to speak on short notice in January and your
topic sounds awesome.  Our only concern is that the cichlid talks are every
other month.  While I think this is great (I ended up with an Mbuna tank
after the last talk and have been told 'Mbuna are the gate way to
Tanganyikans'), the concern is to provide details (or nudges) to those in
the club that are not yet keeners.  I will be nailing down the topics for
Jeff, Ad, and Wayne in the next few days and value your input.

-Paul


On Fri, 20 Nov 2009, Phil Lacefield Jr. wrote:

> Hey gang, here's the conversation I've had with Jennifer at the Vancouver
> Aquarium.  Thoughts?
>
> Phil
>
> From: Jennifer Reynolds [mailto:Jennifer.Reynolds@vanaqua.org]
> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 11:43 AM
> To: 'Phil Lacefield Jr.'
> Subject: RE: Aquarium club talk
>
>
>
> Hi again Phil,
>
>
>
> Let me know what the gang thinks.  To be honest, I would rather do my
> Tanganyika presentation just because it's already all prepped, I've had a
> few chances to practice it so far, and I'm eager to share what I
experienced
> with other keeners- I know if I weren't already me, I'd love to see this
> talk- it even has underwater video.  My favourite is of cooperative
hunting
> behaviour between mastacembelid eels and predatory cichlids!
>
> The other factor of course is time to make a new presentation- kind of
> lacking on that front right now, and with the holidays coming up, it's
sure
> to get worse.  Now, I could easily do a really short blurb about the
> Aquarium either before or after that- I think I can do a good job of
talking
> the place up and I could bring down some pamphlets, possibly even raffle
off
> some more admission passes/etc if I can get my paws on some...
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jen
>
>
>
>
>
> Jen Reynolds
>
> Senior Aquarium Biologist, Tropical Waters
>
> Vancouver Aquarium
>
> Ph: (604) 659-3530  Fax: (604) 659- 3502
>
> jen.reynolds@vanaqua.org
>
>
>
>
>
>  _____
>
> From: Phil Lacefield Jr. [mailto:phil@lacefield.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:42 AM
> To: Jennifer Reynolds
> Subject: Re: Aquarium club talk
>
> Hey there!  I'll be more than happy to pass this along to Those Who Decide
> on our board, and personally I would love to hear more about cichlids - we
> had Lawrence Kent do an utterly amazing talk on his West African
adventures
> int he spring, and I even won some of the fish he hand-carried back on the
> plane. Yeah, I know!!! :-)
>
> However, I have a feeling we might be a tiny bit cichlid-ed out, as the
> question arose at our board meet on Tuesday that someone might want to
come
> down and discuss the Vanc Aquarium and what you do there/why it's an
awesome
> aquarium to visit.  I thought it was particularly cool that we got to
visit
> an aquarium in a country that borders a vast portion of the Arctic, not a
> perspective we often get down here :-)  Maybe combine the two somehow?
>
> Like I said, this evening I'll pass this along and we'll see what we can
do!
>
>
> THanks so much! - Phil
>
> Jennifer Reynolds writes:
>
> Hi Phil,
>
> Dave passed on a message to me that you are looking for speakers for
> January.  I've done a talk on my cichlid work in Lake Tanganyika last year
a
> few times now that has been pretty well received.  It's especially good
for
> cichlid geeks, but I also include some stuff for travellers, catfish and
eel
> folks, and scuba divers- lots of underwater photography in it, too.
> Attached is a little blurb/poster type thing with a couple of images and a
> write up about my work.  Let me know if you're interested- would be a good
> opportunity for me to come down to Seattle.  I also know there are lots of
> folks in the Seattle club who are way more into Africans than there are
> here- so it would be awesome to talk to them about it.  I saw Ad Koning's
> talk on Lake Malawi down in Seattle about 5-6 years ago or so.
>
> The only potential issue is I may be going to Brazil in late January for
> some work with the World Fisheries Trust and a new aquarium in Belo
> Horizonte.  That hasn't yet been confirmed, however- and the dates were
> definitely leaning more toward the end of the month.  I *think* it is a
safe
> bet that I can do Jan 12, but just wanted to let you know that there could
> be complications.
>
> Let me know what you think!
>
> Cheers, and thanks again for your terrific auctioneering.
>
> Jen
>
> Jen Reynolds
> Senior Aquarium Biologist, Tropical Waters
> Vancouver Aquarium
> Ph: (604) 659-3530  Fax: (604) 659- 3502
> jen.reynolds@vanaqua.org
>
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