Re: [GSAS-board] Speakers for 2010

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

I made the same comment back when the talks were being organized.  I've 
made my peace with it.

It's only 2.5 talks (three if you count Wayne's as a cichlid talk).  It 
happens.  Four years ago we ran 2-3 talks back-to-back that all turned out 
to be collecting livebearers in Mexico.  We didn't have any cichlid talks 
in 2009, but we did have two plant talks.

I do still think it's a mistake to run the home show AND jeff on the same 
night, unless he's talking for 10 minutes.  It's OK to have a meeting in 
which the presentations run for less than an hour and a half!

  - Erik

On Mon, 4 Jan 2010, Paul M. Wallace wrote:

> Dear Shango,
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> I agree that we are quite heavy on the Africans but the good news is that we have 
> recovered 1/2 airfare through the ACA for Wayne. Jennifer was a
> âlast momentâ invite and she has the one talk ready. Ad has given a number of 
> talks over the years but wants to do sand dwellers here.
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> I could use some help making the posting more inclusive to or members. Any 
> ideas?
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> -Paul ÂÂÂ
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> From: gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com] On 
> Behalf Of Shango Los
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 11:07 AM
> To: GSAS board members and alumni
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-board] Speakers for 2010
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> Wow, an entire year of almost all Cichld talks. ÂDid this happen accidentally 
> or has the Board decided that this is a good way for the Club to go?
> ÂI know we have a fair amount of Cichlid fans in the club but this seems out of 
> proportion. ÂI, for one, have little interest in Cichlids and
> think that having 4 of 6 speakers talking about Cichlids is too much. ÂI would 
> expect members would find themselves burned out on the topic, a
> good amount of overlap and some exclusion of other just as valuable and 
> interesting topics.
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> If the Board has determined that the Club is best served by this focus, I will back 
> off. ÂI just wanted to make sure this choice was being made
> intentionally.
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> On Jan 4, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Paul M. Wallace wrote:
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> Dear Board,
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> I would like to post a schedule to the members list but in light of the flub for 
> Jennifer I would like to post to the board first. Please suggest
> corrections or correct any guesses (like the auction on the 17th).
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> âHappy New Year!
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> I am proud to announce that we are booked for most of 2010. The good news is 
> that a number of speakers will be giving multiple views and
> perspectives of one particular geography. This includes film travel logs with 
> video, information of importation, a study of
> speciation/hybridization in a divers closed system and sand dwellers. It just 
> so happens that this magical place is the African Rift lakes and
> Lake Tanganyika in particular. For the cichlidphiles, this is a great lineup 
> and we have asked the speakers to focus on aspects that are
> interesting to all members. For example Jennifer will show video of 
> cooperative hunting behavior between mastacembelid eels and predatory
> cichlids!
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> January 12th, 2010:Â Our new friends in the Vancouver BC club are sending 
> Jennifer Reynolds to talk about her time in Lake Tanganyika and her
> contribution to the Vancouver Aquariumâs new Lake Tanganyika exhibit.
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> February 9th, 2010: The Plant Auction! ÂFollow signs are we may move across the 
> street to a bigger space for the auctions.
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> March 9th, 2010: A show in two parts with the Homeshow and our own Jeff talking 
> about importing cichlids
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> April 17th, 2010: The General Auction on a Saturday!Â
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> May 11th, 2009: Ad Konings on Tanganyika sand dwellers.
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> June 8th, 2009: Wayne Leibel on speciation/hybridization.
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> September, October and November are filling up fast! Tom is inviting a rainbow 
> fish speaker and we have soon for at least one club member to give
> a full or 1/2 talk.
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> -Paul
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