I agree about doing two talks the same night. Not the best plan Clay Hess 787 Fuselage Systems Integration Manager and Team Leader 425-931-4322 ----- Original Message ----- From: gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com <gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com> To: GSAS board members and alumni <gsas-board@thekrib.com> Sent: Mon Jan 04 11:34:24 2010 Subject: Re: [GSAS-board] Speakers for 2010 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, > >  > > 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. > >  > > I could use some help making the posting more inclusive to or members. Any > ideas? > >  > > -Paul  > >  > > ************************************************************************* > > Paul M. Wallace, PhD. Tel. (206)685-6775 > > Staff Engineer, NanoTech User Facility Fax: (206)221-2528 > > Center for Nanotechnology Email: pwallace@u.washington.edu > > Fluke Hall, Room 215 https://depts.washington.edu/ntuf > > Box 352140 > > Seattle, WA 98195 www.linkedin.com/in/paulmwallace > > ************************************************************************* > >  > > 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 > >  > > 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. > >  > > 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. > >  > >  > > On Jan 4, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Paul M. Wallace wrote: > > > > Dear Board, > >  > > 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). > >  > > âHappy New Year! > >  > > 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! > >  > >  > > January 12th, 2010: 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. > >  > > February 9th, 2010: The Plant Auction! ÂFollow signs are we may move across > the street to a bigger space for the auctions. > >  > > March 9th, 2010: A show in two parts with the Homeshow and our own Jeff > talking about importing cichlids > >  > > April 17th, 2010: The General Auction on a Saturday! > >  > > May 11th, 2009: Ad Konings on Tanganyika sand dwellers. > >  > > June 8th, 2009: Wayne Leibel on speciation/hybridization. > >  > >  > > 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. > >  > > -Paul > > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-board mailing list > GSAS-board@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-board > >  > > > -- Erik Olson Sent from my crusty old Linux box erik at thekrib dot com _______________________________________________ GSAS-board mailing list GSAS-board@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-board