April 2009 - Kitchener Waterloo Aquarium Society

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Meeting Minutes Submitted by Lezley Smith, KWAS General Meeting on March 3rd, 2009 Welcome guests. There were 55 people present along with 1 new guest. Announcements: • Welcome guests • Brant Aquarium club show and Auction Mar 29 th , Paris Fairgrounds • 50 th annual CAOAC convention May 15-17 th Fanshawe College in London • Newsletter see Cam and Mary Lynne • Miecia is sick. Please keep her in your prayers. • Constitution changes will be voted on in April. • Beanie boxes $3.00 each. See Zenin. BAP: • None to report looking for a new chairperson HAP: • None to report Name That Fish: • This month’s first “Name That Fish” was a group of four Dwarf Flag Cichlids ( Laetacara curviceps ) guessed by Jamie McDougall. • This month’s second “Name That Fish” was a pair of Brevis ( Neolamprologus brevis ) guessed by Ryan Barton. The fish along with the conch shell were donated by Geoff Money. Program: • Catherine Salmon speaking on Bettas Show Jar: • 5 people showing with 15 entries, details will be in the newsletter and on the web. A P R I L 2 0 0 9 Library Draw: • Proceeds of $15.00 will go to CDAS for purchasing books. Marianne Boulton won $15.00 Raffle: • Victor Dinh won a 100 power filter, Mary Lynne Lucier won a Hi Tech Pump of 30 to 80 gallons and Cindy Butler won a Pond Food Kit. Business Meeting on March 10th 2009 Held at the home of Mary Lynne Lucier Executive in Attendance: • Geoff Money (Vice President) • Lezley Smith (Secretary) • Brad McClanahan (Treasurer) • Al Ridley (Past President) • Zenin Skomorowski (Exchange Editor) • Phil Maznyk (Webmaster, CAOAC rep) • Katie McClanahan (lunch Committee) • Anthony Mc Aslin (Jar Show) Regrets: • Cam Turner (Newsletter) • Charity Gilmore (Raffle) • Filipe Martins (HAP) • David Bradley (Library) Motion to approve February’s business meeting minutes as published. Motion: Al Ridley Seconded: Ed Koerner Voted on and Carried Motion to approve March’s general minutes as delivered (e-mail). Motion: Phil Maznyk Seconded: Brad McClanahan Voted on and Carried Future Business Meeting Locations: April: Cam’s House May: Undertermined June: Zenin’s House Treasurer’s Report (Brad McClanahan): • Going well Motioned: Phil Maznyk Seconded: Zenin Skomorowski Voted on and Carried Correspondence: • None to report Committee Reports: NL Editor/Publisher (Cam): Absent Webmaster (Phil): • Going well • Al Ridley and Phil Maznyk are working on the KWAS buy/sell section Program (Al): • New Meeting Format: We will keep going as stated. • April: Setup a pond • May: Katherine talking about Shrimp • June: Pizza party and a tank draw Oktoberfish (Al): • Planned Date: November 1, 2009 • Auction chair: Ed Koerner • Show chair: Geoff & Sue Money • There will be a meeting scheduled in June on the third Tuesday Exchanges (Zenin): • Going Well • Take over responsibility of sending out exchanges CAOAC (Phil): • Nothing to report Membership (MaryLynne): • Will send out email copies of newsletters • Has the laminator 24
A P R I L 2 0 0 9 • One new family membership along with one new adult membership for March. Auction (Ed): • Going well Library (David): Absent • $15.00 goes to the Cambridge and District Aquarium Club towards books for their library. We are still looking for doubles of books for them. Raffle (Charity): Absent HAP (Filipe): Absent BAP: • Need a chairperson NTF (Zenin): • Going well Show Jar (Anthony): • Going well. Lunch (Katie): • Going well. Pet Store Liaisons (Zenin & Al): • Going well. • Zenin will give Al more flyers. Old Business: March Jar Show Standings Judged by Anthony Mc Aslin Characins Species Points Geoff Money Bleeding Heart Tetra4 Zenin Skomorowski Black Skirt Tetra3 Geoff Money Columbian Tetra2 Ryan Barton Bleeding heart Tetra1 Zenin Skomorowski Columbian Tetra1 Juniors Johnathan Samson Congo Tetra4 Griffen Quigley Emperor Tetra3 Johnathan Samson Diamond Tetra2 Griffen Quigley Black Skirt Tetra1 AOV Zenin Skomorowski Dwarf Clown Pleco4 Zenin Skomorowski Whiptail Cat3 Juniors AOV Johnathan Samson Sunset Platy4 Griffen Quigley Crowntail Betta3 Johnathan Samson Sunset Platy2 Griffen Quigley Dalmation Betta1 Peoples Choice Johnathan Samson Congo Tetra2 • Al Ridley motioned and Ed Koerner seconded that KWAS proposes that the club to purchase calendars at an estimated cost of $1500 which will be launched at Oktoberfish. Will take to the general meeting in April. New Business: • We discussed an email from Dick Mattinson regarding Special Long Service Award • Mary Lynne will look after nominations for Executive positions. Please contact her if you wish to nominate anyone. Totals Zenin Skomorowski Geoff Money Al Ridley Alan Smiley Tony Gibbons Ryan Barton Junior Totals Griffen Quigley Johnathan Samson 31 22 7 5 3 1 34 25 • Al Ridley and Phil will look into a portable PA system. April’s class is Catfish which include all plecos, cories, synodontis, etc. For future classes visit: http://www.kwas.ca/jar_show.htm 25
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