April 2010 - Kitchener Waterloo Aquarium Society

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Meeting MinutesMinutes of the March 2010General MeetingActing President/Vice President PhilMaznyk called the meeting to order at7:33 pm with 49 people present.Announcements• Phil welcomed guests and invited themto see Mary Lynne to sign the guestbook and to get a complimentary copyof our newsletter.• All expired KWAS memberships areover due.• Brochures are available for the CAOACConvention at the front table.• KWAS shirts are available for order. SeeAl to place your order.• We remembered Miecia Burden whopassed away one year ago this month.• Zenin asked for volunteers for theaquarium at the Waterloo Inn.Constitution• Phil asked everyone to read theproposed adjustments and changes toour Constitution and By-Laws. Theycan be found on page 8 of our March2010 newsletter. We will be voting onthem in April.Question and Answer• Hosted my TMA, Rein discussedsubjects covered included loosing yourshoes in Costa Rica, breeding by Juniormembers (Rein found a baby killi too!),gas build up in gravel due to lack ofdeep vacuuming and Rein’s RO waterexperience.Name That Fish• Two months in a row now, nobodycould guess the fish. This month it wasthe “Blue Eyed Cichlid” – Archocentrusspilurum. They were placed in themonthly auction for sale.A P R I L 2 0 1 0Program• Veronique LePage spoke in depth aboutthe husbandry of seahorses.Show Jar• Dave “Beemer” Boehm announced thewinners.• We had 11 entries judged by DaveBoehm.• Next month is Catfish and AOVAuction• Ed sold a selection of fish and plantsLibrary Draw• Dave Boehm won the library draw.Raffle• Brad won a gift certificate toAlternative Aquariums in Burlington.• Phil won a gift certificate to Big Al’sAquarium Services in Kitchener.Meeting was adjourned at 9:57 pm.Minutes of the March 2010Business MeetingThe meeting was called to order at7:30pm at the home of Cam Turner.Executive present: Phil Maznyk, BradMcClanahan and Al Ridley.BOD present: Cam Turner, Ryan Bartonand Terry Clements.Motion to accept the February Businessmeeting minutes as published made byBrad, seconded by Terry… V&CMotion to accept the March Generalmeeting minutes as emailed made byRyan, seconded by Cam… V&CFuture Business meetings – nobody hasoffered to host for April or May. Zeninwill host the June business meeting.Treasurers report read by Brad andaccepted on a motion made by Al,seconded by Cam. V&CCorrespondence• The American Livebearers Associationhas asked us to help promote theirApril Convention. We will promote thisthrough our forum and our calendar.Committee ReportsNewsletter (Cam)• Deadline is March 15th FIRM.• Cam would like someone to summarizesome forum topics for publication.Webmaster (Phil)• A new marine Licensed Vendor is beingconsidered. He is affiliated with TrueLove Corals.• Phil will contact the other marinevendor who has been waiting for anopening and look at adding both.• Discussed the popularity of the marinesection and if it would be a positivemove to add new sub-sections.• Moderator review is coming. Somemoderators are not active enough.Program (Al)• April – Jerry Draper on BreedingTechniques• May – Frank Aguirre on Synodontis• June – KWAS Pizza Party/50th yearcelebrationsJune Meeting Suggestions• Cake with KWAS logo – Al to pursue• Zenin to pick six photos from the pastyear for publication• Ask Zenin to create a slide show –KWAS in review (how far back do wehave pictures?)• Looking for give aways (LFS?). A niceshow tank and a breeder tank set upwere suggested. Gift certificates alsosuggested.• Invite all Lifetime members – but willthey attend?14
Exchanges (Zenin)• Request from the Aquarium Club ofLancaster County in South-CentralPennsylvania to exchange newsletterwas accepted. February’s issue wassent.CAOAC (Phil)• Presidents Challenge 2010 – Bradmotioned to purchase a $101.00 giftcertificate (50 years for KWAS and 51years for CAOAC) from AquariumServices in Kitchener to be donated forthe CAOAC Convention. Seconded byCam. V&C• The letter from CAOAC (Bob Wright) tothe CFIA regarding proposedlegislation about importing fish wasdiscussed for awareness purposes.Membership (Mary Lynne)• One new member joined last month• Mary Lynne reports that we have lost21 memberships from 2009• Confirm that Family Membershipsmeet the criteria outlined in our bylawsAuction (open) - No reportLibrary (Terry)• Inventory completed. Some books thatwere not listed have been added.• April will be amnesty month for thosewho have overdue books. Terry willemail those who have items signed outand advise them to return them andavoid paying a fine.• Phil will email Terry a form letter andthe membership list.• Suggestion welcome – DVD’s (BluePlanet and/or National Geographic)would be of interest.Raffle (Katie)• Last months sales were low.HAP (Ed) - Nothing to reportBAP (Ryan)A P R I L 2 0 1 0• The American Cichlid Association isasking clubs for their cichlid BAPresults to create a database of cichlidspawnings.Name That Fish (Ed)• The Fish Bowl in Elmira has inquiredabout assisting us with donations. Alwill follow up.Show Jar (Dave Boehm)• Phil is getting Dave’s report and isforwarding it to Cam for publication.Lunch Counter (open)• Dave Bradley has been contacted to seeif he is able to run the lunch counter.No response to date so Al will followup.Pet Store Liaison (Zenin and Al)• Flyers are still moving quickly at localaquarium shops.• Zenin visited The Fish Bowl in Elmiraand posted photos on our forum.• Al is promoting our club to Ruffin’s inStratford.Old Business• We now have the CTV Oktoberfish clip.Cam suggested posting it to You Tubeand linking to our website.• All ten issues of our newsletter havebeen submitted for the FAAS Awards• Waterloo Inn Aquarium Maintenance –received one volunteer. Two morepeople are required especially for April.New Business• Upcoming elections of the Executivewill be held in May. Board of Directorswill be appointed in June. Please advisean Executive if you are interested inany position. We will post in the forumto reach as many members as possible.• Constitution review will be voted on atthe April General meeting. See page 10.Motion to close the meeting was made byCam. Seconded by Ryan. V&C at10:05pm.Letter to the EditorsTo the editors and contributors,I get several electronic versions of otherclub publications and for a great part theyare 'nice to have contacts' with other clubsand club members at a distance. Thatsaid, they are a fast scan and a quick readfor the most part. Once you flip past thevarious advertisements you can be donereading most issues in a few minutes.Having just tried that not-yet-patentedtechnique on the current Fins & Talesoffering, it’s obvious that’s just not gonnahappen. I got about mid-way throughand realized there was still way too muchcontent ahead yet to dismiss thisnewsletter so easily.This publication of ours truly is aworthwhile read and I'm going to have toset it down and pick it back up severalmore times until I've digested all it has tooffer.Kudos to all the contributors and editorswho play their role monthly. Thank you!- ReinThanks Rein for the kind words. We’d alsolike to extend another thank you to all thecontributors past and present. We just makethe words look pretty and put them into neatcolumns for printing. Not easy work, butcertainly not as hard as creating the words inthe first place.We’ve also lined up two new contributors forfuture issues by trolling the KWAS forums forneat threads (inspired by this month’s articleby Ryan about his DIY river tank). We’vediscovered that there are quite a few diamondsin the rough in the forum. So, please don’t besurprised if you get a PM from us asking for anewsletter article to be made out of yourexplanations or threads. Spying and beggingare not beneath us.Thanks again everyone!- Cam and Tanya 15
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