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I am going to play devils advocate here .. Why because Carl did not .. My disclaimer: I would still go & I would still pay if I couldnt go...... Now I will move on.. Oh & whatever Adam said....

Why do we need to have an all day conference when we already do this at each meeting? Those who have a true interest in this hobby, attend every meeting anyway hoping to bring home some new piece of information, meet a new member they have been chatting with on the board, or pick up rotifers. can you say GEEKS... ( Note: I have been to every meeting since my first  Jake, please change my name to the Queen of Greekdom.....

Anyway, my point. I like the frag meeting the least as the people attending doubles. Not because they want to do the above BUT because they want a cheap piece of coral and have no real interest in that kind, how to care for it, etc. But it was only 5 bucks.... Did you notice not one person who was not a regular at the meeting, bided at the auction??? OR has been on the board to comment on it....

Why would we do a day long meeting? Is it to raise awareness or our members or to raise money?? I think the members do a wonderful job of researching subjects to get the accurate and complete answers of other members already. As for the money... Dues are WAY to low.... Increase the membership fees...

I think that Adam, Jake, Shane, Mark, just to name a few do a great job on the monthly meeting. You try to find interests of members and keep if fun for all.....

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I don't think that the a conference will stir up too much local interest in the club.

However, I think that it might for WMAS on a national level as well as for TLP on a more local level (not really directly but it might indirectly). Also, the conference could bring people to the area from neighboring states that may not have a local club to get information from.

First meeting I was able to attend was the frag meeting, and I was late so I was clueless as to what was going on for just about all but the demonstrations and didn't feel it was right to comment on anything. Sadly it looks like my next meeting that I'll be in state for is in Dec....hopefully.



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Hi all,

You will figure out very soon (if you havn't already) that I have a very red personality.  I'm a manager and a planner.  It seems to me that we have determined:

1.  This conference would be attended if we put it on.

2.  There needs to be classes that appeal to everyone - approximately 45 minutes in length.

3.  We want to hold it at a local hotel in conference rooms with food possibly so there is going to have to be a fee, there is no way around it.

4.  We want to market it to all the reefers (no not pot smokers ) in the world so there needs to be some sort of marketing plan.

So Adam...where do we go from here?    Do we need a planning committee? I'm teaching at the University of Phoenix on the next meeting night so I won't be able to attend.  I would be willing to assist if necessary.  I'm a good planner but marketing is not my thing.   Let's go for it!    Susan

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Presidency met last night and discussed this.  I'll get back to everyone... oh probably mid next week.

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I think it sounds fun.
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I would be there!!
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How funny this came up again today.... the possibility of doing this made huge strides today.  Next 3 days should be very enlightening.

Adam

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Adam, you are being a tease again....  no fair!

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Originally posted by Adam Blundell Adam Blundell wrote:

How funny this came up again today.... the possibility of doing this made huge strides today.  Next 3 days should be very enlightening.

Adam

Have not heard anything about this since September 3rd . . . .Any updates Adam?

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Ummm, sort of.  Goodness, not sure what to say. 
Basically if a few local fish stores offered to pay $1,000 each we could easily do this.... and so far a couple have agreed.  The key is what about just a couple more. 

Working on that.  In fact today I went over part of this with a pres member to get more insight.

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