ARC General Meeting Minutes - February 2007

[gwen_o_lyn]

Here are the informal minutes from the last meeting since I didn't take notes :huh: , but bagged frags and sold raffles instead. :yay:

On February 13th 7:00pm we had a wonderful fraggin' meeting at the Palisades Conference Center in Atlanta. We were joined by Phillip Root from http://www.thecoralgardens.com/mambo/index.php">Coral Garden</a> who showed us how to frag all different types of corals and gave us a great demonstration. Everyone had a nice view of the show thanks to the live projector feed.

:thanks: to Jesse and Wayne for the coral donations!!

A great experience at this meeting was being able to meet Heather, a friend of Kayla's who is fighting bone cancer. Heather's first tank and her love for the reefs started when Kayla gave her a 20g. After much success and the rapid growth of her anemone, it was clear she needed a larger tank. Thanks to the community of the ARC, Heather will be setting up a 55g tank and has been given all the equipment, labor, and plenty of cash to get started. :thumbs: You ROCK Heather- keep us up to date on your new tank!!

There were over 150 frag lovers at this meeting and most people went home with more than one frag. :D We had visitors from AL, SC, and TN too.

<u>Announcements:</u>
ARC Calendars are on sale for $15 each.

Don't forget to renew your ARC membership if you haven't already done so.

Kevin gave us lots of SWU info. Adult tickets are NOW on sale for $49 until April 5th and then the price increases to $75. Children tickets are now $20 and then $25 after April 5th. The speaker list includes Jake Adams, Anthony Calfo, Kim Cobb, Ray Davis, Tullio Del Aquilla, Bob Fenner, and James Wiseman. SWU will be at the Mariott Marquis May 5th and 6th. More details coming soon!!

 

[gwen_o_lyn]

Photo 1 "Here's a shot of our fraggin' team. Great job to all who helped make this event so successful!!"

Photo 2 "Wei could hardly carry his cooler, he had so many frags after the meeting!!"

Photo 3 "Sharon and Tony take care of some paperwork."

Photo 4 "A close up at the stage. Phillip, Tony, and Bob from L-R"

Photo 5 "The live feed"

Photo 6 "Look at all those people!!"

Photo 7 "Kevin enjoys selling raffles and books"

Photo 8 "Kevin giving SWU information"
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