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Written by Flipturn88
Date: 03 October 2006
Location: The Palisades Conference Room
Minutes by: Kayla Swart (Secretary)
I. Welcome
7:44 p.m. - Meeting called to order by Bob Lemcke, who welcomed all attendees.
II. Announcements
a) November Meeting: location was undecided.
- Officer elections will take place at this meeting.
- Positions are a one-year commitment, with the exception of treasurer.
- Bob asked anyone interested to step up to the plate.
b) ARC membership cards: if any member has not received his/her 2006 card, please notify Bob.
c) Raffle tickets: door prizes and $1 raffle prizes were announced, including books, magazines, misc. dry goods, and a coral frag. The drawings for both categories were held at the end of the meeting.
d) Power Buys: future power buys include Drs. Foster and Smith for September and November and The Filter Guys for the month of October. A 10% surcharge will be added to the latter if items are shipped to a person’s home as opposed to the November ARC meeting.
e) GA Aquarium News: Annual Passes are available for sale again.
f) Saltwater University: please see Kevin Jessup for volunteer information; help is always needed and greatly appreciated.
III. Presentation
Topic: Coral and Calcium – Part II
How Corals Absorb Calcium and Why it is Needed
Speaker: Tom Wyatt
*Slides and notes from the presentation will be available on the ARC website shortly.*
A few interesting facts:
- Most of the Carbon dioxide in the world is found in reef solids.
- Calcification of coral occurs externally. An analogy of this process is laying the “brick and mortar.â€
- Skeletalization can be described as “the scaffold†of the coral structure.
- Photosynthetic rate directly controls calcification rate of a coral.
IV. Closing Announcements:
- Ray will give a talk at the November meeting on basic aquarium concepts.
- On November 10th, Richard Harker will be at the Georgia Aquarium. He is a renowned diver and has filmed Imax movies. In 2003, Mr. Harker discovered 37 new species of fish.
- Another November Power Buy will be with NGa Reef. It will include inverts and cleanup crews.
- Raffles were drawn at this time as well. Winners were able to select from a variety of prizes, depending upon their raffle tickets’ colors and availability.
V. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 9:24 PM.
Date: 03 October 2006
Location: The Palisades Conference Room
Minutes by: Kayla Swart (Secretary)
I. Welcome
7:44 p.m. - Meeting called to order by Bob Lemcke, who welcomed all attendees.
II. Announcements
a) November Meeting: location was undecided.
- Officer elections will take place at this meeting.
- Positions are a one-year commitment, with the exception of treasurer.
- Bob asked anyone interested to step up to the plate.
b) ARC membership cards: if any member has not received his/her 2006 card, please notify Bob.
c) Raffle tickets: door prizes and $1 raffle prizes were announced, including books, magazines, misc. dry goods, and a coral frag. The drawings for both categories were held at the end of the meeting.
d) Power Buys: future power buys include Drs. Foster and Smith for September and November and The Filter Guys for the month of October. A 10% surcharge will be added to the latter if items are shipped to a person’s home as opposed to the November ARC meeting.
e) GA Aquarium News: Annual Passes are available for sale again.
f) Saltwater University: please see Kevin Jessup for volunteer information; help is always needed and greatly appreciated.
III. Presentation
Topic: Coral and Calcium – Part II
How Corals Absorb Calcium and Why it is Needed
Speaker: Tom Wyatt
*Slides and notes from the presentation will be available on the ARC website shortly.*
A few interesting facts:
- Most of the Carbon dioxide in the world is found in reef solids.
- Calcification of coral occurs externally. An analogy of this process is laying the “brick and mortar.â€
- Skeletalization can be described as “the scaffold†of the coral structure.
- Photosynthetic rate directly controls calcification rate of a coral.
IV. Closing Announcements:
- Ray will give a talk at the November meeting on basic aquarium concepts.
- On November 10th, Richard Harker will be at the Georgia Aquarium. He is a renowned diver and has filmed Imax movies. In 2003, Mr. Harker discovered 37 new species of fish.
- Another November Power Buy will be with NGa Reef. It will include inverts and cleanup crews.
- Raffles were drawn at this time as well. Winners were able to select from a variety of prizes, depending upon their raffle tickets’ colors and availability.
V. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 9:24 PM.
