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Food & beverages provided. See the posts in Dr. Mac's forum for special. More deals all day long. See you there!

Advance Aquarist Article

Another of Ret's earlier blog posts on this: Blog story - How Polarizing the Clownfish ESA Listing Causes Everyone to Lose

PIJAC Goes Public: By Ret Talbot See article on link above.

Saturday Sept 13!! Dr. Mac's Pacific East has been an active part of WAMAS since the very first meeting when the club was formed and we very much appreciate their support and kindness over the years. See the post in Pacific East Forums for latest news and details: Hope to see you there.

MACNA History 26 Years of MACNA! Twenty six years and going strong! I Marine Aquarium Society of Toronto April 22-23, 1989 II Cleveland Saltwater Enthusiasts Association April 21-22, 1990 III Windows to the Sea Marine Aquarium Society (New Jersey) April 20-21, 1991 IV Florida Marine Aquarium Society September 20-21, 1992 V Marine Aquarium Society of Toronto September 12-13, 1993 VI Cleveland Saltwater Enthusiasts Association October 14-16, 1994 VII Louisville Marine Aquarium Society September 14-16, 1995 VIII Kansas City Metro Aquatics Council October 11-13, 1996 IX Chicago Marine Aquarium Society September 12-14, 1997 X Marine Aquarium Society of Los Angeles September 25-27, 1998 XI Louisville Marine Aquarium Society September 10-12, 1999 XII Florida Marine Aquarium Society (Fort Lauderdale) September 29 – October 1, 2000 XIII Chesapeake Marine Aquarium Society (Baltimore) August 17-19, 2001 XIV Dallas-Fort Worth Marine Aquarium Society September 27-29, 2002 XV Louisville Marine Aquarium Society September 5-7, 2003 XVI Boston Reefers Society October 14-16, 2004 XVII Washington D.C. Area Marine Aquarist Society September 16-18, 2005 XVIII Marine Aquarium and Reef Society of Houston September 22-24, 2006 XIX Pittsburgh Marine Aquarium Society September 14-16, 2007 XX Atlanta Reef Club September 5-7, 2008 XXI New Jersey Reefers Club (Atlantic City) September 25-27, 2009 XXII Orlando Reef Caretakers Association September 3-5, 2010 XXIII Greater Iowa Reef Society (Des Moines) September 9-11, 2011 XXIV Dallas Ft Worth Aquarium Society September 28-30, 2012 XXV Florida Marine Aquarium Society (Hollywood) August 30 – September 1, 2013 XXVI Colorado Organization for Reef and Aquatic Life (Denver) August 29-31, 2014 XXVII Washington D.C. Area Marine Aquarist Society September 4-6, 2015

MACNA History 26 Years of MACNA! Twenty six years and going strong! I Marine Aquarium Society of Toronto April 22-23, 1989 II Cleveland Saltwater Enthusiasts Association April 21-22, 1990 III Windows to the Sea Marine Aquarium Society (New Jersey) April 20-21, 1991 IV Florida Marine Aquarium Society September 20-21, 1992 V Marine Aquarium Society of Toronto September 12-13, 1993 VI Cleveland Saltwater Enthusiasts Association October 14-16, 1994 VII Louisville Marine Aquarium Society September 14-16, 1995 VIII Kansas City Metro Aquatics Council October 11-13, 1996 IX Chicago Marine Aquarium Society September 12-14, 1997 X Marine Aquarium Society of Los Angeles September 25-27, 1998 XI Louisville Marine Aquarium Society September 10-12, 1999 XII Florida Marine Aquarium Society (Fort Lauderdale) September 29 – October 1, 2000 XIII Chesapeake Marine Aquarium Society (Baltimore) August 17-19, 2001 XIV Dallas-Fort Worth Marine Aquarium Society September 27-29, 2002 XV Louisville Marine Aquarium Society September 5-7, 2003 XVI Boston Reefers Society October 14-16, 2004 XVII Washington D.C. Area Marine Aquarist Society September 16-18, 2005 XVIII Marine Aquarium and Reef Society of Houston September 22-24, 2006 XIX Pittsburgh Marine Aquarium Society September 14-16, 2007 XX Atlanta Reef Club September 5-7, 2008 XXI New Jersey Reefers Club (Atlantic City) September 25-27, 2009 XXII Orlando Reef Caretakers Association September 3-5, 2010 XXIII Greater Iowa Reef Society (Des Moines) September 9-11, 2011 XXIV Dallas Ft Worth Aquarium Society September 28-30, 2012 XXV Florida Marine Aquarium Society (Hollywood) August 30 – September 1, 2013 XXVI Colorado Organization for Reef and Aquatic Life (Denver) August 29-31, 2014 XXVII Washington D.C. Area Marine Aquarist Society September 4-6, 2015

Older post, but this might give you all a little more background on what is MACNA on Melev's reef website.

I MO I'm disappointed that politics influences the real story of the health of the reefs. Yes certain reefs are suffering but officials also make political choices that are far from the truth. But also money to be made by certain groups by raising an alarm as easier to get donation when saying things are in poor health. Look at what Colin Foord presented to us at summer meeting - there is a large stretch of Elkhorn and /or stag horn coral almost 100 yards long north of Ft. Lauderdale, but few know that this patch is there. Also success in the original Miami channel but economic decisions made that harm the existing reefs. And they didn't want to recognize the hybridization of these 2 corals despite the fact that they probably did hybridize.

This is WAMAS's second time hosting. BUT we are in a new venue this time. In 2005 we held it at Crystal City Hyatt.

Getting one of the banners unpacked.

There will be a special link for you to book - once website goes live. PLEASE use the link so we get credit for reservation - this helps us to have the event there.

Shouldn't be hard to find Tom. I hear he will be working the kids booth demonstrating the Origami arts.

I hear ERC booth could use some extra workers for their booth. I've been to all these MACNAs in the past. Maybe not as many as Wade and his reefs.org days. * Baltimore, MD (2001); Boston, MA (2004); Washington DC (2005); Houston, TX (2006); Pittsburgh, PA (2007); Atlanta, GA (2008); Atlantic City, NJ (2009); Dallas, TX (2012); Ft. Lauderdale, FL, (2013); Denver, CO (2014) Read more about what a MACNA is and its history: http://reefbuilders.com/2009/09/18/11-reasons-macna/#ixzz399Vi3mYk

First, Thanks to all the Officers, Vendors, & volunteers who worked hard to put on a great event. Also thanks to Colin for the awesome talk. Amazing how corals adapt to locations some don't expect them to be. As for the low part of the meeting- someone walked off with Hilary's cooler that was full of livestock she had purchased from vendors at the meeting. Sad day when you feel the need to take from your fellow members, especially when free frags were being handed out. If anyone knows anything the cooler, or now has second thoughts about their actions, you can contact one of the officers so we can get the items back to the owner.

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