Origami July 5, 2022 Share July 5, 2022 With COVID lockdowns largely behind us and the ability to once again reserve suitable space, we're pleased to announce the resumption of in-person WAMAS meetings! Saturday, August 6, 2022 Time: 1:00 P.M. - 5:15 P.M. (Speaker starts at 3 PM) Where: North Bethesda Middle School 8935 Bradmoor Dr Bethesda, MD 20817 WAMAS members get in free. Guests are $5 each (paid at the door). Refreshments provided by WAMAS. Speaker: Dr. Dean Miller, Managing Director of the Great Barrier Reef Legacy Organization Dr Dean Miller is a marine biologist, film maker, photographer and the managing director of Great Barrier Reef Legacy, a non-profit organization based in Port Douglas, QLD, Australia dedicated to conservation of coral reefs around the world with an array of innovative projects, including the Living Coral Biobank. Note: Dr. Miller will be joining us virtually from Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia and we will be streaming his presentation live to the WAMAS Facebook group for those who can't make the meeting. He will take questions from the group in attendance at our meeting, but we will not be taking questions from those attending online via Facebook. Attendance via the Zoom platform will not be offered for this meeting as we will be hosting an expert panel to participate in the meeting. Topic: The Living Coral Biobank Project As coral reefs worldwide decline due to climate change, severe storm events and coral disease, the Great Barrier Reef Legacy team, comprising John Rumney, the "godfather of coral" Dr. Charlie Veron, and Dr. Dean Miller decided it was time for immediate, groundbreaking action to help preserve our reefs. The outcome of this collaboration is the Living Coral Biobank which will collect and house all 800 hard coral species from around the world in a state of the art holding facility in Port Douglas (Queensland, Australia), creating a ‘coral ark’ to safeguard the living biodiversity of corals and their algal and bacterial symbionts before it’s too late. The project will also use public aquariums and home aquarium collectors to hold and maintain backup fragments all over the world, creating the largest collaborative preservation network of corals. This talk will cover the need and the urgency of the situation, the foundational idea and main players of the project, the plan and its status, and the road ahead. The Great Barrier Reef Legacy Team: John Rumney, Dr. Charlie Veron, and Dr. Dean Miller Agenda: 1:00 - 2:50 Sign-in / socialize / frag sales 2:50 - 3:00 Club business 3:00 - 4:15 Speaker: Dr. Dean Miller 4:15 - 4:30 Break 4:45 - 5:15 Raffle! Directions to North Bethesda Middle School: - NOTE: The school is just inside the north edge of the beltway near Old Georgetown Road. Here's a map from Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/bKz79Y9HmQF2 Special thanks to theses sponsors. Please support them & say thanks next time you shop with them. You can find their website address by visiting their forum or the sponsor page on the WAMAS website. WAMAS Platinum Sponsors - Air, Water & Ice - Aquarium Depot - Avast Marine - Blue Ribbon Koi - Capital Aquarium - ChemiPure (Boyd Enterprises) - Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture - FishnReef.com - MASNA - Pimped Out Aquariums - Premium Aquatics - Puddle Aquatics - Reed Mariculture (Reef Nutrition) - Reef eScape - Reef2Rainforest Media (Coral Magazine) - SaltwaterAquarium.com - Supreme Reefs WAMAS Banner-Only Sponsors - Cobalt Aquatics - Coralvue - Jellyfish Art - Live Aquaria - Two Little Fishies 2022 virtual meeting support provided by Eureka Strategic Consulting, Discover the Extraordinary. Raffle Prizes (Yes, we'll have raffle prizes again for in-person meeting participants!) Trigger Systems Crystal 30 Acrylic Sump, $310 value, donated by WAMAS Six $50 livestock gift certificates donated by Blue Ribbon Koi & Marine (Catharpin, VA)! (Six chances to win!) One 50-gallon box of AccuraSea Artificial Seawater Mix from Two Little Fishies. One Veggie Mag magnetic floating veggie clip from Two Little Fishies. One 16-inch AlgaEraser stainless steel algae scraping tool from Two Little Fishies. Five $25 gift certificates for Premium Aquatics (Five chances to win!) Two Full Conference Passes to MACNA 2022! (Donated by MASNA) Three $50 coral gift certificates donated by long-time WAMAS sponsor, www.fishnreef.com! (Three chances to win!) $150 "mystery box" of corals donated by Supreme Reefs (pickup at store in Fairfax, VA) Two $100 gift certificates donated by Puddle Aquatics. (Two chances to win!) Five $25 gift cards donated by Capital Aquarium. (Five chances to win!) Four 1/4-gallon (1.3#) jars of kolar labs nitrate-reducing biopellets from Saltwateraquarium.com! (Four chances to win!) More raffle prizes to be announced. Sponsors On Site, Selling Puddle Aquatics @LiVEWiRE Members On Site, Selling @gws3 @BtmDweller @Lynne @SkiCurtis @Samayoa @Mr.Chalice @copps @DaJMasta Stay tuned to this post for updates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Origami July 5, 2022 Author Share July 5, 2022 First raffle prize to be announced is a Trigger Systems Crystal 30 Acrylic Sump, donated by WAMAS. A $310 value. Attend the meeting to have a chance to win this beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami July 5, 2022 Author Share July 5, 2022 Get a jump on the GBR Legacy Living Coral Biobank from this three-minute December 2019 Living Coral Biobank overview video posted to YouTube. In the video, you'll hear from Dr. Charlie Veron, John Rumney, Dr. Dean Miller, and Lyle Squire (CEO of Cairns Marine) Subscribe to their YouTube channel (Great Barrier Reef Legacy) for the latest on this organization's important work. You can also learn more at the Living Coral Biobank project webpage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilary July 22, 2022 Share July 22, 2022 Have you been drooling over the livestock over at Blue Ribbon Koi & Marine? We'll have six chances to win a $50 livestock gift certificate in the raffle. Thanks John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami July 24, 2022 Author Share July 24, 2022 Julian Sprung and the folks at sponsor Two Little Fishies have donated the following items for the raffle: 1 box of TLF AccuraSea Artificial Seawater Mix (50 gallon box). This is the stuff that we've used at MACNA in recent years for exhibitor tanks! A $27 value. 1 TLF VeggieMag ($24 value) magnetic floating veggie clip 1 TLF AlgaEraser algae scraping tool ($40 value) Thank you, Julian and company! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami July 24, 2022 Author Share July 24, 2022 We just started listing members and sponsors that are planning to be on site, selling. They include Sponsors On Site, Selling Puddle Aquatics @LiVEWiRE Members On Site, Selling @BtmDweller @Lynne @cynthia @Samayoa @Mr.Chalice The list will continue to grow, so check back often! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami July 24, 2022 Author Share July 24, 2022 Adding five $25 gift certificates from Premium Aquatics to the meeting raffle. Thanks, Premium! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami July 24, 2022 Author Share July 24, 2022 Adding two Full Conference Passes to MACNA 2022. in Milwaukee, WI this year. MACNA is the premier marine aquarium conference melding education, networking and sales/interaction with livestock vendors and manufacturers. A three-day conference (Friday-Sunday), MACNA will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this year and draws attendees from around the globe. (I've been to very MACNA since 2013 and wouldn't miss it.) This year, our very own Nikki Bridges @ReefdUp will be speaking at MACNA for the first time! Her topic? Back from the Brink: A Systems Engineering Approach to Coral Triage and Rehabilitation. Fascinating! We're so proud of you, Nikki, and look forward to seeing you add MACNA Speaker to your resume! For more information, or to reserve your ticket/hotel accomodations, go to the MACNA 2022 website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami July 24, 2022 Author Share July 24, 2022 Added GWS3 to the list of members on-site, selling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami July 24, 2022 Author Share July 24, 2022 Adding three $50 coral gift certificates donated by long-time member and sponsor, www.fishnreef.com. Long-time WAMAS sponsors deserve our support. Please show your appreciation and give them a chance to earn your business and your loyalty. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami July 26, 2022 Author Share July 26, 2022 Supreme Reefs is donating a $150 "mystery box" of corals (for pickup at the store in Springfield, VA) to the raffle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami July 28, 2022 Author Share July 28, 2022 Another donation for the raffle from our generous sponsor, Puddle Aquatics! Puddle Aquatics will be donating two $100 gift certificates - that's two chances to win. They'll also be at the meeting showing corals and talking with members. That's a sure-win in my book. Thank you, Puddle Aquatics, for the donation and your enthusiastic sponsorship of the club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami July 30, 2022 Author Share July 30, 2022 Note about the meeting: Dr. Miller be joining us virtually from Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia and we will be streaming his presentation live to the WAMAS Facebook group for those who can't make the meeting. Dr. Miller will take questions from the group in attendance at our meeting, but we will not be taking questions from those attending online via Facebook. Attendance via the Zoom platform will not be offered for this meeting as we will be hosting an expert panel to participate in the meeting. At this time, the confirmed panelists include: Bruce Carlson (former director of the Waikiki and Georgia Aquariums) Tamie DeWitt (Smithsonian Institution) Mary Hagedorn (Smithsonian Institution) Keri O'Neil (Florida Aquarium) Matt Pedersen (Coral Magazine) I will be updating the list of panelists as needed. Please join us next Saturday for some much needed face-time with our fellow reefers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami July 31, 2022 Author Share July 31, 2022 Adding five $25 gift cards from Zack at Capital Aquarium to the raffle! Thanks, Zack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami August 4, 2022 Author Share August 4, 2022 Don't forget the meeting this Saturday. Doors open to members at 1:00 PM and our speaker starts at 3 PM. SaltwaterAquarium.com just donated four 1/4-gallon (1.3#) jars of kolar labs nitrate-reducing biopellets to raffle! Also, DaJMasta and Copps will be on site selling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefdUp August 8, 2022 Share August 8, 2022 Thanks to everyone that came - members and guests, our great speaker and panel, all the sponsors, vendors, and volunteers! For those of you that joined as members at the meeting, you should be upgraded now. Thanks for your patience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatortailale August 8, 2022 Share August 8, 2022 You can watch the video of this meeting - it's over on our Facebook page: WAMAS | Facebook Thanks again to all the WAMAS Sponsors for their support, the members who came out to attend, our speaker and panel guests, and lastly, the officers for their time and work to put the meeting on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami August 9, 2022 Author Share August 9, 2022 I've also created a YouTube channel to host the video and uploaded it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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