Gatortailale September 30, 2003 Share September 30, 2003 The Fall Meeting of The Washington Area Marine Aquarist Society (WAMAS) will be on Saturday October 18, 2003 from 2:00-5:00p.m. in Kensington, MD (immediately outside Washington, DC) This is our annual frag workshop meeting. We will making frags of soft corals, sps, and polyps of various sorts. This is a great chance to get some free corals, learn some simple techniques so you know how to trim back corals when they overgrow, and share commardarie amongst local reefers. Our featured special guest speaker is Andy Bruckner from NOAA and the Coral Reef Task Force. Andy will give a talk on the state of sustainable harvesting of corals. Along with lots of frag swapping and a great raffle, this is sure to be a meeting NOT to miss! For further information on WAMAS and the Fall Meeting, visit our web site http://www.wamas.org/ Who: W.A.M.A.S. (Washington Area Marine Aquarium Society) When: October 18, 2003 (Saturday) Time: 2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. (EST) Where: Rockview Elementary School 3901 Denfeld Avenue Kensington, Maryland Cost: Members - Free / Non-members - $6.00 [Annual Membership = $20 - Individual; $35 - Family] Agenda 2:00 - 2:30 Sign in and Socializing 2:30 - 3:00 Andy Bruckner - Sustainable harvesting of corals 3:00 - 4:45 Frag Workshop 4:45 - 5:00 Raffle 5:00 Adjourn Special Guest: - Andy Bruckner Miscellaneous - Light refreshments and snacks will be provided. - Raffle prizes: coral frags; gift certificates; Directions: Directions to Rockview Elementary School From the Beltway 495 Exit Conneticut Avenue, Head North towards Kensington about 3 miles. Conneticut takes a fork at University- stay to the left to remain on Conneticut. Go to the 3rd light which is Denfeld and Turn Left. If you get to Adams Dr., you need to turn around. The school is immediately on the right hand side. Here's a map from Mapquest Map Link Craig Kuhn WAMAS Membership Director Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatortailale October 15, 2003 Author Share October 15, 2003 UPDATE: We have the pleasure of having two vendors selling corals & inverts at the meeting. Corals for frag workshop: - aquacultured colonies from member tanks - colonies from the two vendors (Dr. Mac & Rich Watson) - the club also purchased some corals from Reefer Madness Aquatics, & Reefer Madness tossed in some free ones for us, for the frag workshop Vendors at the meeting: First, the famous Dr. Mac of Dr. Mac & Sons Corals with his traveling coral & invert store. Second, WAMAS & CMAS Member Rich Watson, will also bring some corals & inverts to sell. We are coordinating with the vendors to try to avoid each bringing duplicates of what the other vendor sells, and we are trying to maximize the variety of livestock available. In addition to the great frags you can make at the workshop, and the livestock you can buy from the two vendors, we also have some awesome raffle items to win: 1. Phishy Business - win coral colony [TBD - based on what is shipped to us] 2. TheSea.org - win one of two gift certificates 3. East Coast Clams - win gift certificate or clam [depends what is shipped] 4. Tropical Paradise Aquariums - win 1 of 4 $25 or 1 $100 gift certificate. 5. Coral Dynamics- Win one of three $20 gift certificates or one of two t-shirts. 6. Tunze - $100 in goodies! Will have to wait and see what comes. 7. Tickets to National Aquarium in Baltimore 8. Gift certificates form the local stores I'll keep you posted on any updates. Special thanks to all the vendors for their donations & continued support of the WAMAS Club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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