dhoch January 20, 2008 Share January 20, 2008 The Winter Meeting of The Washington Area Marine Aquarist Society (WAMAS) will be on Saturday February 16, 2008 from 12:30-5:00 p.m. Julius West Middle School, 651 Great Falls Rd, Rockville, 20850 (immediately outside Washington, DC)Our featured special guest speaker Dr. Andrew W. Bruckner.Along with a great talk, lots of frag swapping, and a great raffle, we will also be doing elections and other official business this is sure to be a meeting NOT to miss!For further information on WAMAS and the Winter Meeting, visit our web site http://www.wamas.org/Who: W.A.M.A.S. (Washington Area Marine Aquarium Society)When: February 16, 2008 (Saturday)Time: 12:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. (EST)Where: Julius West Middle School651 Great Falls RdRockville, 20850Cost: Members - Free / Non-members - $5.00[Annual Membership = $20 - Individual; $35 - Family]Agenda12:30 - 1:30 Sign in and Socializing1:30 - 2:30 Club News - Elections2:30 - 2:45 Break2:45 - 4:00 Dr. Andrew Bruckner4:00 - 4:30 More socialization!4:30 - 5:000 Raffle4:30 AdjournSpecial guests- Dr. Andrew BrucknerMiscellaneous- Light refreshments and snacks will be provided.- Raffle prizes:Links to location:MapquestGoogleAbstract: [Coming soon]Andrew Bruckner Bio:Andrew Bruckner is a coral reef ecologist with the NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation. Andrew received his MS in marine biology from Northeastern University, Boston MA in 1988, and his Ph.D. from the University of Puerto Rico in 1999. His Ph. D. thesis involved a study on the occurrence, impact and treatment of black-band disease. During the 1990s he devoted much of his time to Caribbean coral reef research, focusing on the effects of coral predators and coral diseases on the survival of important reef-building corals. Andrew has also been involved in the development, implementation and training in coral health monitoring protocols.Andrew currently works on the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program and the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force on international and domestic coral reef conservation activities. Through the Coral Disease and Health Consortium (CDHC) he has been working with partners to develop diagnostic criteria for coral diseases, implement a rapid response protocol to address coral disease outbreaks; and improve our understanding of the global distribution and abundance of coral diseases and relationships with environmental factors. He recently developed a coral disease identification CD for western Atlantic reefs and partnered with UNEPs World Conservation Monitoring Center to implement the Global Coral Disease Database. He also continues his research on coral diseases and predators in Bonaire, Cura�ao, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and the Flower Gardens. His recent efforts on the international trade in coral reef species include analyses of the volume, sources and types of coral reef species collected for marine aquaria and curiuos; an identification guides for corals in trade; assistance to developing countries in the development of sustainable management guidelines for ornamental coral reef fisheries; use of CITES Appendix II listings to prevent unsustainable trade in seahorses, humphead wrasse, corals, and other species on of CITES; the development of conservation strategies for sea cucumbers, and collection and mariculture guidelines for stony corals. In addition to his coral reef research, Andrew manages two parts of the NOAA coral grants program and helps coordinate NOAAs Coral Reef Conservation Programs coral reef research, monitoring and management efforts. Recent awards include a 2004 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), and a 2003 NOAA Administrators Award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelin315 February 8, 2008 Share February 8, 2008 Unfortunately, the speaker had to cancel due to a last minute schedule change, but we should still have an interesting meeting as we have lined up alternative speakers who will be speaking about invasive species. Also, we are going to try to bump up the quality of the raffle items a bit to make up for the change in speakers, so it'll be a meeting worth attending! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco February 11, 2008 Share February 11, 2008 Will be replacing the one speaker with 2 possibly, for an even more entertaining meeting, with impressive raffle items! Keep it on your calender! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelin315 February 14, 2008 Share February 14, 2008 The only official candidates for the elections to be held are Craig Kuhn (Gatortailale) for President, Dave Hocheiser (dhoch) for Treasurer, and Bob Mauldin (YBeNormal) for Membership Director. These are all incumbents as well, so the voting should be fairly quick. Nominations were officially closed last Sunday at 10PM and other nominees declined their nominations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco February 14, 2008 Share February 14, 2008 2 speakers in line! Looking like a cool clownfish talk to be given by Scott Wilson (Traveller 7). All the latest crazes in clowns. 2nd will be Andew Pulver from NADC with Lionfish and Invasive Species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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