davelin315 September 24, 2010 Share September 24, 2010 WAMAS FALL MEETING - Kilmer Middle School, Vienna, VA - October 9, 2010 (Saturday)The Fall Meeting of The Washington Area Marine Aquarist Society (WAMAS) will be on Saturday, October 9, 2010 from 1:30-5:00 p.m. at Kilmer Middle School, 8100 Wolftrap Road, Vienna, VA 22182.Special Guest and Highlights:- Speaker: Mary Hagedorn -Dr. Mary Hagedorn has been working in the Caribbean and Pacific for the past 7 years on coral reproduction and conservation. She has worked on several species during over 50 coral spawns. She will talk about her work on forming a coral frozen repository and her views of the future of coral reefs. Will reefs still exist in 10, 25, 50 years.... come to the talk and find out!?Along with lots of frag swapping and a great raffle, this is sure to be a meeting NOT to miss!For further information on the WAMAS Fall Meeting, visit our web site http://www.wamas.org/Who: WAMAS (Washington D.C. Area Marine Aquarist Society)When: October 9, 2010 (Saturday)Time: 1:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. (EST)Where: Kilmer Middle School Auditorium 8100 Wolftrap RoadVienna, Virginia 22182 Cost: Members - FREENon-members - $5.00[WAMAS Annual Membership = $20 - Individual; $35 - Family; $10 - Educators; Free - Students]Agenda1:30 - 2:00 Sign-in / socialize2:00 - 2:30 Club Updates2:30 - 3:00 Break3:00 - 4:30 Mary Hagedorn4:30 Raffle!Miscellaneous- food & drinks provided- Raffle prizes- Air, Water & Ice: Typhoon III Extreme RO/DI Unit- www.FishNReef.com: Frag Glue Packs (3 gel tubes + 1 extra thick + 1 fast set + 1 slow set epoxy + 1 debonder each pack)- Petland: Prepaid Gift Cards (3), good on anything in the store (Fairfax location)- Mr Coral: Ten $25 Cherry Picking Gift Cards - get in 15 minutes before the shop opens (by appointment) to cherry pick your purchases- Marine Scene: Gift Certificates and 2' and 3' IceCap retrofit moonlights- Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture: ~5" Tridacna maxima clam* more to be posted soonBio: Mary HagedornDr. Mary Hagedorn received her Ph.D. in Marine Biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and has been a Research Scientist at the Smithsonian Institution for the past 17 years. As a marine physiologist, she has worked with aquatic ecosystems around the world, from the Amazon to Africa. Dr. Hagedorn is a successful researcher and active grant writer, and maintains an active laboratory with graduate students and post docs. She has taught many university-level classes, and lectures frequently to lay audiences. In the past years, she has received several multi-million dollar research grants from the National Institutes of Health to support her research, and has collaborators in over 30 institutions throughout the US, Caribbean, Europe, Asia and Latin America. In 2000, she received the prestigious George E. Burch Fellowship in Theoretic Medicine and Affiliated Theoretic Sciences and in 2005 she was nominated for the Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation. Dr. Hagedorn sits on the scientific boards of several conservation and governmental organizations. Her work has broad conservation implications. In her current research, she has developed parallel interests related to the conservation of fish and coral species using cryobiology - the study of cells under ultra-cold conditions. As an example of the impact of this work, Dr. Hagedorn has created the first genome repository for endangered coral species and has distributed this germplasm to three banks around the world. With this approach, cells are frozen and placed into liquid nitrogen where they can remain frozen, but alive, in genetic banks for decades. These banks could one day help reseed the coral reefs of our oceans.Directions:-Here's a map from Mapquest[/b]Map LinkSpecial 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- Air, Water & Ice- Avast Marine- Blue Ribbon Koi- Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture (Attending with Meeting Specials and Pre-Orders!)- Fins & Feathers- LiveWire Aquatics- The Marine Scene- Mr. Coral- Petland- Reef eScape- www.FishNReef.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brian Ward September 28, 2010 Share September 28, 2010 All, Remember to save your receipts. For those that aren't familiar, we offer 1 raffle ticket for every $25 spent at a sponsor. The purchases must have been made since the last meeting and we will only add (aggregate) receipts from a single vendor. See here for complete program rules: http://www.wamas.org/forums/topic/35910-receipts-for-raffles-a-new-member-perk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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