dbartco January 4, 2013 Share January 4, 2013 WAMAS Winter MEETING - Thoreau Middle School- Feb 9, 2013 (Saturday) The Winter Meeting of The Washington Area Marine Aquarist Society (WAMAS) will be on Saturday Feb. 9th, 2013, 1:00-4:00 p.m. at Thoreau Middle School, Lecture Hall 259, 2505 State Route 698, Vienna, VA 22180. Special Guests and Highlights: - Speaker: Christine Williams - Fish Diseases and Treatments 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 Winter Meeting, visit our web site http://www.wamas.org/ Who: WAMAS (Washington D.C. Area Marine Aquarist Society) When: Feb 9th, 2013 Time: (1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. (EDT) ) Where: Thoreau Middle School Lecture Hall 259 2505 State Route 698 (2505 Cedar Lane) Vienna, VA 22180. Cost: Members - FREE Non-members - $5.00 [WAMAS Annual Membership = $20 - Individual; $35 - Family; $10 - Educators; Free - Students] Agenda 12:00pm Open for Setup (hint hint frag sellers!) 1:00pm Sign in and Socializing 1:30pm Club business and elections 2:00pm Christine Williams 3:15pm Q&A, Socializing 3:30 pm Raffle, Clean up Miscellaneous - food & drinks provided - Raffle prizes (purchase tickets at the meeting or get tickets through our Receipts for Raffles perk) Jan' Natural Reef Foods Artfully Acrylic / Incredible Corals Gift Certificates Quantum Reefs Gift Certificates Blue Ribbon Koi & Marine Gift Certificates Fantastic Frags Gift Certificate Coral colonies Clean Up Crew packs Frags Algae Vacs Avast dosing barrels Avast ATO Waveline DC-5000 pump And other equipment (to be named soon) * more posted as news becomes available Bio: Christine Williams Christine Williams started keeping fish while she was still a fetus. While the aqueous environment did lend itself to the hobby, it limited her to freshwater species, and so she decided to be born several weeks early. Through sign language she demanded that her parents convert her crib into a reef aquarium and thus started her illustrious career in marine ornamentals. After completing her studies in biochemistry and molecular microbiology she went to work at Animal ER where unfortunately she was not filmed for the Animal Planet channel (though her feet did make a cameo during a rescue segment). Currently she is the head of the Industrial Marine Microbiology team for her division of a very large international chemical company, where she spends her days mixing chemicals, microorganisms and algae together and seeing if they will A) explode, B) glow in the dark, or C) make a good salsa. Currently she is the editor at the Reef.com blog and can be heard weekly opining on all things aquaria on Reef Threads. 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 - Air, Water & Ice - Aquaholics - Aquatic Obsession - Artfully Acrylic & Incredible Corals - Avast Marine - Blue Ribbon Koi - Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture - Exotic Reef Creations - Fantastic Frags - Fins & Feathers - Jan's Natural Reef Foods - Petland - Premium Aquatics - Reef eScape - SaltwaterWorx - www.FishNReef.com - Quantum Reefs - Rob's Aquarium Service * Save your receipts from our sponsors and get raffle prize tickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco January 7, 2013 Author Share January 7, 2013 Don't miss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco January 15, 2013 Author Share January 15, 2013 Unfortunately, Greg had to go to Borneo for a month, and will not be able to join us. POOR GREG! Please note the change in speakers and times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco February 5, 2013 Author Share February 5, 2013 VERY IMPORTANT NOTES ON LOCATION AND SETUP!!!! There are county basketball games going on, and during the meeting, so parking willl be interesting, please plan ahead. If you are not setting up or have armfuls to carry, enter through DOOR 9 and follow the signs. If you are setting up or have armfuls to carry, you can come around back and enter through DOOR 6. This door may not be propped open for long periods and must otherwise remained locked. If setting up a tank, THERE ARE LIMITED TABLES, bring your own stand! yAlso, there is limited power outlets, make sure you bring long extention cables and be prepared to share outlets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco February 8, 2013 Author Share February 8, 2013 Just to clarify, the meeting itself will start at 1pm. We have the room at noon for those setting up any tanks or sale stuff, so they can come in early and not to fight through the crowds closer to the meeting. We promise we will not start without you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami February 9, 2013 Share February 9, 2013 Updated raffle prizes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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