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WAMAS Spring Meeting

 

WAMAS, The Washington D.C. Area Marine Aquarist Society, will be hosting its Spring Meeting on Saturday May 20, 2006 from 1:30-5:00p.m. in Vienna, VA (immediately outside Washington, DC).

 

Special Guests and Highlights:

 

- Speaker: Leah Neal - Talk Title: Large Reef Exhibits: A Collaborative Approach

- Craig (Beltwaybandit) Burch - Talk Title: Electrirical Safety

- Blue Ribbon Koi & Marine

- Fins & Feathers

 

Bio: Leah Neal

 

Position: Aquarist, Coral Reef Exhibit, National Aquarium in Baltimore

 

Talk Title: Large Reef Exhibits: A Collaborative Approach

 

Bio: Leah Neal moved from Boston 3 months ago where she had been living for 8 years, to take this position. While in Boston, she graduated from Northeastern University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and worked at the New England Aquarium. While working at the New England Aquarium she worked in both the Education and Fishes Department. Within the Fishes Department she worked in the Temperate and Tropical Galleries, as well as with the Penguins. The majority of her almost 5 years at the New England Aquarium was spent as an aquarist for their largest exhibit, the Giant Ocean Tank. As a diver she logged over 1500 exhibit dives and almost 900 underwater hours.

While in school she also completed an internship at the Living Seas in EPCOT. At the Living Seas she worked as an aquarium intern working with their many exhibits. Most of her time there was spent with their largest exhibit at 5.7 million gallons. She started at the National Aquarium in Baltimore in February, working with three tanks totaling over 500,000 gallons.

 

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 Spring Meeting, visit our web site http://www.wamas.org/

 

Who: WAMAS (Washington D.C. Area Marine Aquarist Society)

When: May 20, 2006 (Saturday)

Time: 1:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. (EST)

Where: Oakton High School

2900 Sutton Road

Vienna, VA 22181

 

Cost: Members - FREENon-members - $5.00

[WAMAS Annual Membership = $20 - Individual; $35 - Family; $10 - Educators; Free - Students]

 

Agenda

 

1:30 - 2:00 Sign-in / socialize

2:00 - 2:15 Introductions - Club News

2:15 - 3:00 Craig Burch - Electrirical Safety

3:00 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 4:30 Leah Neal - Large Reef Exhibits: A Collaborative Approach

4:30 Raffle!

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

- Raffle prizes

* AquaFX Barracuda 100 gpd RO/DI unit and ph meter

* Sunlight Supply reef optix 150watt HQI reflector

* LiveAquaria.com 2 Gift Certificates

* Premium Aquatics fish food and couple containers of kalkwasser

* Blue Ribbon Koi & Marine - Gift certificates & T-5 Lighting System

* Sequence Pumps & Blue Ribbon Koi & Marine - Sequence Reeflo Dart Pump

* Fins & Feathers Gift Certificates

* MACNA XVII DVD set

* MACNA XVIII Full Conference pass

* Many more to be posted soon

 

Special thanks to theses sponsors. Please support them & say thanks next time you shop with them.

- food & drinks provided

 

Directions:

- will be written up soon

- NOTE: HS is about 1/4 mile from Vienna Metro stop on Orange line

 

 

Here's a map from Mapquest

 

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It took 3 weeks to find out from Montgomery School system that none of the 4 high schools that would be reasonably accessible to our members are available.

 

We will try to have next meeting in the MD area.

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- Raffle prizes

* AquaFX Barracuda 100 gpd RO/DI unit and ph meter

* Sunlight Supply reef optix 150watt HQI reflector

* LiveAquaria.com 2 Gift Certificates

* Premium Aquatics fish food and couple containers of kalkwasser

* Blue Ribbon Koi & Marine - Gift certificates & T-5 Lighting System

* Sequence Pumps & Blue Ribbon Koi & Marine - Sequence Reeflo Dart Pump

* Fins & Feathers Gift Certificates

* MACNA XVII DVD set

* MACNA XVIII Full Conference pass

* Many more to be posted soon

 

Special thanks to theses sponsors. Please support them & say thanks next time you shop with them.

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I would like to thank our speakers Craig and Leah for putting together 2 very informative presentations, as well our sponsors that donated coupons and prizes.

 

3 cheers for our local LFS's BRK, F&F, and our newest store Scales for their donations and support.

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I would also like thank some fellow member's who stepped up to help setup, man tables, and tear down afterwards.

 

Lito Alonza

John Wildman

Eric Brian (sorry, blank on the last...)

Bob (again, sorry, blank on the last...)

Jean Marie LeGrand

Jacob Sckoff

 

and to all others who I can't seen to remember with my small little brain.

 

THANK YOU!!!

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