AlanM December 10, 2018 Share December 10, 2018 ==> ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE: <<== Door Prize: Ecotech Marine MP40 QD to one lucky attendee! WAMAS Winter 2018 Meeting - Joyce Kilmer Middle School - January 26, 2019 (Saturday) The Winter Meeting of The Washington Area Marine Aquarist Society (WAMAS) will be on Saturday, January 26, 2019, 1:00-5:00 p.m. at Joyce Kilmer Middle School, 8100 Wolftrap Road, Vienna, VA 22182. IN LECTURE HALL G101. Wayne Scott Wayne Scott is a retired United States Army soldier who was severely wounded while serving in Iraq by a roadside bomb/improvised explosive device (IED). After two years of recovery in the hospital recovering and multiple surgeries, Wayne was inspired to take up marine aquarium keeping for the relaxation he felt being around fish tanks that helped him not only physically but also mentally. It has also allowed him to share what he has learned and to assist other wounded veterans like himself. Wayne started in the reef hobby in June 2009 and currently runs a 500-gallon mixed reef and operates a local aquarium fish store, What’s In Your Tank, located in Land O’ Lakes, Florida. ==>> WAMAS Elections <<== This is also our annual meeting. The offices of Vice President and Secretary will be filled at this meeting (two year terms). Stay tuned for nominations and election process updates. Meeting Agenda 1:00 PM Sign-in / socialize 2:40 PM Club business (including elections for Vice President and Secretary) 3:00 PM Speaker: Wayne Scott 4:30 PM Raffle! 4:50 PM Door Prize Drawing (right after the raffle) 5:00 PM Adjourn & Clean Up Miscellaneous - food & drinks provided Raffle Donations Coral frags from Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture $50 GCs donated by Avast Marine. Two chances to win. 75W Easy-Therm submersible heater from Cobalt Aquatics Large, 5-ounce can of Ultra Worm Medley flake food with prebiotics from Cobalt Aquatics Large, 5-ounce can of Pro-Breeder premium fish flakes from Cobalt Aquatics 12-month supply of Chemi-pure Blue Nano from Chemi-pure (Boyd Enterprises) One 11-ounce filter bag of Chemi-pure Blue - treats 75 gallons - from Chemi-pure (Boyd Enterprises) Hanna Instruments HI736 Marine Phosphorus ULR tester from SaltwaterAquarium.com Neptune Apex I/O Breakout Box from SaltwaterAquarium.com 3-pack of Julian Sprung's Sea Veggies (Red, Green & Purple) from SaltwaterAquarium.com Combo-pack: 4 oz. PE Pellets and 1 oz. of PE Flakes containing PE Mysis from SaltwaterAquarium.com. Two chances to win. $50 gift certificates from Aquarium Depot. Three chances to win. One 20 mixed coral frag pack from FishnReef.com Please come back to this thread for meeting updates (including raffle prize updates). 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. WAMAS Platinum Sponsors - Air, Water & Ice - Aquarium Depot - Avast Marine - Blue Ribbon Koi - Capital Aquarium - Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture - Exotic Reef Creations - FishnReef.com - LRS Reef Frenzy - Marine Depot - Pimped Out Aquariums - Premium Aquatics - Reed Mariculture (Reef Nutrition) - Reef eScape - Reef2Rainforest Media (Coral Magazine) - SaltwaterAquarium.com - Supreme Reefs WAMAS Banner-Only Sponsors - Cobalt Aquatics - Coralvue - Jellyfish Art - Live Aquaria - MASNA - Spectrapure - Two Little Fishies Sponsors on-site: Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture Blue Ribbon Koi Members selling on site: copps gws3 igotmaddfish leishman Mr.Chalice Watch this space for more information to be made available as it arrives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM January 14, 2019 Author Share January 14, 2019 Two members so far have contacted me to sell frags for the meeting. If you'd like to set up a table to sell, please let me know so we can make sure we're ready for you. https://wamas.org/forums/topic/75380-want-to-set-up-a-table-at-the-next-meeting/ gives general guidelines for setting up to sell at the meeting. We'll have power for you and a spot on a table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM January 19, 2019 Author Share January 19, 2019 Bump for the meeting on Saturday. One week from today! We've started posting the raffle prizes you can expect. We're still doing receipts for raffles, so you can get one raffle ticket for every $25 you've spent at a club sponsor since the last meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM January 20, 2019 Author Share January 20, 2019 An email went out yesterday with the correct date for this meeting, but said it was "tomorrow" in the body of the email. The meeting is on Saturday, Jan 26. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM January 23, 2019 Author Share January 23, 2019 Bump for the annual meeting. Door prize is a Vortech MP40wqd!! Each person who comes to the meeting gets an entry for the Vortech. The drawing for it is at the beginning of the raffle drawings. Last year at the annual meeting Julian Sprung won it, so maybe this year a member will win it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM January 25, 2019 Author Share January 25, 2019 Meeting tomorrow. Wayne Scott gives a great talk! Get there at 1pm. Receipts for Raffles. Dr Mac and BRK will be there as well as 5 WAMAS members selling. Nice prizes and a Vortech MP40 for door prize! I promise not to talk too long for the annual report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami January 26, 2019 Share January 26, 2019 I had dinner with Wayne last night. What a great guy with a great story. Come to the meeting and be inspired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami January 26, 2019 Share January 26, 2019 Heads up folks. We have a situation and have to relocate the meeting. We're trying to keep it close by but haven't resolved the problem yet. Will keep everybody updated as the situation evolves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami January 26, 2019 Share January 26, 2019 We're meeting at the cafeteria at Kilmer. Go to the front of the school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami January 26, 2019 Share January 26, 2019 The scene here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM January 27, 2019 Author Share January 27, 2019 Sorry for all of the confusion today. It was my fault. In October our tentative schedule had the meeting planned for January 19, but we had to change it. We had already booked the room for the 19th, but after the date changed I forgot to re-book the room for the new date. The staff at Kilmer Middle School did us a huge favor by letting us have the meeting there. The Model UN which was using the building today will be getting a donation from us. I apologize for the late start, but it all worked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami January 27, 2019 Share January 27, 2019 Pictures. Great turnout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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