CDAS Meeting 15th of Nov 2011

Date: Tuesday 15th of November 2011

Time: Meeting room doors open for members at 7:50pm (7:30 for people with auction lots) for an 8pm sharp start

Place: The Harmonie German Club - 49 Jerrabomberra Avenue, Narrabundah

Last Meeting:

Our October meeting featured a larger than usual aquatic auction and raffle with heaps of bargains! We had a massive range of auctions and the committee would like to thank all members who backed the auction and made it a great success.

It was also our AGM and all the committee positions were up for re-election. This is your new committee:

President: Alex (Public officer)

Vice President: MJay (Membership officer)

Treasurer: Laurie (well in !!)

Secretary: Rosco (woo hoo!!)

General Committee member:

Tim (Breeders award)

Fred (Librarian)

Tim and Christine (Tank Talk editors)

Isla

Lachlan

Serkan

Stephen

As you can see there are some new faces so thank you all for stepping up to give us a hand to help continuing to move the club forward. This should lead into a great new year with heaps of new ideas and relieve the load from some of the old hands.

What’s On:

This month Rosco is going to give a talk on the diversity of cichlids.He will try and explain why they have hooked him so badly and subsequently his love of cichlids “FORCED” him to build and extend his fish room.

Tim Green will also give you a brief run down on the proposed changes to the breeders award challange that will hopefully spark peoples interest even if you only keep one or two tanks.

If you have not renewed now is the time as your membership has expired. Remember that you MUST be a member in order to sell at the auctions and buy food from the trade table.

Other info:

We have gained access to several copies of "Guppy" The CAS (Canberra Aquarium Society) magazine back in the 60's and older "Tank Talk" editions thanks to the kind generosity of Rene Jez.

Check the website to see what we have available

If you would like to see an article reprinted, please see a committee member or use the Contact Us form

And all the wonderful, usual stuff:

Library

We have a few new books and magazines so come and check them out. We have a great array of books and magazines including the lastest monthly releases from Practical fish keeping from the UK and other US fish mags.

Please return any books you have borrowed, so others may use it.

If you have any enquires or suggestions please see the Librarian or use the Contact Us form on our website.

Members only Trade Table

A committee member will be only too willing to assist you with the purchase of all your dry goods needs. We had purchased some more food so it will be available this month. Clear Fish bags are also available for purchase at the trade table so these should be used instead of the bags with branding on if you plan to sell fish.

Please aim to make any purchases from the trade table at the start of the meeting and during the break, as the trade table will close before the auction starts.

Mini Auction

Both Members & Visitors are all eligible to bid on lots. Please remember a fast auction is a good auction so if we can please keep the noise down.

Also, there is a change in the check in process for those bringing auction lots, the doors will open 7:30pm. This is to assist with the data entry of auction lots into the auction spreadsheet. If at all possible could you please fill in your auction lots and number your bags before you get there to speed the process up and make it easier to keep up with what is happening. The forms are available on the website

Mini Raffle

Raffle tickets will be available to purchase for the mini raffle from the trade table before the meeting and during the break.

Breeders Award

Please hand in any breeder’s forms you have completed to get those all important points to get you closer to getting some of club sourced species.

For more information about the Breeders Award Program, visit the website

Species Conservation Project

Thus far the endlers and celestial danios have been very successful and a heap of fish have been added to the list.

For a full listing go to the web site -> http://drupal.cdas.org.au/content/species-conservation-project

The list has become quite large so we are now looking to add things in a more dynamic opportunistic fashion. This means if something uncommon and rare comes onto the wholesaler’s lists, the committee may just decide to add them. Still feel free to come and see one of the committee members at the break and we will see what we can do.

Sponsorship

If you know of anyone who would like to sponsor us (or you do yourself, you don’t even have to be in the aquarium industry) please contact one the committee at a meeting or via the Contact Us form -> http://drupal.cdas.org.au/contact

Tank Talk

Is available on line ->

http://drupal.cdas.org.au/content/2011-03-tank-talk so go there and download load it or just have a look.

If you have a comment, suggestion or something you would like to have published in Tank Talk, please use the Contact Us form.

Entry

Entry is Free and all visitors are welcome!

Could all Members and Visitors please sign the attendance book upon entry to the CDAS meeting.

Don't forget to sign any Non-Harmonie German Club Members in the attendance book at the front desk of the club.

Membership

The fees are due in October so you can start renewing or joining now for next year:

Junior/concession $10

Adult $20

Family $30

Membership fees help towards the purchase of library books, supplies for the trade table, and fish for the conservation program. Please see a committee member and we can sign you up.

If you are not already a member of The Harmonie Club it will cost you

$5 for 2 years. You can see the friendly people at the front desk or bar and they can sort that out.

Food and Beverage

An array of food and beverages is available to purchase from The Harmonie German Club.

The bar is open to purchase alcoholic beverages, but please respect the other members of both CDAS and The Harmonie Club and please DONT drink to excess as we are a family orientated society and we would hate to have to ask someone to leave.

If you spot someone new at the meeting, why not introduce yourself and make them feel welcome, who knows they could just be the next committee member

On behalf of the committee and fellow members we look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

See you all there!

The CDAS Committee.