tanglovers
12/12/2005, 06:59 PM
GRMAS meeting minutes 12/5/05
·January Meeting will be on Wednesday January 4th, 2006. Due to the holiday we have moved this to Wednesday instead of the normal Monday meeting. We still plan to meet at the Family Fare Community Room from 7pm-9pm.
·Treasurer’s Report: $770 in club funds (generated from member dues and proceeds from auctions after meetings).
·We now have a club forum on the MI Reefers website. The meeting minutes and further information regarding events we are having will be posted at both the MI Reefers and Reef Central club forums for easy access to members.
·Due to the lack of update on our club website we have considered delegating/ hiring someone to help develop and maintain our website. If any one is interested in this please let us know at the next meeting.
·Discussed keeping cephalopods and their special needs, this is a very interesting aspect of the hobby. Please ask Derek if you have any questions, as he is very interested in this.
·Agenda for January meeting:
oSwap meet update
oGeneral discussion about moving tanks.
oAuction
·Frag Swap: A lot of progress was made during this meeting regarding the frag swap we are hosting. There is still a lot to do to make this a success, we will be asking for assistance, as the date gets closer for various projects for this event.
o When: Saturday March 18th. From 11am-2pm.
o Where: Howard Miller Community Building (which houses the Zeeland Public Library) in Zeeland, MI
o Admission: Members of GRMAS get in free. All other members of the public, admission is $5 for individuals / or $8 for a family/ couple rate. We will be accepting membership at the door; cost for membership for GRMAS for the remainder of our year (until June 2006) would be $8 at the time of the Frag Swap. You will receive 1 complimentary raffle ticket with the admission rate.
o Raffle: We will be selling raffle tickets for chances to participate in raffles that will be occurring hourly. In order to win a prize you must be present at the time your ticket is drawn. Raffle prizes and ticket prices will be posted at the event.
o Swap participants: 6-foot long tables can be purchased to display items you would like to sell. In order to sell items you must arrange to purchase a table from the club. The cost for table space is:
½ table: $25
Whole table: $45
Vendors: 8-foot table available for $50. We will provide you a free table if you are willing to make a donation of $50 or greater to the club as a sponsor of the event – donated items will be entered into the raffle.
If you have rented a table to sell frags or other saltwater related items your admission for the day is waived.
o Refreshments: The GRMAS members will have food and beverages available for purchase if desired.
o Parking/ Building access: Parking for the event is free as there is a large parking lot near the main entrance to the Swap. The Frag Swap is located on the first floor of the building and is handicap accessible. There is also a large access door to the banquet room in the event that large/ heavy items need to be brought into the facility.
o GRMAS volunteers thus far:
Gerde has volunteered to serve as the contact person for table reservations and for advertisement for the event.
Chad and Julie Kirby have volunteered to put together the purchasing of refreshments. (Hot dogs/ pizza/ pop/ coffee/ chips/ candy bars or cookies).
Scott Yonkers and Wendi Soper have volunteered to contact local LFS stores for donations for items for raffle.
If any other member would like to volunteer to help with any of these areas please let us know and we will let you know how you can help.
·January Meeting will be on Wednesday January 4th, 2006. Due to the holiday we have moved this to Wednesday instead of the normal Monday meeting. We still plan to meet at the Family Fare Community Room from 7pm-9pm.
·Treasurer’s Report: $770 in club funds (generated from member dues and proceeds from auctions after meetings).
·We now have a club forum on the MI Reefers website. The meeting minutes and further information regarding events we are having will be posted at both the MI Reefers and Reef Central club forums for easy access to members.
·Due to the lack of update on our club website we have considered delegating/ hiring someone to help develop and maintain our website. If any one is interested in this please let us know at the next meeting.
·Discussed keeping cephalopods and their special needs, this is a very interesting aspect of the hobby. Please ask Derek if you have any questions, as he is very interested in this.
·Agenda for January meeting:
oSwap meet update
oGeneral discussion about moving tanks.
oAuction
·Frag Swap: A lot of progress was made during this meeting regarding the frag swap we are hosting. There is still a lot to do to make this a success, we will be asking for assistance, as the date gets closer for various projects for this event.
o When: Saturday March 18th. From 11am-2pm.
o Where: Howard Miller Community Building (which houses the Zeeland Public Library) in Zeeland, MI
o Admission: Members of GRMAS get in free. All other members of the public, admission is $5 for individuals / or $8 for a family/ couple rate. We will be accepting membership at the door; cost for membership for GRMAS for the remainder of our year (until June 2006) would be $8 at the time of the Frag Swap. You will receive 1 complimentary raffle ticket with the admission rate.
o Raffle: We will be selling raffle tickets for chances to participate in raffles that will be occurring hourly. In order to win a prize you must be present at the time your ticket is drawn. Raffle prizes and ticket prices will be posted at the event.
o Swap participants: 6-foot long tables can be purchased to display items you would like to sell. In order to sell items you must arrange to purchase a table from the club. The cost for table space is:
½ table: $25
Whole table: $45
Vendors: 8-foot table available for $50. We will provide you a free table if you are willing to make a donation of $50 or greater to the club as a sponsor of the event – donated items will be entered into the raffle.
If you have rented a table to sell frags or other saltwater related items your admission for the day is waived.
o Refreshments: The GRMAS members will have food and beverages available for purchase if desired.
o Parking/ Building access: Parking for the event is free as there is a large parking lot near the main entrance to the Swap. The Frag Swap is located on the first floor of the building and is handicap accessible. There is also a large access door to the banquet room in the event that large/ heavy items need to be brought into the facility.
o GRMAS volunteers thus far:
Gerde has volunteered to serve as the contact person for table reservations and for advertisement for the event.
Chad and Julie Kirby have volunteered to put together the purchasing of refreshments. (Hot dogs/ pizza/ pop/ coffee/ chips/ candy bars or cookies).
Scott Yonkers and Wendi Soper have volunteered to contact local LFS stores for donations for items for raffle.
If any other member would like to volunteer to help with any of these areas please let us know and we will let you know how you can help.