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Travis
01/20/2006, 02:17 PM
Here is some info on this year's IMAC...www.theimac.org
Just wondering if anyone else would like to go. A while back someone posted a sticky in our forum about club member discounts. At that time, the first member payed $150 and could bring up to 8 additional members for only $50 each. I'm not sure if that was a limited time thing. I sent an email to the person in charge to see if that still applies. My wife and I went to the first IMAC a few years ago and it was a very fun and educational experience. It is basically 3 days of the biggest experts in the hobby doing presentations. There is also a huge vendor section that has tons of vendors selling livestock and drygoods. Along with that, they also put together other things like a behind the scenes tour of the Shedd Aquarium. I see that the price for hotel rooms is $109 per night. My wife and I are cheap so what we did was went on priceline.com and got another hotel for like $40 per night and it ended up only being a couple miles away from the conference. That is what we will be doing again this year.
I would like to get an idea if anyone else is interested in going this year. Also, ticket prices go up at the end of this month.
Travis
01/23/2006, 11:30 AM
Ok, I guess that was last year's deal. This year any club member can pay full price and bring a second member for free. So far it sounds like Eric (Lunchbucket), Grant, and I will be going. It will be a really fun time.
Lunchbucket
01/25/2006, 09:35 PM
i want to go...guess i have a pass. now i need to get off and get there some how.
any rides??
Lunchbucket
Reistroffer
01/25/2006, 10:37 PM
Where is this at? ...I might want to go
degall
01/26/2006, 08:37 AM
Hi All;
Well it’s only a few months to the International Marine Aquarium Conference (IMAC) which will be in Chicago April 28, 29 and 30. Most of the speakers have their abstracts in:
Jake Adams, “Water Flow Speed is Critical in Our Aquaria�
Adam Blundell, “Filtration Methods in a Natural Reef Aquarium�
Eric Borneman
Bob Fenner, “Organism Selection for the Saltwater Aquarist�
Anthony Calfo, “A Call to Farms. More Efficient Coral Propagation Techniques�
Tullio Dell Aquilla, “Advanced Lighting Technologies for Aquariums�
Todd Gardner, “Seahorse Nutrition in Aquaculture�
Dr. Sanjay Joshi, “Designing Reef Aquarium Systems – Thwarting Murphy’s Laws�
John Kelly, “Goniopora – A New Beginning�
Allen LaPointe, “Water Quality Monitoring and Data Interpretation�
Martin Moe
Mike Paletta, “Setting Up a LARGE Aquarium�
Steven Pro, “Recent Experiments with ‘Reef Safe’ Treatments�
Dr. Adelaide Rhodes , “Culturing Copapods�
Dana Riddle, “Tide Pools of Kahalu’u Hawaii. What they tell us about Reef Aquaria�
Zack Schwartz, “K-12 Education and the Science Behind it�
Walt Smith (Banquet Speaker)
Julian Sprung “Invasive Species-Legend, Psychology, Science and the Hobby�
The theme of the conference is “The Science Behind Our Hobby�.
Registration is currently $125 for a full registration but it goes to $149 next week. And we have a special going on right now. If you register for the full conference you can bring a friend for FREE. Just enter their name and email address in the space marked “Additional Names� before clicking “Add to Cart�. With special IMAC hotel rates of $109/nite, IMAC is about the least expensive weekend conference you can attend.
In conjunction with FragExchange.com, Eric, Anthony and Steven will also put on coral fragging demos with the frags being given away. Frags will also be given away all weekend long at the FragExchange booth.
We also have been getting more items donated to the Big Raffle with the Grand Prize of a 9 day trip to Fiji for 2 donated by Walt Smith International.
The Crowne Plaza Hotel has already sold out our block of rooms but we just added more. So hurry over to www.theimac.org and sign up before the rates increase and we exhaust our new bigger room block.
Cheers,
Dennis
:D
Travis
01/26/2006, 11:16 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6591686#post6591686 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by degall
Walt Smith (Banquet Speaker)
I guess this means attending the banquet will be a must.:)
degall
01/26/2006, 03:38 PM
Hi Travis;
That's right. The Fiji Trip for 2 will be raffled off at the Banquet. But we have enlarged the Banquet Hall to accomodate just about everybody.
And a full registration with the Banquet is now going for just $125 for the next week.
Cheers,
Dennis
Lunchbucket
01/26/2006, 10:06 PM
that banquet is gonna be hella fun
Lunchbucket
Dakota Reef
01/26/2006, 10:55 PM
This sounds like a great trip. If there was any way I could ensure I'll be free at that time I'd sign on. But April's usually a very busy time for me.
Does the conference itself tend to sell out? If I discover in late March that I'll be free what are the chances I could still get a ticket even if its at the higher rate?
Lunchbucket
01/27/2006, 06:16 AM
hmm...not sure on what the chances are. i don't think the conference sells out...but then again i'm not sure. for more info got to www.theimac.org
Lunchbucket
Travis
01/27/2006, 01:20 PM
I'm pretty sure the conference won't/can't sell out. The only problem you may run into would be hotel accomodations with late notice.
tangdiver
02/10/2006, 12:22 PM
Still not sure if I have 3 tickets to banquet or two...I bought one thinking it was not buy one get one...I tried to check with him, can u check also lunch...if three total for me great, you, my wife and oh ya me...can we sit with you guys Travis or do you have someone in mind if u have gone in past...do not want to be me and my wife in the corner with the bartender
degall
02/10/2006, 12:43 PM
Hi Grant;
I thought I sent you an email about this, but maybe it got lost. You have 2 full registrations for yourself and Eric and an extra Banquet ticket for Rachelle. You and Rachelle also have the Shedd Tour.
Please let me know if this is not your understanding.
Cheers,
Dennis
Travis
02/10/2006, 01:09 PM
Hey Grant,
I'm pretty sure that banquet seating is determined by when you register. For example, the earliest people to register get seats closest to the speaker and the later ones get seats in the back, and even in the adjacent room after the first one fills up. So we probably won't have a choice on where we sit, unless we trade seats with others. But if we can choose, my wife and I would love to sit with the rest of you. Maybe Dennis can confirm this. My wife and I haven't even registered yet so we are going to be in the waaaay back.:(
I didn't realize you were bringing your wife also. You two will have a lot of fun. When do you plan on going there and coming back? My wife and I are probably going to go the Monday before and then come back Sunday evening after the conference is finished. There is a ton of stuff to do in Chicago. We will also be going to the Shedd tour so we can all ride together on that one. Funny story: the last time we went to IMAC, we went on the Shedd tour. There were 2 buses of people that went. We were in the back of the last bus and the last ones to get inside. When we got in, we didn't see a single person that came on our buses. So we just looked around and figured we would catch up with the group later. After an hour or so we did see some familiar faces only to learn that the behind the scenes tour was as soon as we got there and we missed it.:( It was still worth it anyways. The Shedd is a very cool place. But this year I really need to see the 2-story skimmer that everyone was talking about.
tangdiver
02/10/2006, 02:25 PM
Dennis, thank, I am a little slow and forgetful, so please forgive me...I should have tried you agian and did not want to put a busy man out...thanks, all is figured out except what to where...the shedd I have not be there in about ten years...ever since my interviewing days before I went to AOA (aquarium of the americas)...cannot wait...I am still tweeking from excitement...
Lunchbucket
02/10/2006, 03:40 PM
i hope that we can all sit together. i'm trying to talk the wife into going w/ me but she doesn't want to spend her days alone or w/ people she barely knows. so i might be solo.
not sure if i'm gonna drive myself or not...prolly will. it will save about 100-150bucks depending on which car i take. and i won't have to stay an extra night to fly out monday morning. i'll just get loaded up on caffeine and drive all the way home sunday night/monday morning. Travis if you are driving back Sunday can we travel together in a pack?
10hrs alone in a car will suck! guess it is a good thing i got an ipod from my bosses and have like 5days of music on it :D
i think i'm shacking up w/ Bob from ReefMania friday and sat night. i want to come thursday or wed and see my uncel who lives in Chicago. not sure if i'm gonna do the Shedd aquarium tour but if i'm gonna be there Thursday morning i might as well :D depends on when i leave. heck if i drive wed night i can hit the aquarium tour and hten check in Thur for my room and save staying a night...i'm cheap :D the more i see how much this will cost the less i want to go :(
Lunchbucket
tangdiver
02/10/2006, 04:08 PM
Do the tour...come on man, it'll be fun also we are leaving sunday also...have to work Monday
Travis
02/24/2006, 02:24 PM
We finally got around to registering last night. I checked and since we were so late to register our banquet seats will be in the adjacent room where we will have to watch Walt on a projection TV.:( I guess that is what we get for registering so late.
If anyone is worried about hotel costs there are cheaper options out there. We went with priceline.com and got a suite at the Rennaissance Suites for only $50 per night for 7 nights. It looks like a really nice hotel and is within a mile or 2 from the conference.
tangdiver
03/03/2006, 10:20 PM
54 more days, or 1296 hours, or 77760 minutes, or is that the number of Eric's posts...or 4,665,600 seconds... man I want 100
Yee Haw....
Can't wait to go to Chicago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
creslin2
03/03/2006, 11:53 PM
heh. Salty goodness in chi town. :)
creslin2
03/04/2006, 12:52 AM
Hey grant. Got your icon picked out yet? For when you reach that final 100? :D
Lunchbucket
03/04/2006, 02:07 AM
not sure if IMAC is gonna work out for me now...might have some stuff going on here that i can't get away for.
i'll let you guys know though :(
Lunchbucket
tangdiver
03/04/2006, 09:20 AM
No way...man are u selling a kidney on ebay???
tangdiver
03/04/2006, 11:05 AM
DO NOT KNOW HOW TO PASTE A THREAD SO I DO MY OWN CUT AND PASTE... Here is what is going on...cannot wait....Yee Haw
Yes there is a special 2 for 1 deal for members of reef clubs. Read on.
Well it is only a couple months to IMAC. The International Marine Aquarium Conference will be in Chicago April 28, 29 and 30. We have gotten in topics for nearly all of the speakers:
Jake Adams, “Water Flow Speed is Critical in Our Aquaria�
Adam Blundell, “Filtration Methods in a Natural Reef Aquarium�
Eric Borneman
Bob Fenner, “Organism Selection for the Saltwater Aquarist�
Anthony Calfo, “A Call to Farms. More Efficient Coral Propagation Techniques�
Tullio Dell Aquilla, “Advanced Lighting Technologies for Aquariums�
Todd Gardner, “Seahorse Nutrition in Aquaculture�
Dr. Sanjay Joshi, “Designing Reef Aquarium Systems – Thwarting Murphy’s Laws�
John Kelly, “Goniopora – A New Beginning�
Allen LaPointe, “Water Quality Monitoring and Data Interpretation�
Mike Paletta, “Setting Up a LARGE Aquarium�
Steven Pro, “Recent Experiments with ‘Reef Safe’ Treatments�
Dr. Adelaide Rhodes, “The Role of Copopods in Marine Reefreeping�
Dana Riddle, “Tide Pools of Kahalu’u Hawaii. What they tell us about Reef Aquaria�
Zack Schwartz, “K-12 Education and the Science Behind it�
Walt Smith (Banquet Speaker), “The Life and Death of a Coral Reef�
Julian Sprung “Invasive Species�
Eric, Anthony and Steven will also conduct Coral Propagation Workshops, sponsored by FRAGExchange.com. And the FRAGExchange booth will be giving away frags all weekend long at their booth.
Registration is just $149 and along with special hotel rates of $109/nite, IMAC is the least expensive weekend conference you can attend. But, to make it even a better deal, especially for reef societies, for a limited time we are offering a special 2 for 1 rate. That’s right you can get 2 full registrations, including the Speakers, Banquet, Trade Show and the Big Raffle for $149. This is NOT mentioned on the IMAC website www.theimac.org but if you click on the Registration picture there is a space marked “Additional Names� right under the “Add to Cart� button where you can enter the name and email address of your guest.
You will both get full registrations, including Banquet. This offer is for new registrations only and cannot be combined with any other discounts. Then you can split the cost with your guest, so it will only cost you $74.50 each. NOTE: If you have clicked on the “Add to Cart� button before, the page that shows up may indicate 2 or 3 registrations. This is because your browser remembers that you have been there before and it will add another one. Just check the “remove� button, “update cart� and start over.
We are also having a raffle to give away a free registration to IMAC. Just visit the IMAC site www.theimac.org and click on Forum in the upper right. Then scroll down to the “Free IMAC Registration� forum and make a post. You will have to register first so we will have your email address and can notify you if you win.
Because of the way we are staggering speakers, although we are using 2 speaker rooms, you can actually see ALL the speakers; you do not have to make choices of who you want to see.
There are just a few spots still open for the “behind-the-scenes� tour of the Shedd Aquarium. Their new Wild Reef exhibit is now complete.
We are just getting in products donated by major companies for the Big Raffle but we already have the Grand Prize. It is a 9 day trip for 2 to Fiji donated by Walt Smith International. Other prizes include a fully-equipped 76 gallon tank from Oceanic Systems and a double MH light from Coralife. And, so far we have 5 livestock dealers exhibiting!
So hurry over to www.theimac.org and sign up. We’ll see you in April.
Cheers,
Dennis Gallagher, Chairman
International Marine Aquarium Conference
Lunchbucket
03/04/2006, 11:25 AM
tangdiver - might have to do w/ medical stuff...but not selling a kidney...i need all the organs i can spare.
Lunchbucke
tangdiver
03/04/2006, 04:24 PM
Just joking sorry I am just Reeeeeeaaaaaallllly excited....I am like a kid in a candy store....and the kidney on ebay...I wish I could but they outlawed it long time ago...I will donate a kidney for a 1967 GT500 shelby convertable...any takers?
creslin2
03/04/2006, 05:33 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6878698#post6878698 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tangdiver
DO NOT KNOW HOW TO PASTE A THREAD SO I DO MY OWN CUT AND PASTE... Here is what is going on...cannot wait....Yee Haw
Maybe I can help? Just go to the post you want to copy/quote, and click on the "quote" button on the right hand side. This will take you to the reply page, and it will have a full copy of the post you want to reference. From there, you can just edit out the last part of the post, or delete whatever part of it you don't want. Just make sure that when you do, keep the parts that say '[ QUOTE][ B] and [/B ][/QUOTE ]' intact. (I had to add a space in front of the quote and behind the /quote or the computer will read it as code and you wouldn't see the text. Normally there would be no space inside the brackets.) The rest of it can be deleted or altered as you please.
If you're still having problems, here's a link to show you more about the code for this forum (and many others, I might add). It's called "Visual Basic" or "vB" for short.http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/misc.php?action=bbcode#buttons
Any other questions, go ahead and ask. :D
I know more about computers and technology than I do about reefs. :rolleye1:
creslin2
03/04/2006, 05:37 PM
mmm. Body parts for classic cars....If it's in good condition, I'll take the car. :D
Travis
03/04/2006, 07:43 PM
I'm getting pretty excited myself. We had a blast the first time and I bet this time will be even better. You get to meet so many gurus and put the faces to so many names that you see on RC all the time. It really will be the highlight of my year.:)
creslin2
03/04/2006, 11:18 PM
Travis, you mean the highlight of the year won't be having us over to oogle at your tank? :lol:
Travis
03/05/2006, 01:16 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6882988#post6882988 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by creslin2
Travis, you mean the highlight of the year won't be having us over to oogle at your tank? :lol:
HaHa, that will be fun. I do enjoy having people over to see my tank just as much as I enjoy going around seeing other people's tanks. But nothing compares to IMAC. I mean 3 full days of nothing but reef talk. It doesn't get any better than that.:D
creslin2
03/05/2006, 02:00 AM
Hm, except maybe 3 days of FRESHWATER talk, planted tanks, aquascapes, interesting abnormal fish and so much more. :p
(gotta stick up for the other part of our club!) Seriously though, no offense taken. I'd be psyched to go to IMAC just for the hell of it, if I could afford to go (time off of work, time away from the wife, and vacation time eaten, etc)
tangdiver
03/05/2006, 12:43 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6880781#post6880781 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by creslin2
Maybe I can help? Just go to the post you want to copy/quote, and click on the "quote" button on the right hand side. This will take you to the reply page, and it will have a full copy of the post you want to reference. From there, you can just edit out the last part of the post, or delete whatever part of it you don't want. Just make sure that when you do, keep the parts that say '[ QUOTE][ B] and [/B ][/QUOTE ]' intact. (I had to add a space in front of the quote and behind the /quote or the computer will read it as code and you wouldn't see the text. Normally there would be no space inside the brackets.) The rest of it can be deleted or altered as you please.
If you're still having problems, here's a link to show you more about the code for this forum (and many others, I might add). It's called "Visual Basic" or "vB" for short.http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/misc.php?action=bbcode#buttons
Any other questions, go ahead and ask. :D
I know more about computers and technology than I do about reefs. :rolleye1:
we will give it a try...let us see
Sorry for adding dumb stuff to forum:strooper:
tangdiver
03/05/2006, 12:44 PM
Yee Haw....now I only need the pics thing down....
Grant
tangdiver
03/05/2006, 12:46 PM
Creslin only 1 more....have you got your thingy picked out?!?!?!?!?
Lunchbucket
03/05/2006, 01:46 PM
i thinking IMAC isn't gonna happen but we will see :( i prolly won't know till close to IMAC. Grant if there is someone else that needs the pass take it back and give it to them...just in case i'd hate to waste it :(
that would be a blast. seeing some big guns in the hobby and meeting so many people we talk to online everyday
anyone spare a liver??
Lunchbucket
creslin2
03/06/2006, 02:57 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6885640#post6885640 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tangdiver
Creslin only 1 more....have you got your thingy picked out?!?!?!?!?
Why, yes. I have. *TA DA!* 100.
creslin2
03/06/2006, 03:03 AM
WOO HOO! I have a custom avatar!! *so happy words don't describe it*
tangdiver
03/06/2006, 08:16 AM
What the !#@%#...I cannot wait here is another one for the record
Lunchbucket
03/06/2006, 09:08 AM
only 9 more to go Grant :D
Lunchbucket
tangdiver
03/06/2006, 12:09 PM
Crap I better get ready
tangdiver
03/06/2006, 11:22 PM
Cannot wait...it will be here soon...who all is going...Travis and his better half...and ??????????????
Travis
03/07/2006, 01:28 AM
I'm going.:D:lol: How many more minutes until IMAC anyways?:D
tangdiver
04/05/2006, 05:06 PM
Coming up soon...anybody want to go? I still have a ticket up for grabs but it is in Chicago...your own hotel $$, food$ and way there$$...sorry but all I have is ticket to get in and see the speakers and such...let me know.
Grant and the banquet is included $50...your for the taking
Travis
04/22/2006, 08:26 PM
Well, the time has finally come. Heading out early tomorrow morning.:dance:
Can't wait. It's going to be a great time. I'll be sure to take lots of pics and post them up when I get back.
Grant, just give me a call when you get up there Wednesday night.
Anyone else, if you have next weekend off and can spare the $50 for Grant's extra ticket and a couple nights in a hotel room, you won't be sorry.
ewaldm
04/26/2006, 01:07 PM
I'm sure those whom are already at IMAC aren't on the internent, but I'm just wishing you to have a good trip.
p.s. Oh, and Grant, if you see any turbastrea, I'd take one. :)
Ben1287
04/28/2006, 02:46 AM
I just might have to go to that if I'm still in the country:uzi: and not in the sanbox.
Ben1287
04/28/2006, 02:59 AM
Nevermind, didn't realize it was this weekend, bummer.
Ben1287
04/28/2006, 03:02 AM
At least I have the ACA Convention to look forward to!
Lunchbucket
04/28/2006, 05:18 AM
lucky butts :(
Lunchbucket
tangdiver
07/19/2006, 03:22 PM
still trying to bury threads
degall
07/19/2006, 04:52 PM
Hi tangdiver;
If we can't bury the thread I might as well update it.
Well, we have just completed IMAC ’06 and it was a great success. We had more attendees and vendors than any previous International Marine Aquarium Conference.
We are still updating the IMAC website but we have enough of it set up for 2007, that we can offer you a special registration rate. In 2007, IMAC will be at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Chicago on June 1, 2 and 3. The registration rate on the website is $125 but if you have attended IMAC in the past you can register for just $99, for a full registration including speakers, the Reception, the Banquet and a great trade show. Just go to the IMAC site www.theimac.org and go to the Program Book Advertising Page and scroll down to the “Make a Donation” button.
When you click on that button, you will see a screen with registration at $99. This offer will be good until July 30 so hurry over to the IMAC site and take advantage of this offer. If you have previously attended an IMAC, you know what a great show we put on. With hotel rates of just $113/nite, IMAC is the lowest cost weekend conference you can attend.
We would certainly like to have you back.
Thanks,
Dennis
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