Thanks MARS Group

[Dakan]

Hey everyone,
Just wanted to say thanks a ton. I still can't beleive I won. WOW!

Thanks to all the board members, old and new. This past year has had some great meetings! I' m sure this next year will be even better.

Congratulations to the winners of next years board positions. It was a hard fought race and you all put on a good campaign!:D

Anyway, thanks again guys and gals!!!

[sagitariuscbc]

congratulations big john!!!
shawn!~)

[tfp]

jmdakan...you lucky guy! congrats :D

tim

[Reefugee]

Rumors has it that the drawing was fixed. ;-) Congratulation on the chiller.

Also - It was great meeting many of you last night. Wish I had arrived earlier so that I could have met more of you. I had a really nice time last night. Special thanks to Alex and WizardOne (???) for the macroalgae.

[Dakan]

Thanks Tim,Shawn, Minh.

Minh.....SSSSHHHHHHHHHHH

[alexchern75]

You are welcome for the macroalgae :)
BTW Jess and I had a great time last night, and some how I ended up keeping a cool gift, although I did hear that there were some pretty cool candles going around...Right shawn? :)
I'm also glad the cupcakes were liked, Jess worked her tail off. Thanks everyone for a great meeting, and see ya next year!
Congrats new and repeat "big wigs"!

[thereefgeek]

Congrats everyone, and thanks for another great year! Thank you Shawn, James, Keith and Rich Russell for signing on to fill the vacant board positions. Here's a few snaps of the raffle winners:

John and his chiller (we're still working on the size upgrade ;) )
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/43056John_chiller.jpg

Alex with his new bag of salt
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/43056Alex_salt.jpg

Cathy (w/a k) and the Eclipse 12
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/43056Cathy_12.jpg

Chris and a bag of multiple frags on a rock
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/509/43056Chris_frag.jpg

And the grand prize, a can of flake food to Jason (and an O Street gift certifcate)
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/509/43056Jason_cert.jpg

[sagitariuscbc]

thanks jess and alex for such fun to eat cupcakes!!!
i was able to sneak 2 home for my 2 little men.
needless to say they loved them!

shawn!~)

[alexchern75]

Thats great Shawn, sounds like something we would do :) thanks for the compliments.

[NightstrikeTR]

Hey im Not Chris =) but thats ok...in the pic with the frags.....

The rock had a few different things on it with blue spoted purple mushrooms, Green star poyps, and an brown acro thats mostly bleached. I dont think the acro is going to be able to make it but it will be one awsome piece when the GSP grow over the skelton.

Thanks for the frags,
Have an Happy Christmas and an Great New Years also ...see you all next year! 2005 =)

Brian

[Reefugee]

Hey Shawn. Thought you had a daughter too. She didn't get any cupcake? Wait until I tell her. LOL

Originally posted by sagitariuscbc
thanks jess and alex for such fun to eat cupcakes!!!
i was able to sneak 2 home for my 2 little men.
needless to say they loved them!

shawn!~)

[sagitariuscbc]

nope, just 2 boys. i won't tell julian you called him my daughter and a her.;) he takes after me, long hair and pretty;)lol:wildone:

[Reefugee]

<<< feels really stupid. LOL Can I pull the foot out of my mouth now?

[alexchern75]

hahaha! ok at least my daughter is not the only one, we met Shawn at Capital, and my daughter was playing with Shawns little boy, but I guess the long hair threw her off because we had to explain to her that little boys can have long hair just like little girls can have short hair.

[thereefgeek]

Originally posted by mn95616
<<< feels really stupid. LOL Can I pull the foot out of my mouth now?

Don't feel bad, at least you didn't post the wrong name! :confused: Sorry Brian, I don't know why I called you Chris. :hmm3:

[Undergrad]

I was wondering who brought those cupcakes... hats off to you and your wife Alex. Those were some mighty good cupcakes!

Congrats to all the winners and board members. I'm looking forward to another great year.

[Jus Reefin]

Congrats John you lucky SOB.

ANother great year with MARS. I look forward to 2005 and WCM in 2006!!!!!!!!!!!!

[alexchern75]

Thanks I will definitelly let her know:)

[Izsabelle]

Hey guys..

We had a great time and anyone need a gigantic can of flake food? lol

Anyway...I spent Saturday at the emergency room. The doctors said it was food poisoning. So... I hope nobody else became sick from the pizza! I think I"ll eat their salads from now on.. no more pizza for me!

[alexchern75]

Just a few more pics :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/alexchern75/IMG_0051.jpg
German, Liz, and Jason ( I guess German is filling in for Wes (the baby)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/alexchern75/IMG_0053.jpg
Just in case you missed them....by the way they were checked for ecoli, and tested negative :) Hi liz!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/alexchern75/IMG_0044.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/alexchern75/IMG_0046.jpg

[alexchern75]

by the way, in the first pic, Liz is showing off her tongue. tsk, tsk..

[Izsabelle]

German, Liz, and Jason ( I guess German is filling in for Wes (the baby)

Thank goodness he didn't ask to breastfeed! LOL

[Reefugee]

Izsabelle, sure it was food poisoning from the pizza? I had some pizza and felt fine. You sure that you didn't eat a year supply of flake food when you got home? :eek1:

Minh

Originally posted by Izsabelle
Hey guys..

We had a great time and anyone need a gigantic can of flake food? lol

Anyway...I spent Saturday at the emergency room. The doctors said it was food poisoning. So... I hope nobody else became sick from the pizza! I think I"ll eat their salads from now on.. no more pizza for me!

[Izsabelle]

I don't know what else it could of been. I didn't eat anything but pizza and 1 cupcake. I'm sure it wasn't the cupcake, but I could of just had one tiny piece of bad chicken. I still remember the taste of icky pizza sauce coming up.. Yuck!

From now on, it's buffalo wings and salads for me!