The December meeting was held at the home of Aaron Talbot. About 8-10 people showed up for the meeting. Aaron showed off his ODNO lit tanks while we fed on a number of wonderful appetizers and cookies. Aaron gave his talk, we held elections, and discussed the upcoming year.
I. The Meeting
- More inter-club activities with other local fish clubs. We hope to share aquatic plants with these fish keepers.
- Workshops - One of our missions is to spread interest of aquatic plants to the community. We hope to achieve this with workshops at local fish stores.
- Field Trips - Planting sea grass in the Bay. Local rock/plant collection.
- Meeting Topic Possibilities: Paludariums, Watch AGA Convention DVD, Aquarium Plumbing with PVC, Build your own Nano Cube
ODNO Presentation
Aaron prepared a great demonstration on how to build inexpensive overdriven lights. His light strips cost about $25 dollars for a 110Watt strip. (approx) If you missed his presentation, make sure you look at the online article.
Elections
The following GWAPA members were elected to the board:
President - Rick Dotson
Vice President - Nathan Freedenberg
Treasurer - Sean Murphy
Corresponding Secretary - Ghanzanfar Ghori
Recording Secretary - Cristy Keiser
Rick refused his opportunity for an inaugural speech, but instead brainstormed about the upcoming year.
2005 Suggestions Needed
We discussed a number of possibilities for the meetings and activities in 2005. If you have any suggestions, please post them to the forum. We suggested the following at the meeting:
II. Plant Auction
The mini-auction consisted of a number of items this week: sagittaria subulata, ammannia gracilis, ludwigia broadleaf, crypt. wentii, anubias nana, rotala indica, phyllanthus fluitans, and more. Most plants went real cheap - as usual.
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