DEC, MEETING FRAGS

[beareef19]

:D Dec, 5 at Fin-Addict 2:00 Host: Sarah and Filipe
:shock: Yes, Dec, 5 seems to soon to have another meeting but with Christmas coming soon, Who knows maybe some early shopping.

At this months meeting Filipe will talk about his new shop and would like to have a ........FRAG...... Sale and Swap. He tells me that there will be alot of nice frags that I'm sure people will want to buy and trade. Acros,Zoos,Shrooms,Leathers and others,you wont be dissapointed.

They have also donated some cool raffle prizes [Current Satalite light system,Deco Art Aqua Vase= Nano tank,Coral books,just to name a few and other various prizes.We will also have free door prize drawings, snacks and refreshments.

Remember this is a small store so please be patient with the Frag Sale and Swap Filipe and Sarah will have extra help that day.and everone will be able to get some cool Frags. Lets all have a MERRY CHRISTMAS

DEC,5 FIN-ADDICT 2:00
13327 Nacogdoches #3 On the corner of Higgens Look for the
SanAntonio, Tx.78217 Tom's Ribs sign
210-656-3474

[alexwolf]

Swweet!!!!! im there dude!

[GaryP]

When aren't you there Alex?

Gary

[Instar]

Since the election of the officers and BOD members at the last meeting, there are no new posts naming the officers of the club in the MAAST announcements. When will this information be announced for the inquiring minds of the general population? Is there a recount going on? :lol: j/k

[GaryP]

I heard something about hanging chads and paper trails.

Gary

[alexwolf]

its on the front page Larry!

[beareef19]

It's on the home page 05 officers and board

[RobertG]

Since the election of the officers and BOD members at the last meeting, there are no new posts naming the officers of the club in the MAAST announcements. When will this information be announced for the inquiring minds of the general population? Is there a recount going on? :lol: j/k

Larry, Look on the Home page. They are all there.

Robert

[wkopplin]

I cannot make that meeting! Rats! I will be hunting in San Angelo. Oh well, swap a frag for me.

[DeAngelove]

Yeah... I'm there too! :D
For us out-of-towners, where is Fin-Addict located?

[::pete::]

Here is a link (http://www.fin-addict.net/default.htm) to their site that has a map on it.

[Sherri]

I'm there also... :-D

[GaryP]

If Sherri is coming then I'm definitely there. :)

Gary

[Tim Marvin]

It should be pretty awesome. I have heard they purchased some corals through Pacific Aqua farms! Walt Smiths business in L.A. Walt also has top notch stuff.

[wkopplin]

I got a HUGE yellow acro from them a couple of weeks ago that is one of the nicest pieces I have seen in a long time. It is an absolute monster. If you have not been to their store, the meeting is a great time to do it.

[MikeDeL]

I know I will be there. I dropped in before the last meeting, and its a real nice place. Felipe was real friendly, and kept a nice conversation going.(and when you can keep a conversation going with me you have people skills. Im not much of a talker.) He gave me a quick tour of the place. It was real neat. I sure I missed some stuff when I was in there, and I know he will have added more things by the meeting so I can wait to see it again.


Mike

[GaryP]

I talked to Felipe on Thur. and he said he was going to bringing in a lot of stuff for the meeting. He likes to do frag swaps as much as we do because he's trying to get a large propagation tank started. One thing I like about Felipe is that he will frag out some of the larger more expensive pieces so that they are affordable to average guy (or gal.) I was lucky to get one of the pieces of the large pink cats paw that every reefer in SA was salivating over. He's getting in the type of corals that a lot of us have had to order off the net in the past. Personally I have gotten tired of going into some LFS here and seeing the same old digitatas and mushrooms every time I go in. I, like many of you, have all that stuff in my collection. What I am interessted in unique corals that no other LFS in SA is carrying, or at least carrying at an affordable price.

Having lived in other parts of the country I realize we are spoiled in S. TX. Prices here are much lover than in other parts of the country.

Gary

[Instar]

This is what is linked off the home page. I thought this was the 03 election as this is the same as what is in the announcements link under the forums for 2003 officers.




President
Christopher Pugh

Vice-President
Jim Norris

Treasurer
Misti Thueson

Secretary
Sherri Ancira

Board of Directors
Adam Busenlehner Barry Drawdy

Matthew Dunne
Daniel Flores

Tim Marvin
Henry Moncada

Chris Parker
Pete Rafferty(Interim)

Ray Rendon
Misti Thueson


I did find a microscopic foot note with current officers that might be up to date. When will the BOD link and the general MAAST announcements be up to date with the correct and currect officers? I just cut and pasted this from the current home page link.

[GaryP]

Larry,

Scroll down below the links on the home page.

Gary

[Sherri]

If Sherri is coming then I'm definitely there. :)

Gary

Do I need to pick you up on the way??? J/K :-D


PLS NOTE: The above comment was intended only as a joke. I would never disrespect my husband...as we do everything together. Wrong choice of words/response on my part. It's important to us that this is understood. Thanks. Sherri

[GaryP]

Sherri,

Sure, I like to be picked up. Do you think your hubby will mind?

Gary

[GaryP]

We had an idea we thought we would bounce of ya'll.

We were thinking about going somewhere after the meeting at Fin-Addict and having a bit of a social hour. We don't really have a Xmas party but it could be something along those lines. I was thinking about somewhere that had a nice aquarium. Maybe Caparelli's?

We could have a few beverages and maybe some appetizers. It would be nice to get to know some of you outside of a meeting or online. I'm open to some alternative ideas so fire away.

Gary & Georgann

[Gator]

i second caparellis

[Instar]

Front and center on the MAAST Home Page is a big MAAST LOGO. Directly under it are the following links:


About the Association
Mission Statement, Board of Directors, Our History ...

The BOD is the ones copied in earlier in this message. I don't think that is correct and if thats not correct, am I supposed to go by the warranty text, the blue on blue, grey on grey foot notes at the bottom of the page then? This link immediately under the MAAST LOGO is the official officer statement it looks like to me. Maybe I missed all the cograts messages and so forth due to work? I thought the officers would be on here by now? I'm sorry that I can not make the meetings to be in the know on what happened there and very sorry that I won't be able to attend in December either. So, from another perspective, this official link to the BOD is just not updated looks like to me as some of those folks I know moved away? I can write the page if I can help in some way? Who is the person to contact now about such things as this?

[::pete::]

The ones that are on the board now are still active. The members that were voted in dont take position until after the first. The list of newly elected officers are printed on the home page not linked to.

If I understood you correctly hope this helps!

[DeletedAccount]

Here you go, Larry.

Congratulations to our newly elected officers and directors.

A very hearty thank you to the first board members who did a tremendous amount of work in the beginning phases of our ever-growing organization. These names include Jim Norris, Matt Dunne, Tim Marvin, Ray Rendon & Henry Moncada. Without their assistance, our successes and efforts would have been diminutive.

The results of Sunday's election are as follows:
President
Misti Thueson

Vice President
Blake Kopplin

Newly elected BOD
Steve Krauskopf
Pete Rafferty
Gary Powell
Alex Wolf
Chris Pugh

Remaining BOD
Adam Busenlehner
Chris Parker
Barry Drawdy
Daniel Flores
Sherri Ancira




The new board members and officers will preside over their positions at the start of the new year.

[Jenn]

Gary, I think the get-together is a great idea. The only problem I would see is for those who have livestock.

[Instar]

Thanks Misti for confirming and Congratulations. I'm sure the new BOD and you will continue to move this association forward and expect good things. Top people, thats for sure!
Since they don't take effect till 2005, is that when the BOD link will be updated? Just curious how this works thats all?

[GaryP]

Jenn,

Livestock should be OK for a few hours in an ice chest.

Gary

[DeAngelove]

I think the get together is a great idea as well. :)

[r0gu3]

Are prospective members allowed to attend?

[DeAngelove]

Of course! :-)


Are prospective members allowed to attend?

[beareef19]

Everone is welcome ,and it would be a great time to sign-up or renew our memberships for next year.

Barry

[::pete::]

I just came from FinAddict's and after talking with Filipe and Sarah this is going to be a great meeting with plenty of frags!!!

[GaryP]

I'm taking 5 frags over there that they asked for so they could trade them at the meeting.

Gary

[theedprado]

It should be pretty awesome. I have heard they purchased some corals through Pacific Aqua farms! Walt Smiths business in L.A. Walt also has top notch stuff.

i know he had at least three or four large colonies of sps he was planning to frag out from paf

[DeAngelove]

Gary/Ed -
Are there any particular items Sarah or Felipe are looking to trade for at the meeting or not? PLMK... I'm trying to decide what I should frag and bring to the meeting! :)

Thanks!

[GaryP]

Denise,

Just give them a call. Their # is on the pet shop list.

Gary

[Polkster13]

I am planning on coming (this will be my first meet) and was wondering if anyone in the Austin area (specifically the Cedar Park or NW Austin area) was going and would like to car pool. I live in Lago Vista. If you are interested, please PM me so we can make arrangements.

[don-n-sa]

I will be there...we will be packed like sardines in that store! :lol:

[elm0]

This is my first frag swap....i'm wondering how exactly it works, do we set up ahead of time what we are trading with whom, does everyone put everything they have out on a table and we draw numbers to see who picks first??? Just curious

[Oldman]

I certainly agree with GaryP comments about Fin-Addict -- I've been going there since they opened. Great selection of "unique" corals and other livestock and they are both neat, helpful folks. Hope to see you there on the 5th

[mathias]

I am going as well or plan to I don't have any frags except the ones with dead presidents on them Im hoping they are going to be able to be traded :)....

but great store I have been there a couple times :) they know my CC # by now :)

Also who do I pay my dues to??? I still need to do that

[cpreefguy]

Im bringing my acros to trade. I need to pay dues also, probably after I get some x-mas cash though...

[Ross]

I'm bringing lots of xenia :roll: I think every piece has is from my tank.

[captexas]

Larry - I think you need to delete your cookies in your internet settings, you keep getting an old page it seems. I know every time I log into the Maast website it goes to the home page and there is a section with all the election results clear as day.

I look forward to the meeting, nice to have one I don't have to drive far to get to! lol :-P

[Jenn]

I have not been to a frag swap yet either, and like elm0, I would like to know what to expect. I plan on bringing 1 or 2 of my own.

[Fin-AddictSF]

This is also our first frag meeting. We are trying to come up with a process that will be fair and fun for everyone. Our current trading policy is: rare for rare and common for common. At the meeting we're thinking of having a sign up sheet with a limit of 5 corals per person, so everyone gets their fair share!

[Fin-AddictSF]

Any feedback\suggestions would be appreciated!

[Fin-AddictSF]

If the corals are not readily available, when we get to your name on the list, or, if you want more than 5 corals, FIN-ADDICT WILL BE HAPPY TO ACCOMODATE YOUR ORDER AS SOON AS WE CAN.

[sharkie]

Wohoo!

I am going to be able to come to the meeting. No frags to trade, but I am definately looking to buy! This too will be my first frag swap. And I am definately looking forward to it.

Am I going to be able to pick up my membership card at the meeting?

I think it is fair to have a limit of 5 corals per person. That way, people who come late, can still have something to get. I know, I wouldn't be too happy if I drove back to austin with nothing. :shock:

See you at the meeting!

chiu

[Tim Marvin]

I would say run them through one pick at a time. Other wise the first few people grab the best ones. I am looking forward to meeting you.

[beareef19]

I would suggest 1 at a time also, that way everone has a chance to get something nice without getting pi--ed off weather they buy or trade.
Barry

[Oldman]

My first "swap" also -- having nothing to trade, but will more than likely buy. Also pay next years dues.
I agree with Tim and Barry about 1 at a time.

[wkopplin]

That would be good. Also, be kind to Fin Addict and buy something from them. Sorry I cannot be there, but if someone sees something cool, swap for it for me. I'll trade some venison for it.

[Alamo]

Im gonna be there !! will be coughing up my 25 membership fee,looking forward to this meeting, its gonna be my first, I missed Nov cuz that weekend I had my eyes lased so the vision was still too blurry to go, on a side note, im setting up a fuge for my tank, if anyone has too much or needs to trim thier caulerpa or cheato, I would be gratefull for some to put in there :)

[theedprado]

i was in the store today and felipe had about 50 clams ranging in price from $20-$90 including ultra maximas, croceas, gigas, hippopus, squamosas, etc. it is probably the best collection of clams i have seen in a lfs. i would be more worried about these than the frags.

[SaltyJim]

Wish I could make a Sunday meeting. Perhaps, we could throw a Saturday in there somewhere?

[CD]

Just curious...Is Fin-Addict closing the store to non-MAAST people during our meeting?

Wendy

[redxlch]

II don't have any frags except the ones with dead presidents on them Im hoping they are going to be able to be traded :)....


Same here :)

[beareef19]

No this meeting is for everone And yes they will accept dead presidents. It is a MAAST sponcered meeting and as you know at MAAST everyone is always welcome. Although they will still be open for regular buisiness, It will be very crowded,

PLEASE REMEMBER this is a meeting not a store sale so we ask everone to BE PATIENT and when you leave you will be HAPPY

THANKS
BARRY

[theedprado]

imagine the suprise regular customers will have. ps. he got another 75 pieces of coral today for us.

[GaryP]

Just a reminder. Some of us talked a few weeks ago about going over to Capparelli's after the meeting for a "social hour." If you don't know where it is, just ask someone at the meeting or follow someone that does know.

Address: 16607 Huebner Rd, San Antonio, TX 78248
Phone: (210) 764-9995

Gary

[Reef69]

2 sharp today right??

[cpreefguy]

Yep

[Reef69]

ok, cool..see yall there

[captexas]

Thanks to Felipe and Sarah for hosting such a great event. I know they along with a few family members and good friends put in a lot of work to get things ready for today. Also wanted to thank all our great MAAST members that showed up, we had a really awesome turnout!

Hopefully everyone got at least one great frag for their tanks and had a good time. I can't wait till the next one! :-)

[cpreefguy]

Yeah it was fun. Alex got a shower :o

[alexwolf]

LOL I am still drying off.....

[cpreefguy]

lol

[don-n-sa]

Yeah...great meeting today! Probably the best one that I have been to. It was good to finally meet Tim. :D

Thank you Sarah and Filipe, you guys did a fantastic job...I know all the hard work that you put in will pay off.

Also thanks to all who helped dish out all of those frags! Steve, Alex etc... :o

I ended up with a green zoo frag, a torch frag , a pink and green brain, and a awesome purple tang that Felipe let us catch from his propagationn tank. Thanks to Chris, Bobby and everyone who helped me catch him...and BTW Robert we caught the sailfin too! We put him in the frag cylinder tank. ;)

[Sherri]

Hats off to Felipe & Sarah...they were ready for the stampede. What a great turnout! Great work on everyone's part - did anyone check Alex's pockets before he left? Maybe a frag or two fell in while bagging??? It was great seeing everyone and again....great job Felipe and Sarah and your helpers. Hope you get plenty of business from this...great quality frags. I got a beautiful neon yellow leather that is glowing in my tank. :-D

[BA]

This was an awesome meeting!!!thx again to Felipe and Sarah! this one was either the best one, or close IMO...had lots of fun

[alexwolf]

I hate to dampen the mood, but there is one issue I would like to address. Please respect the shop owner while you are in there. I overheard a conversation to the effect of this....
"find what you like and go order it from Fintique on Thursdays." If you want to say something like that, do it outside or elsewhere. Pretty rude to do it right in the store.

[don-n-sa]

Oh and beareef...great job on the raffles...even though you and misti won the best prizes. :lol:

[alexwolf]

I didnt even get to take place in the raffles.....lol......

[kjswift]

my first meeting and it was excellent. awesome people, frags, and corals. thanks to everyone who helped put it together, and most of all fin-addict for hosting it.

[GaryP]

It was good to see you finally make it to a meeting Kevin.

Felipe & Sarah, What can I say? You did a great job. I know a lot of folks from Austin made the trip down and there were more than a few that were very impressed with F-A. I wouldn't be surprised if you see a lot more of our northern brethren coming down to see you every once in a while. I'm sure there were a few folks from SA that made their first visit to your shop either. I'm sure it won't be their last. Thanks again.

Gary

[BA]

who is kevin?

[beareef19]

I'm sorry but I had nothing to do with drawing the tickets all I did was bought alot of them. Fantastic meeting Thankyou Filipe and Sarah you were great hosts. I hope everyone had a good time, I know I did. It was great to have that kind of turn out and to see alot of faces that you only know by screenname. Thankyou to all the BOD members that helped and all of the help Filipe and Sarah had in the store

Barry

[Tim Marvin]

Felipe and Sara, It was great to meet with you today. We really appreciate your business, and you did a great job on setting the store up! Excellent selection of livestock, you will go far. Thank you for opening your store up to MAAST, we have a rather large crowd.

[captexas]

I think we need to put the hex on Misti for the next raffle, her winning luck is too much! That or take to go buy some lottery tickets and then take her out to Retama and make a few wagers! lol

[cpreefguy]

I won a MAAST shirt! And got a couple of the best Ric's Ive seen! Definatly a great experience!

[Jenn]

Ditto to everything above. It was great to finally meet Felipe and Sarah - you guys have an excellent set-up and will be very successful! I have some awesome colors in my tank now!!!

[TexasTbear]

HI, My name is Teresa and i'am new here.It was my first time to a MAAST meeting. It was a cool experience for me. Thank you Sara & Felipe :D



Teresa

[::pete::]

A big thanks to Sarah and Filipe for hosting this meeting ... I had to bring my wife because I knew if I didnt Id be broke about now !!! :D

Then my wife was saying look at this clam and look at this .... but they all had Joshuas name on them :-D

[BA]

LOL-man thats a nice looking derasa Joshua!sure u want it? :skeezy:

[Jenn]

Heh, I saw that too! Next time I am going to get there early. Very cool Derasa Josh!

[Reef69]

yeah, great meeting, first time ive been to one...it was cool meeting some of the members i talk to on here...had fun, Sarah and Felipe did an awesome job, also the people helping them out, thanks for catching my blenny Steve, hes doing great on my 90...see yall next time

[Alamo]

Today was my first meeting, and even tho I turned down my spot for a frag cuz my tanks not ready I had a really nice time meeting people, and then chillin at Caps after, cant wait for the next one 8)

And a big thank you to Felipe and Company for being such awesome hosts... and we should leave a few dead snails in the convience store that wanted to tow the cars :lol:

[MikeDeL]

It was put together great. For the amount of people that were there, it was extremely organized. Sarah and Felipe you guys are great hosts.


Mike

[captexas]

Alamo - glad you enjoyed it and don't worry, there will be plenty of meetings with opportunities to pick up and trade frags in the future. That's how I got my tank started, just getting a few frags from some of the people around here, now I have a tank full of corals and I'm giving frags away, lol

[scuba_steveo]

thanks for catching my blenny Steve, hes doing great on my 90

Good to hear! That was my first time ever to work in a LFS, It is much harder than I thought. I knew I was introuble when I got there and Filipe said, "put on that shirt and clean the skimmer". That is the one downfall of my Matt's Monster, they suck to clean. I just cleaned mine yesterday and then I had to do it again today. Gross stuff in those things.

Yes, there does need to be a big thank you to Sarah and Filipe. They did an awesome job, as always. Thanks to Tim and Greg too, you guys have some pretty sweet frags. I look forward to my 5-foot T5's you got coming my way.

All in all it was a great job all around. I know there have been some bad stories in the past when we have had meetings in a LFS but IMO today went very well. Everyone was patient and I did not see any arguing for a change. It was very nice meeting some of the new members and seeing some of the old ones again. I am sorry I missed the social but I will try no hold a non-official Maast social at my house in the near future. I think the smaller group social meetings are a great idea.

[alexwolf]

I agree, working in a LFS is a PITA. I never should have asked how I get a tshirt lol :) It was fun though, and I would love to do it again!

[cpreefguy]

LOL, Ive had job offers in 2 LFS' here and have turned down both. I think after working full time at a LFS the last thing I'd want to do when I got home is look at my own tank.

[Sunhutch]

Man, i'm really regreting missing this one, sounds like you guys/gals had a good time. Unfortunately I was stuck at work. Whats the word on the next meeting? I am going to do my best to make it.

[C.Mydas]

Great meeting guys!!! Sarah and Felipe did a great job...and I know it was a lot of work. I finally decided to get my own membership and stop mooching of Brian (GreenMako)!!! I'm looking forward to the next meeting...it's at FinAddict right? :D

[DeletedAccount]

Great meeting! Thanks to ALL who made it possible.

BTW, if you buy $40 worth of raffle tickets, you too will win good prizes....

[RobertG]

I bought 10 $ worth for a change, I came out smelling like roses! My new membership paid, Cool!!!

Big ups to Felipe in Sarah, it was a great time. I had a chance to meet some of the coolest people. They are really great, the store had this homely feeling about it. Laidback smoothe attitude, I absolutely Loved it.

The corals & clam I picked up sure are sweet. Felipe I heard you got the Sailfin out, call me. I still want him.....

[blueboy]

great meeting, great store, good people, killer frags, and sweet trades! I'll be back, i was very impressed with the store. much thanks to Felipe and Sarah, you guys rock, i wish you the best of luck in your enterprise. i know i'll drop by every time i'm in SA.

[::pete::]

Some pictures of the meeting can be viewed here. (http://maast.org/modules.php?set_albumName=album13&op=modload&name= gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php&page=1)