Eric Bornemen, MAAST, and 360 Reef Farm

[Tim Marvin]

MAAST and 360 Reef Farm are happy to announce, it is being finalized! With the joint sponsorship we have arranged a meeting with Eric Borneman! Eric Bornemen is scheduled to address our group on the 19th of February 2005 at the warehouse of 360 Reef Farm in Austin TX. This is going to be an awesome event and you will not want to miss it! We are planning to start at 2 P.M. and will charge $3 for members and $6 for non-members to help cover some of the cost of bringing this event to you! It is not very often that we get to hear from someone of this caliber, that is interested in saving world reefs and keeping a reef tank!
For those of you that do not know who Mr. Bornemen is, he is a marine biologist from the university in Houston. Mr. Borneman has many published books and articles, and is currently working on coral disease research projects through ReefSavers. ReefSavers has acquired over 1500 corals from a sea wall in Florida for studies, which is no small feat! Trying to get a permit to collect any corals from the U.S. is hard, let alone what they are accomplishing! Set your calendars now, and be ready to get enlightened! We may have another big name with us, Jim Norris out of South Carolina has expressed an interest in attending, LOL... It will be great to see and talk with Jim again in person if he does make it.

[theedprado]

cool, i cant wait to see the warehouse.

[CD]

Count us in Tim! This is going to be AWESOME!!!
Hmmm...I wonder if he would autograph our copy of his book on Aquarium Corals....;)

Wendy

[falcam7]

Tim,

Count me in. Been new to the hobby, I hope this is going to be a great oportunity for me to get answers to a bunch of question that I have.

Wendy: What is the name of his book? and where can I find a copy, maybe I'll autograph mine too. :-D :-D :-D :-D !!!

This is so cool, I can not wait :D :D :D :D

[GaryP]

Here you go, check it out. I highly recommend this book.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=451014426 4&rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V

Gary

[CD]

Heheh...Yep, that's the one. We've got it in hardcover though. This is a GREAT book!!

Carlos - you know you can borrow any of our books...anytime! ;)

Wendy

[blueboy]

i'll third the motion, that is a really great reference for corals. wendy, i was thinking the same thing. sounds like a great event, and a good chance to see the new 360RF, and possibly finally meet the legendary Jim Norris. I shall be in attendance.

[MikeDeL]

That book is great, I have it also.
I know I will be there. I can get there early too if yall need any help setting things up. Let me know.

[CD]

sounds like a great event, and a good chance to see the new 360RF, and possibly finally meet the legendary Jim Norris. I shall be in attendance


YEAH!! I am totally jazzed about this!!!!

TimM - THANK YOU for setting this up - you are the greatest!!!!

Wendy

[scuba_steveo]

I will be there

[Polkster13]

Count me in. I have put in on my calendar and am looking forward to meeting and hearing from Mr. Borneman.

[Jenn]

This is going to be cool. I'm going to put that book on my Christmas list. Gary, thanks for the link.

[Tim Marvin]

Mr. Borneman also co-authored 'A practical guide to corals for the reef aquarium". It is written so that anyone starting out can get a good idea and understand the corals needs and placement in the tank. It is a good book, and you can use it from the start to almost expert.

[adaminaustin]

I got the hard copy @ halfpriced books. :skeezy:
Most of the time they have a lame aquarium section but oneday I got lucky.

[Jenn]

Just incase anyone else is interested, hardcover is at Amazon for $34.62 w/ free ship.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1890087475/qid=1102444668/sr=12-1/103-7687698-7527024?v=glance&s=books

[CD]

There ya go, Carlos! $34.62 is a good price for the hardcover!

Thanks, Jenn!!

Wendy

[Tim Marvin]

I forgot to mention we will be giving some things away and raffling as usual.

[Ram_Puppy]

I am there!

[GaryP]

I have the practical guide in my library as well. The one I mentioned and linked is probably better for the advanced reefer that's looking for more than just basic info on a particular coral. The corals are only indexed by scientific name. I think of practical guide as more of a beginner or quick reference book. Its indexed by both scientific and common name.

Gary

[MikeP]

I will be there as well.

[Bucky-Katt]

I'm there. Looking forward to it!

Brian

[akm]

im new to the hobby and a friend gave it to me, and i must say it has helped me enormously.ill be there.

[Ram_Puppy]

Tim, this is probably asking the totally obvious, but are you guys going to have a ton of corals for us to buy in addition to the raffles and what not?

[DeletedAccount]

New Location will be announced soon. The date and time will remain the same! Stay tuned!

[Polkster13]

Okay, this is too weird. Where did all of the posts go stating that the meeting place was changing and my offer to do the sound? I know they were just here. Now they are gone! :?:

[Jenn]

How crazy! I thought it was just me!

[DeletedAccount]

We split the topic and put it in a private forum. Tim still has access to all of your requests and wonderful offers.

[Polkster13]

Okay, so I was beginning to think someone was messing with me. You really should drop us a hint when you do this. I was starting to think I was losing my mind (no comments from the peanut gallery, please) or something. Glad to know I am still partially sane (you have to be a little insane to do what we do).

[AlexKilpatrick]

Yeah, it is the secret forum where they talk about us all behind our backs. :(

[CD]

Okay, so I was beginning to think someone was messing with me. You really should drop us a hint when you do this. I was starting to think I was losing my mind


Heheh...that's no lie! I just *knew* I had posted something here last night! Unless I was dreaming...uhhh...am I still dreaming? Somebody pinch me!!! :-D JK

So where did the other posts go?

Wendy

[SaltyJim]

So where did the other posts go?

Wendy

I'm sorry Wendy, but you'll be put on Double Secret Probation for asking that question.

[falcam7]

We split the topic and put it in a private forum. Tim still has access to all of your requests and wonderful offers.

If you do not mind me asking.

Why did you all do that for????

[CD]

I'm sorry Wendy, but you'll be put on Double Secret Probation for asking that question.


LMAO
Ok, well as long as I don't get any masked visitors in the middle of the night.... :-D
BTW - I'm wearing my pledge pin - I swear :-D

Wendy

[Polkster13]

Hey, we get pledge pins for being members of MASST? I didn't get one, just a membership card. Where do I get my pin? :-o

(Now the forum mods are really going to come after you, saying "Look what you started, now!") I hope I don't get you into too much trouble. :grin:

[SaltyJim]

(Now the forum mods are really going to come after you, saying "Look what you started, now!") I hope I don't get you into too much trouble. :grin:

Actually, I believe you started it. :grin:


Okay, this is too weird. Where did all of the posts go stating that the meeting place was changing and my offer to do the sound? I know they were just here. Now they are gone! :?:

[Polkster13]

Well, I guess I did. I plead guity as charged. :lol2:

[CD]

Heehee...Ok Frederick - Double Secret Probation = Animal House (movie) = pledge pin :roll:

Although pledge pins would be a nice idea for MAAST - I pledge to be nice to my fishies, feed them & love them to the best of my ability, and help out other MAAST members whenever possible :-D

There ya go!! ;)

Wendy

[Jenn]

Falcam7 wrote:

If you do not mind me asking.

Why did you all do that for????


I was wondering the same thing. I figured everyone would eventually decide the best place together .

[JimD]

burp, scuze me. Have a nice day.

[Polkster13]

"Food fight!"

"Toga, Toga, Toga"

Now we return you to your regularly sceduled programming...

[Instar]

I believe it should be between the planners and BOD to solve and hash out the situations of club business in private forum anyway. Why involve a bunch of commentaries to fix or iron out details? Like these new pledges, for example? Will they get in? Maybe it will be by... I can see it... this should be ending up in the Lounge soon.

[Polkster13]

I was just thinking the same thing myself (this being moved to the longe that is). And yes, I believe that Tim and company can hash this out and that the meeting will be a great success. I am really looking forward to it where ever it is held. The only reason I started this in the first place is several posts dissappeared without explanation and since others have complained about posts mysteriously dissappearing, I was just trying to figure out what had happened. Again, it would have been nice if someone had posted at the onset that the missing posts had been moved to a private thread.

Mystery solved, time to move back over to the longe and discuss important topics like "Animal House".

See you over there... 8)

[Instar]

Some of the other mysterious disappearances are due to the errors of one of the new members of the BOD with fat fingers, hitting all the wrong keys at the right time... or maybe it was the other way around? Anyway, those were mistakes and probably won't be made again. I think the site setup or user access was modified to prevent that from happening again. If not, it should be. Shouldn't be hard to do. All web servers need journaled backups when changes are made so they can be undone when not desirable.

[DeAngelove]

LOL.... ok now that we all know we aren't really cracking up due to the mysterious disappearing/moving posts... back to our regularly scheduled topic! ;)

[theedprado]

well i think CENSORED would make a good location. :lol:

[OldSalty]

Count me in as well, wouldn't want to miss this one! :)

[pickle311]

I would really like to attend this meeting. Do you guys know where it's going to be held? Also, will I be able to pay dues to become an official MAAST member at the meeting?
Thanks
Pickle

[CD]

Do you guys know where it's going to be held?


It's going to be in Austin for sure. Tim is probably going to have the exact location verified within the next few days, and I'm sure he will post it as soon as he knows. It is definitely going to be on the 19th of Feb., so everybody needs to make sure and get off work that day (heh...or play sick ;) ).



pay dues to become an official MAAST member at the meeting?


You can always pay at the meetings, or send to Misti via PayPal...OR send a check to her house...I know she posted her addy somewhere for that purpose - It's in the "questions" section towards the bottom of the forum list. Look for a post about dues.

Wendy

[Tim Marvin]

I am waiting to here back, but more than likely the topic will be SPS corals! The meeting will be Sat the 19th at 2 P.M. at the new library on wells port. The exact address for the location will be put out tomorrow. Thank you Wendy for all your work on this and post the address as soon as you can. You can also give me a call to let me know if you need anything from me. 656-2928.
Thank you everyone and this should turn out to be an exciting event for us all!

[Tim Marvin]

New details below

[Tim Marvin]

It is final! The library fell through so here are the new details.
Feb. 19th 2 P.M.
Twin Lakes Family YMCA (brand new, just opened in Jan.)
240 Little Elm Trl.
Cedar Park, TX 78613
(512) 250-9622
(This is right off Hwy 183)
We need to charge $7 per person to cover the cost of this meeting, which will be worth every penny!
We will have great frags to give away, and the usual raffle items. There may be some really cool raffle items at this event so you won't want to miss this one! Make your plans now for this lecture!!
My PayPal is tamcfa@hotmail.com or you can pay MAAST also. Make a note when you pay so you can receive proper credit. Put your name and screen name in the note. Thank you, and looking forward to seeing you all there!!

[Tim Marvin]

Thanks to our DFW members, here is the mapped link. It comes up as Kent lane instead of elm.
Map (http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=QCyXLOp_0TrT5JrTPFOF.r1xPUI-%20&csz=Cedar+Park%2C+TX+78613&country=us&new=1&na me=&qty=)

[Jenn]

Tim, thanks for your hard work finding us a meeting place. Sounds like a great time.

[pickle311]

can we pay at the door?

[Tim Marvin]

I guess in the interest of keeping collections simple we can just collect all the money at the door. I am going to post another poll to try and get an accurate head count. Please take the poll for us.

[Tim Marvin]

Well, according to Misti's post, Gator has made a good donation towards this! So we are back to donations only. I'm done with my part in this so if there are any further question please address them to Misti, or a B.O.D. Thank you all and looking forward to an exciting new meeting and direction for this club!!!!!!!!

[Jenn]

Wow Gator! Thanks so much!!!!! :grin: