February Meeting - Eric Borneman

[DeletedAccount]

MAAST and Tim Marvin are happy to be bringing Eric Borneman to Austin!
Eric Borneman is the author of Aquarium Corals: Selection, Husbandry, and Natural History, and is co-author for the book, A Practical Guide to Corals. He has authored and published over almost seventy articles and papers on marine subjects in various scientific and trade publications and journals internationally.
He is the host of The Coral Forum at Reef Central, is a contributor to many websites internationally, has spoken at many scientific and aquarium related conferences, events, and societies, and has taught classes on coral biology, coral propagation, and other reef issues. He co-founded the Marine and Reef Aquarium Society of Houston and is currently involved with reef conservation efforts, coral disease, and aquarium trade sustainability issues worldwide.

This special event will take place on February 19 at 2 pm. The location is Twin Lakes Family YMCA at 240 Little Elm Trail, Cedar Park, TX 78613. The phone number is 512-250-9622.

There will be NO FEE for this exciting event, but donations are welcome and appreciated! Much of the speaker fees are being paid by our very Gator!

There will be great frags and other raffle items, some of the best only available to MAAST Charter Members.

Make your plans to attend this exciting event now!

[::pete::]

The Maast Board of Directors would like to ask all Maast members to help distribute flyers for the February meeting with Eric Borneman

This Link (http://offthereef.org/images/borneman.PDF) is to a PDF file for the February meeting and if each Maast member prints out a couple to be placed (with permission) at local fish stores and other possible locations, we can hope for a great turn out!!

Thank You - Maast Board of Directors

[blueboy]

wow, so the cover charge has been taken care of? very generous of our hosts, let's all keep that in mind come saturday. will we be passing an offering plate?hehehe

[DeAngelove]

Yep... check out the flyer posted in Pete's message above.

A very big thank you to Tim, Gator, and the MAAST BOD in all their effors in making this a reality! ;)

[dan]

WOW!!!!! Gator your the MAN!!!!!!!!!!!

[dan]

so gator i take it you'll be at the meeting? your not riding my yourself i hope? hint hint :-D :-D

[StephenA]

I've got the flyer hanging up at AquaTek

[StephenA]

Directions to the meeting:

Do not use MapQuest or any other Mapping site to locate the YMCA. East Little Elm Trail is not on the maps yet.

The Twin Lakes Family YMCA @ 204 East Little Elm Trail is located on the 1500 Block of South Bell Blvd (US183) in Cedar Park in between Lakeline Blvd and Brushy Creek Blvd, next to Twin lakes. It has a rounded blue roof. You will turn on the E Little Elm Trail to enter the parking lot.

From the South:
Take I35 North to US183, take that North to Cedar Park. You will pass major construction when US183 hits RR620 Once you pass Lakeline Blvd (Home Depot) look for the YMCA as you go down the hill, Its on the right (east side).

From the North:
Take I35 South until you hit FM1431 (Chandler Road), take FM1431 east to Cedar Park. Take US183 South, Once you pass Brushy Creek Blvd look for the YMCA on the left (east side).

[DeAngelove]

Yeah... I have to agree. I used to live right down the street from here, and MapQuest is WAY OFF! Stephen's map is right on the money though.

HTH,
DAB

[DeletedAccount]

Quoting Tim marvin....

Due to unforseen circumstances, Mr. Borneman will not be able to present to us at this meeting. Some things came up and he will be leaving the country. At any rate we will be moving forward with our meeting and doing a presentation on coral fragging, and propagation of both hard and soft corals. We will go over techniques on attaching and cutting corals as well as placement of these corals in the tank during the healing process. All attending are welcome to bring corals for presentation. I and the B.O.D. are terribly sorry if this has caused any inconvenience, but look forward to another great MAAST meeting regardless. Looking forward to seeing you all there. Same time, same place.

[DeletedAccount]

Everyone, get to the meeting! It is going to be GREAT!!!!!!!

[pickle311]

only 1.5 hours left, I'm getting excited

[AlexKilpatrick]

Thanks for a great meeting, Tim & Greg. I don't know how Borneman could have been any better than that, and I think the information you provided was much more valuable to us amateurs. I know you guys put a lot of work into getting ready for the meeting, and I sure appreciate your effort.

[StephenA]

I learned a lot of valuable information. Now I can frag my candy cand and frogspawn.

Thanks Tim and Greg!!!!!

[::pete::]

Greg and Tim thanks for the presentation and frags!!

[NaCl_H2O]

Thanks guys, great demonstration!

And ... I got the Ric :D

[GaryP]

Tim & Greg,

Great job guys.

[Jenn]

Greg and Tim, thanks for your hard work and great presentation. My frags look great this morning! :)

[CD]

We had a great time. Thanks guys and good job.

[adaminaustin]

Tim and Greg did a great presentation. A big thanks to all of our sponsers and members.

My frags are looking happy. :)

[Tim Marvin]

Thank you to all that showed up. We had a good time despite our guest speaker backing out! Looking forward to buying all of Alex's tanks and equipment at the next meeting. I'm sure he is tired of the other stuff by now.....LOL....JK Alex.

[GaryP]

Somebody said something about a garage sale at Alex's house. He's had the new tank up and running for what? A month? He's probably ready to upgrade by now.

[OldSalty]

Special thanks to tim and greg for an outstanding job on this one :D

kelly

[dan]

really enjoyed the meeting. it's great to be with friends that share the same passion. :shades

[::pete::]

Thank you to all that showed up. We had a good time despite our guest speaker backing out! Looking forward to buying all of Alex's tanks and equipment at the next meeting. I'm sure he is tired of the other stuff by now.....LOL....JK Alex.

I get first dibs on the stand

[Tim Marvin]

LMAO...... It is all in fun Alex.....

[DeAngelove]

Hehe... thanks Tim & Greg... great meeting! ;)

Is this pick on Alex weekend or what?! :P

We probably shouldn't do that... especially considering he is hosting the March meeting! :innocent :D

[CD]

And ... I got the Ric


Ah Hah! So *you* were the one that got that orange ric!!! :P

Wendy

[alexwolf]

HA i suppose i deserve that!!!! :roll
looking foirward to it.

Anyone who thinks they are good at pool make sure to bring some extra $$$$$ :skeezy

[DeAngelove]

Yeah... that's what you get for missing a meeting, I suppose! :P

[don-n-sa]

What about Darts? :P

[alexwolf]

:D

i sense a tournament!!!!!

[Shark_Bait]

Do to the commute i have for the meetings, I try to find out when and where as soon as possible to see if I can make it work. So alex is the meeting at your house or is this just typical MAAST chatter. Not there's anything wrong with it I'm just trying to get the when and where down. Thanks

[Tim Marvin]

It will be at Alex's place.

[alexwolf]

march 13th!

[::pete::]

Pictures added to the gallery.