January Meeting

[Kristy]

Our next meeting will be:



"Creating Reef Biotopes"


Presented by Brad Gemmell, PhD candidate,
of the Univeristy of Texas Marine Science Institute


January 16, 2010 (1:00 - 3:00)


GCReef, 3802 Saturn Rd, Corpus Christi, TX 78413



***We are also hoping to put together a small Corpus Tank Tour
after the meeting if we have some of our coastal reefer friends volunteer to show off their tanks!***


Help spread the word!...

[Jordan N.]

I can confirm myself and a non-reef keeper friend will be going. We'll be camping on the beach if anyone wants to come hang out and fish or something.

[Paul28]

Man wish i could go i half to work saterdays :(

[Mr Cob]

Sweet. Can't wait. Will be myself and my wife along with my boys (possibly).

[justahobby]

My new work schedule prevents me from attending our monthly weekend meetings :cry_smile: .
I hate suggesting something that I personally can't volunteer for, but ......

What if we could video record the meetings and post them for those who missed out. I don't know how time and data intensive this would be to upload or if the sound would come up :confused:

My other concern would be people skipping the meeting simply because they could catch it online.

[Jarob]

I'll be there and I would love to be part of the tank tour!

[hobogato]

christy and i will be there, the boys may be with us, not sure yet.

[kkiel02]

I will be there.

[Squiers007]

See everyone there!

[diego]

I should be there.

[Sherri]

I'm trying...

[txmaverickmh]

You can betcha that I will be there!!!! It can kindof be my going away party since we are moving to Houston in February!

-Michael Hensley

[Kristy]

Really looking forward to this meeting. Think it's going to be a great topic! We also have two confirmed for a short tank tour following the meeting, with a few others who seem to be thinking about it.


The offer still stands if anyone wants to grab a ride with Mike and myself from SA to CC.

[Pennies2Cents]

Ross & I will be there! :) There's a chance we may leave on Friday afternoon to get to CC early and just hang out. Maybe do some fishing and walk the Jetty if its not too cold....

[Europhyllia]

What if we could video record the meetings and post them for those who missed out. I don't know how time and data intensive this would be to upload or if the sound would come up :confused:

That would be great. It's such an interesting topic.

[jrsatx20]

trying to go but wish i could catch a ride with someone. but the only thing is i control the radio and i sing out loud any takers. just kidding tying to convince the ball (wife) and chains (kids) to go.

[kkiel02]

Really looking forward to this meeting. Think it's going to be a great topic! We also have two confirmed for a short tank tour following the meeting, with a few others who seem to be thinking about it.


The offer still stands if anyone wants to grab a ride with Mike and myself from SA to CC.

I might take you up on this if you still have a spot. I was trying to convince my girlfriend to come but she is certain she isnt going. lol

[Kristy]

Sounds good, Kevin! That still leaves a spot if anyone else needs a ride (except maybe for Ruben, with an offer like that....)

[corkyGramma]

Wow sounds great, can't afford to miss this one :)

[kkiel02]

Are we doing the tank tour afterwards? I would love to see some of those corpus tanks.

[Bill S]

Ace and I were talking about this yesterday.

JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS. THIS IS SATURDAY, NOT SUNDAY.

[Paul28]

Wish i didt have to work :(

[Mr Cob]

Update... Wife and i will be there. Boys will be staying with my Mom. : )


Sweet. Can't wait. Will be myself and my wife along with my boys (possibly).

[txav8r]

Afraid I'm going to have to miss this one.

[Bill S]

We are planning on this!

[Mr Cob]

Afraid I'm going to have to miss this one.

Sorry, you are not allowed.

Since you aren't going, I'm gonna need your truck. Drop it off by 6pm Friday. Thanks, make sure it has a full tank dude and I like shiny wheels :)

Oh, forget to mention, I already cleared it with Dee Dee! She said you'll have the Vette.

[txav8r]

Sorry, you are not allowed.

Since you aren't going, I'm gonna need your truck. Drop it off by 6pm Friday. Thanks, make sure it has a full tank dude and I like shiny wheels :)

Oh, forget to mention, I already cleared it with Dee Dee! She said you'll have the Vette.

ROFL!! You bet 'cha!:rofl:

[Kristy]

BUMP... this is coming up quickly. Meeting is Saturday!


"Creating Reef Biotopes"



Presented by Brad Gemmell, PhD candidate,
of the Univeristy of Texas Marine Science Institute



January 16, 2010 (1:00 - 3:00)



GCReef, 3802 Saturn Rd, Corpus Christi, TX 78413




***Followed by: Corpus Tank Tour after the meeting!
Room for more if you want to show off your tank!***

[Mr Cob]

BUMP.

[Pennies2Cents]

Is there a list of how many tanks will be showing for the tour?

[Kristy]

Is there a list of how many tanks will be showing for the tour?

Good idea, someone should do that.... wait a minute, that someone is ME!

We have two confirmed for Saturday's tank tour, with a couple of others that I'm hoping will decide to confirm today. Tomorrow I will be working on the Tank Tour Roster, to be handed out at the meeting on Saturday. Should finish 5:00-ish is my prediction.

[Jarob]

Ill be showing my tank!! I just added a few new beauties and gave it a complete clean over for the showing as well! It might be kinda hard to get to mine though, its on the 11th floor and only 2 elevators..

[kkiel02]

Are you at the dorms there at tamucc? I used to go there and I miss it. I doubt you are at the dorms though as they arent 11 stories high.

Oh yeah and Kristy I will give you a call a little later to figure out times and what not.

[Bill S]

For those in CC or those that will be there on Sunday, we're going sailing on Sunday and have invited you to come along:

http://www.maast.org/forums/showthread.php?p=728281#post728281

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z157/bstreep/merlinpiyc.jpg

[corruption]

What an offer, Bill -- if only I didn't have prior commitments at weddings and work that night.. :)

-Justin

[Kristy]

Reminder BUMP.... Hope to see you guys there tomorrow.

[hobogato]

in case there is any confusion, this is a general meeting open to all members. yes, that includes web members, charter member, guests, heck we may even let the board members stay :)

looks to be a great presentation, i know brad has worked hard getting it together for us. hope to see you all there!

[Kristy]

Also, a reminder: The meeting will run 1 -3 and be followed by a caravan to a few member's homes to show off their tanks. The tank tour should be over around 5:00, leaving plenty of time to swing by the Corpus Christi LFS and pick up / finalize any purchases!

[jrsatx20]

sorry wont be going. Kristy offended me so if she goin im not. j/k me and mike probably would of sang the whole way down there. real reason my 5 yr old personaly asked me to take him to the monster truck show. so got to do the daddy thing.

[txmaverickmh]

Thanks for clearing that up ACE, I heard there was a clever little rumor spreading around Corpus Christi today about how this was just a BOD meeting, no need for public or members to attend...not very nice:bareteeth:

I dont think that is really fair to all the hard work Big Brad has put into this presentation, I received the cliff notes version, and I will once again say, Brad knows his stuff!!!!

I CANT FREAKING WAIT TILL TOMORROW, THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE HECK OF A MEETING GUYS!!!!!!!!!!

EVERYONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND!!!!!! HECK, EVEN MY WIFE IS COMING TO ENJOY THE FESTIVITIES!!!!!!!!

Woo HOO!!!!

Michael

[hobogato]

off to the intercoastal to try to catch a few shore shrimp for the cuttles... see you all at the meeting

[Pennies2Cents]

Off we go too! :)

[Mr Cob]

Still in Corpus but just wanted to sneak away to post a thanks to Brad for a great presentation... Reef Biotopes! Who woulda eva thought....! LOL! Makes me want to redo my tank now.

Also, thanks GCReef for hosting the meeting and passing along such great deals on all the livestock!!!

Nice to see all those that made it.

[kkiel02]

Yes the presentation was great and I loved the store.

[signal_4]

yes and GCREEF "TRULY" has the best prices in Corpus Christi....contrary to what Ive read else where on this site...

[roscozman]

Presentation and meeting went great. Eve and I had a great time on the tank tour as well - some awesome tanks!! Eve took some pics and should be up later tonight.

Now off to a little sailing with Bill...

[hobogato]

before this goes any further, i would like to point out that maast is lucky to have the sponsors it has in corpus christi and aquarists there are fortunate to have the choices they have. we should be cooperating here since we all benefit from multiple stores/sponsors who supply us with great choices of critters for out tanks :wink_smile:


yes and GCREEF "TRULY" has the best prices in Corpus Christi....contrary to what Ive read else where on this site...

back on topic:

the meeting was great! we had a great turn out and a very informative and interesting presentation by brad. gcreef was a great host and we thank you guys/gals for all you did to accommodate us for the meeting. the tank tour was the icing on the cake, great stuff. i took lots of pics that i will be processing and posting later today.

[Europhyllia]

did the presentation get video taped? It sounded like such an interesting topic!

[hobogato]

yes, i havent looked at it yet and i will have to get someone to help me compress it and process it before it can be posted. it will be coming soon tho :)


did the presentation get video taped? It sounded like such an interesting topic!

[Kristy]

We did get the presentation on tape as well as Brad offering to send the presentation slides to us digitally. The slides won't be the same without his narration, but between the two you should get the idea. This is our first time to put the meeting presentation online, so you may need to be patient with us while we figure out how that is going to work! But we are definitely working on getting that up and going.

Karin, I kept thinking of you during Brad's presentation yesterday. You would have loved this topic and should definitely check it out when we have it up.

[Kristy]

Ace is too fast for me again! LOL

[bjgf15]

I just wanted to thank everyone who attended. It was a fun day and it's always great to be able to put a face to the screen name. I will be emailing the powerpoint presentation to Kristy so anyone that could not attend can still access the information.

[Europhyllia]

Very cool. Looking forward to seeing what I missed :)

[corruption]

As am I -- I'm sorry to have had to miss it, Jordan spoke quite highly of the presentation.

Ace: if you need any assistance with the video, lemme know... I've been known to be handy with a computer thing or 2 :bigsmile:

-Justin

[alton]

Great Meeting and thanks to GC REEF, not only for hosting the meeting but for having an awesome facility and raising different fish for the trade.

[DrMark]

It was a nice meeting.
Brad did a great job, all went very well.
Very nice to see a good turn out, great so many people made the trip down.
We are, and want to be, the elite South Texas destination for higher end coral and fish at unheard of pricing. We can do the pricing we do because we are hobbyists and dont have to rely on the store to make a living...a luxury, I know. I would be living on the couch at the store and showering in the sink if that was the case....:wink_smile: As you could tell, we are not an average LFS, and will never be. We have a different goal and, for the most part, a different clientele.
Anyhow, thanks again...
Mark

[BSJF]

One of these days I'm going to have to make it out to a meeting or two. Timing /location just hasn't worked out yet for me.

[Europhyllia]

I agree. I am planning to make it at least to the next San Antonio meeting...

[hobogato]

here are a few pics from the meeting, christy(checkerkitty) took most of these

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/januarytanktour/DSC05973.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/januarytanktour/DSC05974.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/januarytanktour/DSC05978.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/januarytanktour/DSC05979.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/januarytanktour/DSC05980.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/januarytanktour/DSC05981.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/januarytanktour/DSC05982.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/januarytanktour/DSC05983.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/januarytanktour/DSC05984.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/januarytanktour/DSC05985.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/januarytanktour/DSC05986.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/januarytanktour/DSC05987.jpg

[hobogato]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/januarytanktour/DSC05989.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/januarytanktour/DSC05990.jpg

[Pennies2Cents]

I am still in "Love" with those baby cardinals! :wub:

Great Job on the pics... Christy! :bigsmile:

[txmaverickmh]

Guys, that was a blast! So when is the next one? Is it planned yet?

Michael

[Mr Cob]

Bump.

Did we ever get any literature from the presentation that we might add to the library?

[hobogato]

i do have the video, just havent had time to process it and get it posted. i really need to do that...

[Mr Cob]

Cool. let me know if you need any help. I have Adobe Premiere and could possibly put something together or assist in someone. I have experience in videography as well.

[Kristy]

I also have the Power Point presentation from Brad we can incorporate as well... Let me know who I need to send it to.