Also looking for: Events Committee

[Kristy]

Could use a couple of committed and reliable folks who would like to have some input on MAAST events.

Contributions could include:
your great ideas!
suggestions and / or communications with potential speakers
scouting out facilities as potential venues for an event
helping to prepare for a meeting (food, decorations, pick up supplies)
as little or as much time as you choose to give to MAAST events

Feel free to ask questions or have more discussion if you are trying to figure out where you might want to get involved.

[kkiel02]

I would love to volunteer. Let me know who to contact or what not.

[Kristy]

Great! Thanks Kevin... we will discuss this weekend!

[kkiel02]

Hey kristy did you get my pm about ideas etc.? and do I get a cool title like the newletter committee??

[Pennies2Cents]

Hey Kevin, :) You should be able to with no problem. :) Kristy will send a PM to Brian our Admin and he will update your profile. :)

[kkiel02]

lol I was mainly just checking to make sure we are on the same page and sometimes I wonder if my pms go through. Im sure they do I just get paranoid.

[Still Learning]

wouldn't mind helping out, but not sure I could do those duties from Corpus. We are looking forward to it though!!!

Maybe someone could make a sticky for other places volunteers are needed. That way if someone wants to help out they know what is available and what is involved.

[corruption]

All the committee organizing and management happens online -- I'd expect there to be no problems in you participating from Corpus :)

-Justin

[Big_Pun]

i would like to help, i work and go to school full time, but i dont mind helping as much as i can

[kkiel02]

wouldn't mind helping out, but not sure I could do those duties from Corpus. We are looking forward to it though!!!

Maybe someone could make a sticky for other places volunteers are needed. That way if someone wants to help out they know what is available and what is involved.

I think the other committees are potm, newsletter and this one. There may be others I just cant think of them.

[Kristy]

Love it! You guys can definitely contribute from another town, by the way. A lot of the planning can be done by phone. The most significant contribution that is needed is ideas, input, and communication - and anyone can do that!

Kevin, I will get on the change of access today (been swamped!) So glad to see these other offers to help. Discussion and input is such a good thing!

[kkiel02]

Maybe we could start a thread or area for ideas and then one for planning. That way like the ideas chris gave in the other thread we could post it and make it a sticky so they arent forgotten or lost in other threads? I also like the food drive/diy food idea. I was thinking about another diy food session and asking people to bring canned food would be a great way to give back to the community. I still would like a behind the scenes at sea world but I bet that would be expensive. Another idea is the tank tours we talked about. Ok I will stop for now but more ideas/suggestions to come...

[Kristy]

I'll start a MAAST events brainstorming thread and then sticky it. The planning part will definitely have to be separate.

[ErikH]

Maybe this should all be discussed out in the open? :) I would like to hear your ideas. I really wanted to go to the zoo and see the behind the scenes stuff. Seaworld of course, but what else? The Texas State Aquarium would be cool. What about the colleges? Any colleges in south texas heading up cool studies or anything we could get involved in? What about, making our own hatcheries for different types of things, phyto, rotifers, etc? There could be an additional fee, or a list of items for a project that everyone could build together, like a birdhouse in school. :) Foam would be a good event, messy, fun, inexpensive, and creative. Focus on the outside stuff while it's cool!

::I tried to post this last night at like 2:30 in the morning but MAAST was down:: Suprised it was still left in the paste function!

[FireWater]

I would like to look into helping in any way that i can. Please contact me at your convenience Kristy

[Europhyllia]

What about, making our own hatcheries for different types of things, phyto, rotifers, etc? There could be an additional fee, or a list of items for a project that everyone could build together, like a birdhouse in school.

That sounds really cool. I'd love that. :)