Board Members Present: Misti Thueson, Chris Pugh, Gary Powell, Pete Rafferty, Stephen Affolter, Adam Buseniehner
Board Members Absent: Blake Kopplin, Alex Wolf, Sherri Ancira, Barry Drawdy, Steve Krauskopf, Chris Parker
Proxies Given: Blake to Misti, Steve to Stephen

I. Newsletter Committee
A. Per Adam, no luck getting initial issue out. Stephen to take over project.
B. To begin as email - not printed newsletter.
C. Format used by Sherri should be format followed for submissions of fish & corals.
D. Microsoft Publisher will be used & turned into a .pdf for easy access by all.
E. Also included in Newsletter:
1. 2 Bio's
2. A coupon
3. Presidents Note
4. Upcoming Meetings and topics
5. Recap of past meeting info (short informational article w/basics of mtg)
6. Possibly get permission to reprint an old "professional" article

II. Meeting Committee
A. Trying to change FinAddict meeting from May 14th to May 21. Steve will report success.
B. June - RobertG - topic: Water chemistry
C. July - SA
D. August 6/7 - Corpus Christi
E. Sept - CB Pets
F. Oct - Gators house for multi-subject seminar
G. Nov, Dec - unknown
H. Jan 2006 - unknown
I. Feb 2006 - Multi-speaker event in San Antonio

III. Contests
A. "No" vote - we need to strengthen our current projects before starting more

IV. Sponsor Donations
A. Have Steve make and keep a list in the D Forum w/ the current goods & when used.

V. IMAX
A. GaryP will try to get a July IMAX showing for the Club

VI. Possible Christmas Party for Members
A. We will look into locations & costs.
MEETING ADJOURNED