ChemStar Report post Posted January 13, 2019 Below is the proposed meeting schedule for 2019. As meeting topics and dates are confirmed, we will highlight them in green. January 19 – Field Trip to Mote Aquarium in Sarasota March 2 - Field Trip to Florida Aquaculture facility in Apollo Beach March 30 – James Fatherree - Aquarium Photography in Estero April 27 – Poker Run. Stops to include JoeFish Aquatics, Saltwater Solutions, Barrier Reef May 25 - Marc Levenson (aka melev) - Aquarium Plumbing in Estero June 22-23 – Keys Field Trip July 20 – Julian Sprung (Two Little Fishies) - Water Chemistry in Estero August 17 - Poker Run North - stops include Fishy Business, Aquarium & Reef Center (FTM) and Seven Seas Aquatics September 21- Clearwater Aquarium October 20 – Frag Auction at Riverside Community Center in Fort Myers November 16 – Build Your Own Rock Workshop at Jeff's in Lehigh December 7 – Boat Parade Holiday Party at RickO's We are open to suggestions for future meetings. This is the thread for that discussion!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronreefman Report post Posted January 14, 2019 This is a great list of meetings. Thanks for all the work it takes to pull this together. Any chance the Frag Auction can have a raffle like the ones we have had in the past at Reef Conferences... since there is no reef conference? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChemStar Report post Posted January 14, 2019 3 hours ago, ronreefman said: This is a great list of meetings. Thanks for all the work it takes to pull this together. Any chance the Frag Auction can have a raffle like the ones we have had in the past at Reef Conferences... since there is no reef conference? That is our goal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdhuyvetter Report post Posted February 5, 2019 Updated for confirmed March speaker. February will be a field trip, just haven't locked down the final details. Hopefully lock it down tomorrow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdhuyvetter Report post Posted February 17, 2019 update - finally got a confirmation for February (although now the first Saturday of March). Still working on a second stop for that field trip. Confirmed guest speaker for May Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronreefman Report post Posted February 18, 2019 Aw man! I'm racing go karts with the Porsche Club that weekend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdhuyvetter Report post Posted February 27, 2019 updated. Riverside for October is confirmed. Note that this is a Sunday meeting Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charlie0101 Report post Posted April 9, 2019 Can someone update the information concerning the tour of aquariums happening this month (April 2019)? I can't find any updated information about it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdhuyvetter Report post Posted April 10, 2019 Partially updated. Waiting on confirmation from two stops. Hope to do a meeting announcement today. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtspeedy21 Report post Posted April 10, 2019 Is there more information on the keys trip? Where, who to call to make reservations and such? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdhuyvetter Report post Posted April 13, 2019 We had our BOD meeting last night and the Keys trip was part of the planning discussion. RickO is going to reach out to the Blackfin and a snorkel boat to lock down dates. Once that is done, I am going to reach out to Mote, Florida Key Aquarium, Turtle Rescue and/or KP Aquatics to lock in secondary stops. Dinner location will be the last thing to lock in. All of these will be scheduled for a Saturday (except KP Aquatics. That will be a Sunday stop on the way out of the Keys) We will update as these things happen. For past years, the club only organizes Saturday events as people tend to make different travel plans for Friday and Sunday ( or possibly stay longer). When that happens, they will usually post up anything they have planned for Friday or Sunday in case someone else wants to come along. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronreefman Report post Posted April 14, 2019 We are already booked at Blackfin for Thursday the 13th thru Sunday the 16th. If anybody intends to get down Thursday or Friday and wants to do a snorkel, we will be doing some on both Thursday afternoon and all day Friday. We will also have our Zodiac there so we can get out to some off shore islands like Little Money Key, Money Key or Little Bahia Honda Key. Jeff, we haven't had the pleasure of seeing KP Aquatics in person and would love to stop there on the way out Sunday. I'd even consider making an online order and picking it up in person. Looking forward to this trip. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackthunda77 Report post Posted April 28, 2019 Sounds good. Hopefully I can stay the whole weekend this time. Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charlie0101 Report post Posted April 30, 2019 Have the dates and hotel for the Keys trip been locked in yet? Please advise. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickO Report post Posted May 1, 2019 The Keys trip is set for June 22 and 23. Black Finn motel will be the headquarters for most club memebers attending. The previous dates will not work as Black Finn was sold out. Saturday morning we will be snorkleling on Looe Key as a group and have dinner together Saturday night. I will be stopping after the snorkle trip to look around the "horse shoe" area and scout for creatures to collect. Sunday will be open for snorkling and side trips to local atractions and possible stop at KP aquatics on the way out of the Keys. RickO Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronreefman Report post Posted May 13, 2019 Please keep us posted about the possible KP Aquatics stop on Sunday. If we set that up I'd like to place an order and pick it up on Sunday. I didn't make the last visit there as we stayed over a day longer snorkeling. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zyphen Report post Posted August 1, 2019 Confirmed: December 7th Boat Parade holiday party at @RickO Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
