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This club is almost one year 1 year old, and we have had alot of fun. The question Dave, and myself would like to ask all involved with this board is some simple ones.

1)Where do you think we should go with this club? Growth etc...

2) What kinds of events and or meetings would you like to see?

All suggestions welcome, and there is not Right or Wrong answers.

Also if you would like to be part of the board. Drop Dave or myself a Pm, and we will be happy to talk with you.

Thank you folks!

~Marc

Ahhh... the first reply is always the kicker !!!

1.) Once a month meeting with the following:
a.) A planned agenda...
b.) A speaker (Can be a local member - does not have to be a Big Name..)
c.) A topic of general discussion by someone qualified to talk about it.
d.) 15 minute club update
e.) The favorite - Frag swap
f.) The Raffle --- Money maker for the club 3 tickets for $ 5.00....
Nothing big, can be some reef chem or a coral or two.
g.) 30 minute --- Hi you doing and end of meeting.

Hows that for a response...!!!!!!!!!!

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Need to get back into having regular meetings. Jerry covered it pretty well. I'd like to see some DIY projects covered.

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I'm with Jerry !

DIY, just make sure you remember those of us with desire, but no hands on experience. I'd like to be more self suffienct but its daunting !

Invite other clubs to join us once in a while ... share the knowledge, the frags and fun.

I'm looking forward to the new year !

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TANK: *75 g*50# LR*200# KolorScape Sand*5x54w T-5 Lighting*

LiveStock: *CB Shrimp*3 Ocellaris Clowns*PsuedoChromis*Coral Beauty*Bi-Color Gamma*Feather Dusters*Derasa Clam*Fire Shrimp*2 Chromis*2 Dispar Anthias*

SPS Corals : *Slimers*

LPS Corals : *Candy Cane*FrogSpawn*Open Brain*ST Plate*Favia*Maze Brain*Lobophillya

Softies Corals : *Xenia*Rics*Cloves*Zoa's*GSP*Kenyan Tree*Neon Green Tree*Toadstool*Red Colt Coral*Pipe Organ Coral

i think jerry said it all!! I enjoy this club more than (name not mentioned) I def like that there are not a million members(yet) and everyone here is nice and down to earth..no holier than thou attitudes!!! I would like to attend some meetingsas well!

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Keep it coming folks. Next year will be a great year for us.
I'd like to see more events that stay together. No more canceling at the last min. I have been guilty of this big time. I let work rule me, and as James Taylor say "Don't let them take your wasted time"

What ever happened to the monthly drawings??? I joind and the next month they disappeared! Also agree with Jerry!

Auto top off seems to be a hot topic at the moment. Would be a good discussion, and I'm sure we could pull together enough different systems to describe most common ways to get it done.

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"The world is headed for mutiny when all we want is unity" Scott Stapp, Creed

This is my $.02 for this new year I want Honesty if something happens or goes wrong (im not gonna bring up any past issues) at the very least i think the paid members should know its kind of our right. look at us as oh um a group of board of directors we are all technically investors. we are investing in this club so it is our right to know if something is off. After all honesty is the best policy. i agree with Jerry as well. we also need different times or days for meetings so we cah have a higher variety of members comnig to the meetings.

Your right Roger 100%

Welome back aboard pal!

All the ideas, suggestions, and a great attitudes that have been posted above appears to be the foundation of a great reef club. I'd be glad to be a part of this event and attend meetings. Jerry got the ball in motion with a unanamous agreement with his suggestions. Seems many people have an interest in DIY projects, great idea as well as many other subjects that can be discussed, ie, dosing, lighting, water parameters, RODI setups, filtering methods, etc etc. And yes it's true "A Reef Addicts Support Group".............."hi my name is________and I just can't pass by a LFS without buying a coral"............. Quilty and I need help, pass the frag, please.
I'm not sure how much this will help but I belong to another hobby and we hold our meetings in Chelmsford, Ma, a small function hall that I'm sure that Salthub may be interested in. I'll talk to the owners Sunday 10/11/07 provided that the group is relativley small due to room size. Available for Christmas parties as well.

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Great post Charga. thanks! Nice to see you around, and posting!

You're Welcome Marc, I find the forum to be comfortable to post ideas and any help that I can assist in and not be critisize/flamed nor do the same to any others and conform to forum rules as well as club rules. I agree with Denis aka mfreef in his post stated above.

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The only meeting type situation Ive been to is the BBQ so I dont even know how meetings work..and if you dont know anyone there it makes it all the harder to attend! So as Jerry already said post the meeting agenda up front and always have a frag swap...everyone loves a frag swap! Diy prodjects are always nice as well. Hands on is always better than looking at pictures IMO! I like the photo contest, and raffles, and general member prizes.. I think a consistant monthly schedule is key!

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Denis and Kim

I like the idea of a meeting with agendas. I like to see the meetings held in a public location, I think its easier for most folks to attend.

I'd prefer to see the meetings held in NH, we are a NH Reef club < grin > after all. I'd also like to see it held in different areas so the same folks ( like me ) aren't always driving an hour to attend a meetings in Nashua or Salem.

Thanks for reading !

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TANK: *75 g*50# LR*200# KolorScape Sand*5x54w T-5 Lighting*

LiveStock: *CB Shrimp*3 Ocellaris Clowns*PsuedoChromis*Coral Beauty*Bi-Color Gamma*Feather Dusters*Derasa Clam*Fire Shrimp*2 Chromis*2 Dispar Anthias*

SPS Corals : *Slimers*

LPS Corals : *Candy Cane*FrogSpawn*Open Brain*ST Plate*Favia*Maze Brain*Lobophillya

Softies Corals : *Xenia*Rics*Cloves*Zoa's*GSP*Kenyan Tree*Neon Green Tree*Toadstool*Red Colt Coral*Pipe Organ Coral

This can be taken as good news or not so good news depending on the location of where some of the reefers reside and a meeting location if one is to be determined. I spoke to the owners/managers at where I hold my meetings and let them know if it is available for this group. They wanted to know when, I did not know, but the function hall is (the good part) free for our use as long as we have lunch there. The room holds 65 people. OK the not so good..........it's at Skips Restaurant in Chelmsford http://www.skipsrestaurant.com/index.html, family style restaurant, very well known in the area. So I leave it up to Salthub Admin if they'd like to think about it. If y'all have other plans in the works it's good cause it was not a problem running by the restaurant.

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Skips....that place is cool. I te there like 3-4 months ago. What a throw back diner dive...