May: Catfish, Unscientific Method by Chuck Davis (FL)

[mewickham]

Famous Guest Speaker This Month!

We've got a great program lined up for May. We're bringing in Chuck Davis from Florida. Chuck has been a hobbyist since 1955, owned two pet shops, one wholesale tropical fish import/export business, and wrote a column for Aquarium Fish Magazine for 15 years. Chuck is a former board member of the American Cichlid Association and 25-year editor of the North Jersey Aquarium Society Reporter. He is an NEC Mueller Award winner, AFISH Hobbyist of the Year, Life member of the ACA & NJAS, and has a special interest in new world cichlids, catfish, and hobby organizations.

Join us on May 11th for this fantastic talk!

[cairnsII]

I wish I could make this meeting. Is anyone going to tape it so it would be available for a later time or for a loan out to another club?

[sskruzr]

I wish I could make this meeting. Is anyone going to tape it so it would be available for a later time or for a loan out to another club?

WOW! That's a great idea.

[mewickham]

We've talked many times about taping presentations. Everyone is always in favor of it, but we've never been able to find anyone willing to do the work.

If anyone is willing, I have a video camera and tripod they can use.

[sskruzr]

I believe sharing Chuck with HAAS went pretty well without a hitch. I'm all for us doing this again. Thoughts?

[dennysfishroom]

Actually we are in September. That will give us 2 programs we shared with HAAS this year, which should tell us logistically whether it's practical. By then we should also start to have a handle on the total cost of bringing in outside speakers. Then we'll know if it's warranted for us to schedule more speakers in next year. This time did seem to go pretty smooth. I'll ask Mike to recap total cost by next meeting. Denny

[mewickham]

Yeah, it seemed to go off without a hitch. Chuck's program was informative and funny. Great speaker!

[mewickham]

I uploaded some photos taken at Chuck's talk. Click on them to see a larger view.