BAYMAC - Sunday Nov 23rd - San Jose, CA

[GreshamH]

BAYMAC
Bay Area Marine Aquarium Conference
11am to 5pm - Sunday November 23rd
2143 South 10th Street, San Jose, 95112
www.TheBAYMAC.com (site will be up by this weekend)

Join us 11 am to 5pm Sunday November 23rd 2008 in San Jose, CA
for the first annual BAYMAC - Bay Area Marine Aquarium Conference
serving the Central and Northern California reef communities.

This first event will be FREE for everyone to attend and to participate.
You don't need to be a member of a reef club to attend. All skill levels and all ages are encouraged to attend.

Frag sales supporting regional Reef clubs -
BAR - Bay Area Reefers and NCNRS - Northern California Nano Reef Society
will have aquariums with coral frags & supplies for sale.
All proceeds of these sales go to supporting the respective club.

Private Frag sales -
Other non club affiliated sellers welcome as well
Please contact sales@thebaymac.com for more details
or visit www.thebaymac.com/nonclubfragsales08

Guest Speakers -
Jake Adams (Flow Dynamics and flow devices explained), Rich Ross (Coral collections in Tonga) and Randy Reed (Feeding your reef)
For bio’s and more details please visit www.thebaymac.com/speakers08

Reef Gear Flea Market -
Got extra reef gear lying around, come sell it for CASH!!
Come sell your used reef aquarium related gear
Space is limited so please show up right before 11am to ensure you receive a spot.
For more details please visit www.thebaymac.com/usedgearswap08 or contact sales@thebaymac.com

Manufacturers on hand to answer your questions

Raffle -
Donations from companies like Reef Nutrition, CPR,
United Pet Group (Marine Land, Tetra, etc), TAAM (Rio, SEIO, etc), and more.
All proceeds will be split between BAR & NCNRS equally

Directions & Info â€"œ

11am-5pm Sunday November 23rd
2143 South 10th Street, San Jose, 95112
Close to the 87/280/101/85 and the San Jose Fair Grounds

 

[bbl_nk]

Very cool! With all the reefing going on in NorCal, we need more of these

 

[bbl_nk]

Looks like its at The Aquarium Showroom, might remember used to be Mermaid Aquarium. Max has put together a huge showroom with event halls and some great display tanks.

 

[GreshamH]

The event halls are not part of The Aquarium showroom This event isn't a TAS event, nor a Reef Nutrition even though Max and I are involved

 

[friendorfoe]

to bad its on a sunday

 

[GreshamH]

I've heard that from a few people now Duly noted and I'll do the enxt one on Saturday

 

[RiOnRoxXx]

I may be able to make it Sounds like a fun day of events.

 

[GreshamH]

Update:

CVR - Central Vally Reefers will be joining BAR and NCNRS with selling coral frags and supplies to support their club. Welcome CVR, glad you could join in the fun

Raffle items added:

Neptune Systems has donated an ACjr Controller

EcoTech has donated a Vortech

Boston Aqua Farms has donated two Premium Propagation kits, 3x Reef Epoxy, Scalpel, Bone Shears and tweezers

Reef Nutrition has donated "Plankton Culture Manual", "Giant Clams in the Sea and Aquarium", numerous Reef Nutrition 6oz sample packs as well as individual bottles of product

A private donor has donated a Kill-A-Watts meter and 100x Coral Cradles.

CPR, TAAM, Caribsea, EcoSytem Aquarium, and United Pet Group (Marineland, etc) have all indicated they will be donating to the swap as well but no items have been specified..stay tuned

BAR members will be donating some LE corals to the swap as well.

All raffle proceeds are split amongst the participating clubs. This show that will be BAR, NCNRS and CVR.

 

[Jacob D]

Gresham,

We're working to see if we can put something together...




If anyone is interested in donating a frag or two to the club booth please email: webmaster@nvreefers.org (also everyone should have received an email announcement regarding this).

 

[GreshamH]

That would be great if you guys could make it out Jacob The entire idea behind BAYMAC is to bring all the clubs together for a day. Well, that's part of the idea anyways.

Water is free, you just need to bring everything else. You can also sell supplies as well, like glue, etc. heck, bring out baked goods even :lol:

 

[Jacob D]

For club 'booth' do we need to bring the booth? Are tables and chairs available? What is our limitation on space? Also if we (NVR) tell you we're coming does that mean a spot is saved for us or is it first come first served? In other words - if we end up being late due to an act of god or anything lesser are we going to lose our booth?

Do we just need extension cords to get power?

Any restrictions on food and drink that we can bring (just for the folks at our booth)?

 

[GreshamH]

You'll have a reserved 8x10 space. It's 100% yours even if you don't show up on time

You'll need to bring everything but water. Table, chairs, tank, extension cords, petty cash, etc.

No restrictions on food & drink. In fact, if your club wants to sell both at your booth, that is fine with us. You can't sell any liquor or illegal item though

If you bring food to sell, bring napkins and plates please

 

[Jacob D]

You can't sell any liquor or illegal item though

I see NVR's reputation precedes us


Thanks for the quick response. This is indoors, correct?

 

[Jacob D]

In case anyone did not receive the email that was sent and you're reading this here it is:

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There is a large reef-related event happening on Sunday Nov. 23 in San Jose, Ca. NVR has been invited to attend. The event will include many frags for sale by local clubs at friendly prices as well as private individuals selling frags and used equipment. Essentially this is a large swap meet. There will be a raffle as well.

Participating clubs will have a club booth. All proceeds from the club booth go directly to the club, all raffle proceeds are split evenly among participating clubs. With your help NVR would like to put a booth at this event. We are asking for donations of frags which would be sold and/or raffled at the event. If everyone in the club donates 1-2 nice frags we would have the potential to raise quite a bit of funds for the club to be used in 2009.

Donated frags will be sold and/or raffled by NVR at the event. Prices will be set by the NVR team running the booth. 100% of the proceeds from donated frags will go back to NVR. Anyone who makes a donation will receive a receipt for the value of the donation that can be used as a tax write-off. In addition for each frag donated you'll receive 1 free raffle ticket to be used at the NVR Holiday Party this December. Frags can be LPS, SPS, or Softies.

We are asking for your generosity this holiday season to give something back to NVR. Right now a simple reply to this email with what you can donate would be appreciated. We will have the specifics of collecting donations worked out before the event. Of course everyone in NVR is welcome to attend the event as well.

If you are able to help please respond no later than 11/17.
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To answer questions that have already been sent to me:
1) Frags can be any type of coral but please consider that the goal is to raise money for NVR. If you think someone will shell out cash for your frag(s) then iit would probably be a good donation, on the other hand pale brown polyps from under a rock in your sump might not be the most appealing to someone else

2) Mounted is preferred to unmounted but nothing will be turned down.

3) Frags should be just that, not large rocks as room is limited.

4) If you have pests in your tank (red bugs, flat worms, nudibranchs, etc...) please be up front with us about it.

5) You do not have to attend to donate frags, we will work out a pickup schedule before the date of the event.

 

[GreshamH]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13718067#post13718067 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mothra
I see NVR's reputation precedes us


Thanks for the quick response. This is indoors, correct?

ALl but the Flea Market wil be indoors and if it rains we can house the Flea Market as well. The venue is pristine and can accommodate as many reefers as we can fit into it this time around. I think we can safely fit 700 - 800 between the two buildings we have, not to mention the parking lot

Here's a sneak peak into the venue (it's a wedding/event hall)

 

[bbl_nk]

I don't have anything to donate but am planning on going. Anyone interested in carpooling? I'd be willing to donate some baked goods for sale since I have no corals to frag.

Let me know what I can do to help!

 

[GreshamH]

That's the spirit

 

[GreshamH]

Raffle Update:

Caribsea has donated a bunch of product, and I mean a bunch. They put in ARM Coarse (Ca Reactor media), ARM XCS (Larger Ca Reactor media), Mineral Mud, Purple Up, Reef Cal, Buff +. Aquatic Biotic Boost and Phos Buster.

 

[Jacob D]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13726889#post13726889 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bbl_nk


Let me know what I can do to help!

How about lending a hand setting up or working the club booth? We can use the help.

 

[GreshamH]

Raffle Update:

Aqua Euro USA has donated a Protein Skimmer - needle wheel with Bubble plate (590gph) rated for a 135g tank. Thanks Aqua Euro USA

The Aquarium Showroom has donated a tank and stand - size and style not indicated as of yet.

Sunlight Supply, Central Pets and Seachemhave all stated they donate as well.