As promised, this is the thread to discuss the possibility of a large meeting hosted by COMAS.
AS I have said, there is nothing definite yet as there are a number of things that needs to be decided upon. This will be the place where I will try to keep you as informed as possible.
Ok...we decided at the end of last year to work on a lrger meeting that the other local clubs (OMAS and SOMAS) could participate in. We also wanted to use this as a vehicle to bring new faces into COMAS.
Both OMAS and SOMAS have said they will support as best they can. I will contact OKAA and see if they would like to join in with us. It will tho, be a meeting basically planned and organized by COMAS.
The idea is a locally based meeting that may become an annual event hosted in OKC somewhere. The theme we felt that was best was reeflife and fish conservation. Since we all strive to keep our livestock healthy and hopefully growing, that was felt a good concept.
The plan would be to have approx 4 speakers each giving around 45-50 min talks with questions and a demonstration. We had originally hoped that we may be able to encourage Anthony Calfo to come talk and give a dmeo, however he has comitments that make his attendance impossible. We have a few other ideas on guest speakers and are working on obtaining feedback from other clubs on who they felt gave good talks in this area.
If we can not get someone to discuss coral propagation I had volunteered to do so....but thats still up in the air.
The timeline is important. we were shooting for spring 2007. That gives us time to secure the venue and work on advertising and funding. I want this to be self funded as much as possible based on advanced ticket sales and advertising.
The size we envisage is approx 100 people.
we require an auditorium and an open space to talk, sit, drink sodas and meet people.
We also thought of minipresentation booths, for example, Travis and his man made rock. A simple demo, be it photos or mixes, the finished product, etc. This provides points of interest to people. Maybe a booth on how to drill a tank...all of these are as yet, just ideas. Something maybe on clownfish breeding?
We have played with names....
CARE 2007, Conservative Aquarist and Reef Enthusiast
ROK 2007 Reefkeeping Oklahoma
CORAL Central Oklahoma Reefkeepers And ??? (anyone have an L word)
and others. but you get the idea.
PaulT has been keeping tabs on the good the bad and the ugly names.
So thats the basic plan as it stands.
Now heres the first thing I want help with:
Please come up with a name for this first meeting. It has to reflect the meetings nature. It has to be simple, preferably an acronym, not used elsewhere ...
lets get some ideas on this and then with a name in mind, lets get going.
Paul.
AS I have said, there is nothing definite yet as there are a number of things that needs to be decided upon. This will be the place where I will try to keep you as informed as possible.
Ok...we decided at the end of last year to work on a lrger meeting that the other local clubs (OMAS and SOMAS) could participate in. We also wanted to use this as a vehicle to bring new faces into COMAS.
Both OMAS and SOMAS have said they will support as best they can. I will contact OKAA and see if they would like to join in with us. It will tho, be a meeting basically planned and organized by COMAS.
The idea is a locally based meeting that may become an annual event hosted in OKC somewhere. The theme we felt that was best was reeflife and fish conservation. Since we all strive to keep our livestock healthy and hopefully growing, that was felt a good concept.
The plan would be to have approx 4 speakers each giving around 45-50 min talks with questions and a demonstration. We had originally hoped that we may be able to encourage Anthony Calfo to come talk and give a dmeo, however he has comitments that make his attendance impossible. We have a few other ideas on guest speakers and are working on obtaining feedback from other clubs on who they felt gave good talks in this area.
If we can not get someone to discuss coral propagation I had volunteered to do so....but thats still up in the air.
The timeline is important. we were shooting for spring 2007. That gives us time to secure the venue and work on advertising and funding. I want this to be self funded as much as possible based on advanced ticket sales and advertising.
The size we envisage is approx 100 people.
we require an auditorium and an open space to talk, sit, drink sodas and meet people.
We also thought of minipresentation booths, for example, Travis and his man made rock. A simple demo, be it photos or mixes, the finished product, etc. This provides points of interest to people. Maybe a booth on how to drill a tank...all of these are as yet, just ideas. Something maybe on clownfish breeding?
We have played with names....
CARE 2007, Conservative Aquarist and Reef Enthusiast
ROK 2007 Reefkeeping Oklahoma
CORAL Central Oklahoma Reefkeepers And ??? (anyone have an L word)
and others. but you get the idea.
PaulT has been keeping tabs on the good the bad and the ugly names.
So thats the basic plan as it stands.
Now heres the first thing I want help with:
Please come up with a name for this first meeting. It has to reflect the meetings nature. It has to be simple, preferably an acronym, not used elsewhere ...
lets get some ideas on this and then with a name in mind, lets get going.
Paul.
