Hee hee hee. I also think Grant would make a good president. You think I knew everyone when I began my term buddy? With me as VP and Bob as Treas it'd be a solid board.
I had actually approached Grant with the idea a month or two ago. I am pleased to hear others feel similarly. His response then was the same as his posting now.
So we're going to have to either wear him down (Grant! Grant! Grant!) or come up with another name. The enthusiastic new guy with a good looking tank is always a prime candidate, which brings us back to Grant! Grant! Grant!
When I joined the club Mike and Jeff were copresidents (you lurkers should come to meetings again!), then it was Jake pres and Bob vp, then myself pres, with James then Owen as vp and Bob treas.
The job doesn't entail a ton of work. At it's easiest, you post whether there should even be a meeting or not. At it's most involved, you're coordinating industry professionals with meetings, shopping for and caring for raffle frags and carrying the "President's plastic tub" to meetings.
There's a ton of personal satisfaction to be had when your efforts pay off, such as, in my opinion, last December's meeting which was hosted by Tom. The successful points of that meeting in my mind were:
- good turnout by members.
- tons of yummy food and drink provided by members and our host.
- meeting somewhere other than our "default" location. While the Union Hotel is a wonderful place to get together when we don't have anything special going on, having something special going on is extra sweet. And Tom was very kind to open his house to us.
- guest speaker: Randy Reed from Reef Nutrition gave an excellent talk on reef foods, appropriate food sizes and nutritional content.
Another very successful meeting in my mind was the one hosted by Steve Ruddy last summer which had similar components. And I was also pleased with how well received by local retailers the idea of meeting at their stores was.
You'll notice that a number of the key elements to above average meetings involve member participation way more than club officer efforts. All I had to do was ask who would be up for hosting and send an email or make a phone call or two to arrange the speaker or location. The rest was the enthusiasm of our members. And as we all know and have heard over and over, if we all do a little, no one has to do a lot.
2011 is an opportunity for the club to continue to move forward, to provide a local source of reef keeping knowledge and a place where we can encourage and support each other as we share our experiences, our frags and our love of reefing. Let's do it!!
Who is willing to take the organizational reins as we continue on? Don't make us nominate whoever doesn't show up at the next meeting! :lol:
