Ncpars Spring Swap: April 12, 2008, at PSU

[rickyfins]

The Board of Directors is currently working with the spring swap committee on the spring swap which is to be held in the PSU State College area.

The board had an AOL Chat last evening to discuss some of the things needed to be covered and planned.

We are going to be holding further chats as time goes on and anyone who is a member or is interested in becoming a member is welcome to join in.

Vendors are excluded from the chat and if they have any ideas they can email them directly to a board member or send a letter.
A further meeting in the near future may be held for vendors.

We will post our chats in advance here on RC at least 24 hours in advance. If you would like to be included in the invite please email me so I can also send you an email about the up coming chat.

My email is rickyfins@hotmail.com

Other things we are currently working on are Group buys, raffle donations, and much more. If you have any ideas on things we can do either post them here or email me at the above address.

Keep on Reefing!

 

[shimmy_yaz]

Feel free to send me an IM about the chats.

 

[Steven Pro]

When you have a date set, let me know so we can try to organize a group trip from Pittsburgh.

 

[rigleautomotive]

we should be able to post the date soon.we are working on that right now.thanks Dan

 

[Barney121]

Yes, we're figuring out the exact date now, we figured out last week which block of rooms we will be using at PSU, and just need to check on the university schedule.

For those of you who were here a few years ago, we'll be in the same building, but we are going to spread out a bit more. If everything goes according to plan, we are going to have a block of 4 lab rooms that are around a central hallway. (There is not one big room anywhere we can find that has access to water.) Each person/vendor will get space with a sink, so we are leaving more space than last time, I think there is something like 6' of counter space between sinks.

Assuming we have a speaker, there is a good-sized auditorium-style classroom just up some stairs where the speaker can have powerpoint, or whatever, and where we won't have people going in and out constantly (which is a big distraction to the speakers). Since people seeing the speaker will be away from their tanks, we will plan to have our volunteers keep watch over anything that people leave out.

There is a separate area off the main hallway where we will set up our food and where people can eat (PSU doesn't like food in the classrooms).

So, we have a lot of stuff set, just not the date! We are looking probably at late March or mid to late April; we just need to work around end-of-semester lab schedules (we don't want some poor kid to fail their chem course because we took over the labs at a bad time). Hopefully we are going to know that in just a day or two.

-- Scott

 

[rigleautomotive]

thanks scott,this sound like it is going to be a great time.i am looking foward to this swap.the donations from sponsors are coming in so the raffles should be good.

Dan

 

[rickyfins]

I know Carl is also working on group buys for members for the coming year. We hope to have 1 group buy per month as a benefit of being a member of NCPARS. Hopefully we can start these either in Jan or early Feb! This way if it is all shipped to one address the club can bring it to the swap! Paypal will be setup shortly for this purpose.(Mary)

We should be debuting some new features to our members as well. A new website should be in the works and operational by the spring swap! So hang in there guys, its coming along.


Keep checking back as we hope to post more stuff on spring as they become available.

 

[rickyfins]

I just got done talking with Kelly from SeaTreasures. They plan on attending the swap, they will probably be setting something up for their live goods.

This is a nice start to our vendors list! They have also assured us of a donation for sponsorship! They will be giving us the donation at the swap!

I look forward to seeing them in spring! They always have nice stuff for sale.

 

[rigleautomotive]

scott any updates on the swap.can we post any info.thanks Dan

 

[rigleautomotive]

SPRING SWAP BE THERE

SPRING SWAP BE THERE

i would like to officially announce that our spring swap will be at the great, penn state university main campus on april 12 ,2008.the speaker and schedule will be announced when it is confirmed and donations have already started coming in for the raffle.details will follow in the near future.thanks Dan

 

[Sanjay]

Wohoo... get those frags ready. Time to get the swap put up on the fragswapper and start listing the frags.

sanjay.

 

[Fizz71]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11633629#post11633629 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sanjay
Wohoo... get those frags ready. Time to get the swap put up on the fragswapper and start listing the frags.

I just wanted to let you guys know that I sent Ricky the ticket to create the swap on FragSwapper a few days ago. I'm not sure if he didn't get the email or if he has been busy.

I figured I'd post in here to make sure he sees it or if you want me to give the ticket to somebody else you can tell me.

--Fizz

 

[rigleautomotive]

thanks fizz.i will talk to rick today and see if he can do it,if not than i will try.thanks again Dan Rigle

 

[Sanjay]

Fizz,

Can you give mutliple people access to it. If so put me in, and I can get it going.

sanjay.

 

[rickyfins]

I will be working on fragswapper after work tonight or tomorrow!

So get those pictures ready everyone and start trading!

 

[rickyfins]

Fragswapper ticket has been submitted and will be activated shortly. SO... GET READY! Fragswapping is about to start.

 

[crazy_reefing]

nothing yet

 

[Fizz71]

It's up...sorry..had a little medical issue to deal with and just now got back to my PC.

Swap away!!

I'm sorry I won't make this one. I still don't have a tank up (just a 100g tub in tha basement with rics, shrooms and 2 fish) so I'm not going to make a trek to PSU when I know I shouldn't buy. Right now I have a lovely 8ft tank with fake snow (cotton) and dead poinsettias in it...how depressing.

See you in the fall! I hope.

--Fizz

 

[rigleautomotive]

thank you fizz,i hope all is well with your medical issue,and i am sorry to hear you will not be able to make it to the swap.even if you dont buy corals it will be a great event with the speaker we have planned and raffles ect.thanks again and hope to see you soon. Dan

 

[Fizz71]

Thanks for the concern...actually it's not so much a problem as it is a hinderance in taking long trips sans child. I feel guilty ditching the kid on the wife and I don't think my daughter is ready for the long drive yet! So hopefully the next swap will be closer and we'll all pay a visit. I see your tentative schedule has fall 2008 in Allentown so if you work that out I'll be fine.

I do miss the whole scene and it is VERY depressing to see that huge empty tank in my living room but I have SOOOO much else on my plate the reefkeeping hobby has taken a back seat.

Who are the official speakers? I didn't see it on NCPARS.org or what Rick posted on FragSwapper.com.

--Fizz