Yes I would say that asking them a couple weeks before the swap
might be considered dropping the ball.

We didn't want to post things until they were finalized but as soon as there is a firm date and location for this year's swap it will be posted. I didn't want to start another thread about where to have the swap and what dates like before since it gets so messy.
Tom will be working on the rest of the dates that are not already decided and we will let you all know as soon as we can. I will do my best to not let it go like it was before with TBD on several months and not knowing until the last minute.
Here is the lineup that we came up with at the last board meeting.
September 19th
Reefkeeping 101 Salinity and Auto Top Offs / Reef Chemistry
October 17th
Frag-Athon Educational, hands-on experience with fragging soft corals, large-polyped-stony corals, and small-polyped-stony corals. You will get to take home a frag of each coral if you participate. I think we usually have around 10 corals.
November 21st
Marc Levenson speaking Topic is tentatively scheduled to be his Aquarium Photography / How to choose a digital camera
December 19th
Christmas Party The club supplies the main courses and members bring a side dish or desert. Families are all encouraged to attend. Usually a larger than normal raffle, and a shark feeding just for the club
Jan 16th
TBD
Feb 20th
TBD
Mar 20th
Tentative date for All-Ohio Frag Swap
Apr 17th
TBD
May 15th
Round table discussion and elections
June 19th
"Touch" sharks and rays exhibit If the zoo sticks with their usual schedule for that event
Hope that helps clear things up. We are still working on details for the swap but I don't think it will take all of the next 6 or 7 months to make it final and announce details.
We thought that Marc Levenson was a fun, light-hearted speaker with a wealth of knowledge and he has 6 or 7 speaches that are ready to go so we contacted him to come back and he has agreed to make the trip up to the frigid north in November for us
I will start another thread soon asking if there is a specific speaker that the club members would like to see at our club so we can use the club's money wisely and to the advantage of the majority of the membership. I know there are some speakers that most of the club hasn't heard yet and it would be great to reach them early before they are booked up.
Hope to make it a great year for everyone at C-SEA!
-- Kevin