SoCal Reef Clubs
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GTR
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Most won't or don't. My point is that club is doing something to help restore the reefs by donating $1,500.
http://www.coralrestoration.org/CRF/index.php
SteveU
http://www.coralrestoration.org/CRF/index.php
SteveU
BeanMachine
Active member
Hint, hint I think... not about it being in New Jersey.
I got it Steve U... that's a good cause for sure.
I got it Steve U... that's a good cause for sure.
OCtrackiepacsg1
New member
funny. i always thought reef clubs were a more social kind of thing...
dflad
New member
Why do they just have to be social? They are for learning, sharing, trading, and helping to contribute back to the reef that we take from. Just about everything we do in this hobby has a net negative effect on the planet, so why not try to give something back, clubs are a great way to do it as they can have a much larger impact than a single person can (unless that person is really rich).
xtm
Active member
This reminds me of car shows.
Back in the day, there were socal car clubs who cared about nothing but their own members. They traded airbags and amps, and being "in the club" meant you can get a discount on a chameleon paint job. They held shows in the park and leave at the end of the day, scraping the road with their rollpans...
And then there were real Clubs... the ones who did shows and raised funds to be donated to a city park to build playgrounds for kids, etc. These clubs made a difference in the community. That's what it's all about.
I thought about joining a local reef club.. but I thought about it.. if I'm gonna dedicate a portion of my time, I'd like to actually help our local shores. I could care less about trading LE frags to be honest.
If there's a local reef club who actually volunteers to help clean up our shores as part of their agenda, that's the one I'll join. Many years ago before I was even a reefer, I've volunteered at Cabrillo Marine and it was a very fun and fulfilling experience. I highly recommend that reef clubs should try it... at least try to make a difference in the local community where it counts. After all, we keep taking things from the ocean and it's about time we give something back.
JMO.
Back in the day, there were socal car clubs who cared about nothing but their own members. They traded airbags and amps, and being "in the club" meant you can get a discount on a chameleon paint job. They held shows in the park and leave at the end of the day, scraping the road with their rollpans...
And then there were real Clubs... the ones who did shows and raised funds to be donated to a city park to build playgrounds for kids, etc. These clubs made a difference in the community. That's what it's all about.
I thought about joining a local reef club.. but I thought about it.. if I'm gonna dedicate a portion of my time, I'd like to actually help our local shores. I could care less about trading LE frags to be honest.
If there's a local reef club who actually volunteers to help clean up our shores as part of their agenda, that's the one I'll join. Many years ago before I was even a reefer, I've volunteered at Cabrillo Marine and it was a very fun and fulfilling experience. I highly recommend that reef clubs should try it... at least try to make a difference in the local community where it counts. After all, we keep taking things from the ocean and it's about time we give something back.
JMO.
BeanMachine
Active member
GTR
Active member
Donate frags to the club and hold a raffle at the meetings and give the funds to the organization linked above. Club officer might contact them for some presentation materials to be distributed at a meeting.
I had some wild notion years ago that this sort of thing was common.
SteveU
I had some wild notion years ago that this sort of thing was common.
SteveU
xtm
Active member
When I go to the beach, I always make it a point to collect trash and dispose them properly. Just go to Santa Monica and you'll see cigarette butts floating all over the place. It's not a lot but it feels good to help the environment in a simple way.
Gather up the club members once a month and go to the beach.. pick up some trash. Raise up some money from frag sales and donate them to coral reef conservation organizations. Get a booth at trade shows / frag swaps and promote aquaculture as opposed to harvesting from the wild, etc etc... There are so many things you can do in a club that affects the environment in a positive way.
Please don't take it in a negative way, these are just suggestions
thanks!
ReeferChick85
New member
I've been a member the Surfrider Foundation and an active volunteer for more than 6years and they do a lot to help our local beaches and our oceans but it's always great to have more support especially from fellow reefers. You can be a member or just go to one of our local chapters and volunteer. We do everything from beach cleanups,community outreach events and much more to help preserve our ocean waters. It's an awesome place to start if you want to do your part
http://www.surfrider.org/whatwedo2.aspx
http://www.surfrider.org/whatwedo2.aspx
OCtrackiepacsg1
New member
why cant a 'cleanup day' or some other activity/event happen on the date/day of a 'regular' meeting? seems to me that it might be easier to get volunteers to help cleanup the beach or whatever that way...
not sayin that every meeting should be a heal the bay day... but once a year or more would be a good way to combine a meeting and a civic/environmental duty... and clearly the local clubs do 'share
not sayin that every meeting should be a heal the bay day... but once a year or more would be a good way to combine a meeting and a civic/environmental duty... and clearly the local clubs do 'share
OCtrackiepacsg1
New member
share information and all that..which is a good thing but with the amount of time and energy that is spent on generating money with no aparent accounting of the seemingly thousands of dollars (rap/max) it does seem that the local clubs are VERY interested in money at least more so then the environment/ecology...
jmho
jmho
firereef
New member
Because our meetings start 6 at night.
firereef
New member
I don't know what max/rap does with their money and I don't care. All I can say is SCRK's money is accounted for and it all goes back into the following meeting food, raffle, plates, chairs, tables, equipment, etc... We definately don't make thousands of dollars every meeting and most of the time I spend money out of my pockets.
It's like you all are making clubs out to be a bad organization just because we don't clean beaches when you want us to. Like I said before, I'm really up for cleaning beaches but it's not easy gathering people as we have children, jobs, etc that comes first.
GTR
Active member
MAX is a for profit show and while it may benefit the hobby the money made is to buy groceries for the promoter. RAP is a club function and as it should be non-members have no idea where those profits (if any) go. I was speaking of a club more local to me when I said they seemed to be on the same track as most clubs that see it as a social gathering, frag trading and some member education tossed in.
SteveU
SteveU
OCtrackiepacsg1
New member
the 'generalization' is just that. it can not nor is not meant to address every club and every situation...
i have heard that max is 'for profit'. i also have spoken to many local reefers who either aree members or have attended meetings to rap or sscrk and they all say they have no idea is the clubs are for profit or not... if u say ur club isnt then fine.. that is great. im sure it takes lots of effort and 'stuff' to organize and put on these meetings... really..
as for the difficulty of organizing a heal the bay or whatever day im sure it is immensely more difficult at least more difficult then just havvvvving a meeting as difficult as that is...but I would think it would be that much more rewarding and more in 'tune' with the original ops message of what other reef clubs do...
whhether or not the club or members wish to do that is up to that group...and is why i and maybee some otheers choose to not spend money on groups/clubs...
it is probably unfortunate as there probably many great groups and the few groups that go for the easy money or for profit/benfit ruin it for others...
btw sorry for the typos...im using stupid cell fone keyboards...
i have heard that max is 'for profit'. i also have spoken to many local reefers who either aree members or have attended meetings to rap or sscrk and they all say they have no idea is the clubs are for profit or not... if u say ur club isnt then fine.. that is great. im sure it takes lots of effort and 'stuff' to organize and put on these meetings... really..
as for the difficulty of organizing a heal the bay or whatever day im sure it is immensely more difficult at least more difficult then just havvvvving a meeting as difficult as that is...but I would think it would be that much more rewarding and more in 'tune' with the original ops message of what other reef clubs do...
whhether or not the club or members wish to do that is up to that group...and is why i and maybee some otheers choose to not spend money on groups/clubs...
it is probably unfortunate as there probably many great groups and the few groups that go for the easy money or for profit/benfit ruin it for others...
btw sorry for the typos...im using stupid cell fone keyboards...
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