nauti1us
ORCA President 2007~2008
Hello Everyone,
This months ORCA meeting will be “THIS†Saturday, May 19th. Due to the holiday weekend on May 26th, the regular ORCA meeting is scheduled one week earlier.
Matt & Melissa Kantz will be hosting the meeting. Directions are on the ORCA website. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the meeting will start promptly at 7:30 p.m.
281 Adelaide Street Debary Fl 3271
If you need to reach Matt or Mel, please call 386-956-0212
This month’s presentation will be given by Seth Wahlton and his topic will be on collection laws regarding east coast marine life. There will also be an open discussion afterwards to talk about general club business.
Get ready for an awesome raffle ! This month’s raffle prizes include a Phosban Reactor, Refractometer and XM Polo Shirt along with other great prizes ! Raffle tickets are 5 tickets for $3 and 10 tickets for $5
Shortly following the raffle will be our traditional frag event. To those members who plan to bring frags, please feel free to post your frag pictures here for other members to view prior to coming to the meeting.
There are new rules in place for the frag auction. Please adhere to these rules. There will be no exceptions. (Please read attached file to reference an earlier email I sent regarding frags, quarantine and responsibility)
1. Limit of 25 Frags brought to auction by any one (1) family membership. (215 + 215F = a family membership)
2. Frags must be checked in by 7:15 PM
3. Using a Black Sharpie marker or pre-printed waterproof label, mark clearly the frag description. What’s written on the bag must be what’s in the bag. Correct polyp count etc. Do not misidentify the frag.
4. Do not bring any more than three (3) of any one specific type of coral.
5. If we receive multiple complaints from members regarding any one member who’s bringing frags to auction there will be an investigation and action taken by the Board.
6. Do not bring Fish to the frag auction.
*** Deceiving or taking advantage of fellow hobbyists will not be tolerated.
If you have known parasites like Flatworms (planaria) or Red bug (Tegastes acroporanus) in your aquarium please refrain from bringing any frags to the auction. Please respect your fellow hobbyists and only contribute healthy pest free animals.
Marcye at Sea in the City has graciously offered to give ORCA members as many bags as they need. Simply stop by Sea in the City and pick them up.
The Southeastern Reef Conference:
www.o-r-c-a.com/src
There’s still time to pre-register before June 1st to get your 10 bonus raffle tickets. Don’t wait, register now.
ORCA Meet and Greet only $10 per person, don’t wait sign up now. Limited registrations for this party!
The frequency and quality of our meetings ultimately resides with each and every ORCA member. Let’s all work together and make 2007 the best year ORCA has seen yet!
See everyone this weekend!
Matt Kantz
Orlando Reef Caretakers Association
ORCA President
Email president@o-r-c-a.com
Web www.o-r-c-a.com
"ORCA is a non-profit organization of aquarists dedicated to the care and conservation of marine life kept in reef aquariums. Our primary objective is to educate other area reef keepers on the requirements of caring for reef inverts, fish and coral propagation"
Hoping to find some decent deals.
