CDAS MONTHLY NOTICE – November 18th, 2008

Monthly Meeting

Date: Tuesday 18th November 2008
Time: Meeting room doors open for members at 7:50pm for an 8pm sharp start
Place: The Harmonie German Club - 49 Jerrabomberra Avenue, Narrabundah

Last month we had the AGM and Mega Auction. We would like to thank the outgoing members and the incoming members for taking up the challenge of keeping the club going. Without people to run the club there is no club. It is not a hard or even time consuming task, so if you keen to help you can still join the committee as a general committee member. Here is your new dynamic committee:

President:
Alex Borg (again)
Vice President:
Harry (Paula's better half tongue )
Secretary\Tank talk editor:
Paula (returning)
Treasurer:
Rosco
Junior committee member:
our only junior member Zac
Webmaster\librarian:
Laurie
Breeder Award:
Skippy
general committee:
Col (former VP)

This month is the president Alex will do a talk on the all important quarantine tank and touch on common fish diseases and how to treat them. While some people don't have the ability to quarantine new fish due to have limited tank space, it is an important thing to do as it could effect the well being of your existing fish.

So again a big thank you to the current committee, the outgoing 2007-2008 committee and then the election of the committee for 2008-2009.

We will be running the usual raffle and auction this month and we will be asking for volunteers to take part in our conservation program. We have a growing list of items in our little trade table for members only at discounted rates, so join up and save. Now that we have a little more money coming back in, we are also in the process of renewing our magazine subscriptions and perhaps purchase some more library books.

Aquariums @ Asquith kindly donated some German imported Endler guppies to our program and we will looking for a home for them for a suitably qualified fish keeper to breed them and get some high Endlers into Canberra. Coincidently they have already bred in the tank and we will also be asking members if they want to have a go at keeping and growing up some Endler fry to breeding size for a bit of experience to breeding.

Memberships are now overdue so please pay your renewals so we can still offer member services like the trade table, library books purchases, magazine subscriptions and conservation program.

We would also like take this opportunity to thank our sponsors, Alex and Rene from Redtree Aquariums and Ben from Age of Aquariums. Without their continued support and donations of raffle prizes this year I have no doubt that CDAS would almost have disappeared which would have been an awful shame given it has been around for over 30 years..

I hope you all keep on with the club. Exciting changes have and will continue to occur and you get out what you put. So let’s get this club more like a society (like our name states) and get involved.

Keep those fish a swimming!!

We look forward to seeing you all at the Harmonie German Club – the new Home of CDAS…

The 2008-09 committee

 

Have you any thoughts on what you would like to hear a talk on? Or have you written an article for TankTalk? Contact one of the committee members or email us with your thoughts...

 

As always - Keep them fish a swimmin!!

If you have items for the auction you will need to fill out an Auction Form. You can pick one up on the night of the next meeting or you can download it here and fill it in beforehand. Just don't forget to bring it along! Auction Form (17kb)