January, 2012

 

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 Editor's Message

We are delighted to have two new members on the SDTFS Board this year. They are James Rominger and Justin Widman. Welcome to both of you, and we will be looking forward to your joining us at the Installation Dinner on Saturday night.

That Installation Dinner is an informal event, much like our regular monthly meetings, but in the Boll Weevil in Imperial Beach. Details are below. All members are invited, and we do have lots of fun. Your children are welcome.

I would like to thank John Flanagan, our outgoing President, and incoming Past President, for his two years of service. John it has been a pleasure working with you, and I look  forward to more years of working with you to keep SDTFS the exciting and eventful organization that it is.

Replacing John as President of SDTFS is Victor Tongco. Victor has been president in the past and so he is returning to an office with which he is already familiar. I have the honor of serving as Vice President, an office I have not held even though I am also a past president of SDTFS. Special thanks are also due to Karen Kees, our Secretary for returning to this important job, and to Jim Cobleigh who continues his many years of service as our Treasurer,.

Charles Pratt

Upcoming Events at SDTFS
Monthly meetings normally begin with an auction. Sellers can start registering at 6:00 p.m., the auction starts at 6:30 and the program begins at 7:00. Check the paragraph on the specific event for variances from these times. Normally we have a large auction during the April and November meetings and they start at 5:00 p.m. Meetings are in room 101 of the Casa del Prado in Balboa Park. 

January 7, 2012 -   That's this coming Saturday night, before the monthly meeting. Annual Installation Dinner at 6:00 pm. Officers will be installed and there will be a drawing for gifts. At the Boll Weevil, 695 Saturn Blvd Imperial Beach. The dinner is $13 to non-members, Club Members will receive a $5 discount and pay only $8 on the $13.00 dinner. It will be Buffet style. Officers will be installed, there will be a gift exchange game for which you do not need to bring a gift. The club will provide the gifts. We have a lot of fun at this annual event. It will be followed by a meeting of the SDTFS board.

January 8, 2012 - Membership Meeting: Armand Barilotti will present on a two week collecting trip to Northern Uruguay where he collected cichlids, characins and catfish. He will have photos and accounts of the fishes, places and people he encountered along his journey.


Armand is a Biologist/Collector working for Monterey Abalone Company. He received his degree in Marine Biology from UC Santa Cruz and has been working in the marine environment since the age of 15. Besides keeping fishes, he is an avid surfer and SCUBA diver.  

February 12, 2012 -  The program will be presentations by some of our most knowledgeable SDTFS members at individual tables on areas in which they are most well versed. There will be presentations on "Setting up Beautiful Aquariums" by Karen Kees, "Live Food" by John Pitcairn, "Fish Adaptations to Various Types of Feeding" by Bill Cline, and on the "Mechanics and Methods of a Guppy Show" by Charles Pratt and Ben Ivy. This presentation is aimed at volunteers who will help at the April IFGA Guppy Show. Also, David Huie will lead a discussion of "Future Directions for SDTFS."

March 11, 2012 - Puffers, a look at the various species and their Characteristics.

April 8, 2012 - Easter Sunday. We need input on whether to have an auction or not. Phone Charles Pratt at (619) 267-2236 if you have any valuable thoughts.

April 22, 23, 24 and 25 - California Guppy Group Show. We will be setting up on the 22nd and 23rd, and the show will be open to the public at times still to be determined on the 24th and 25th. However volunteers are needed for all four days. Contact Charles Pratt at (619) 267-2236 If you can help. The show will be in room 104 of the Floral Building, directly across from room 101 where SDTFS meets. You can find out more about the show at IFGA.org. Go to the Show Section and click on Show Rules. You will see all the IFGA shows for this year listed, and the Pan Pacific/San Diego/San Fernando Valley listing is the one that is also known as  the California Guppy Group Show.

May 13, 2012 - Program TBA

June 10, 2012 - Program TBA

July 8, 2012 - Program TBA

August 12, 2012 - Program TBA

September 9, 2012 Program TBA

October 14, 2012 David Huie will discuss Fish Coloration

November 2, 3, and 4,  2012- Daylight Saving Time Ends on Sunday. Annual Show in Balboa Park, Floral Building room 101. November 2nd  Friday set up for the show. You are invited to enter your own tank and this is the day to set it up.  Show opens for visitors on Saturday the 3rd 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and Sunday 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Phone Norman Brown, Show Chairman at (619) 334-4712 for more information. We do need entries and your support. There are classes in which to enter just about any type of tank you wish. Most entries are put into a class based on the type of fish you enter. Winners receive ribbons, plaques or other awards. The club has a few tanks that can be borrowed to display your own fish. Phone Norm in advance to reserve one of those tanks.

November 11, 2012 - Fall Auction.  You can begin entering items for sale at 5:00 p.m. The auction itself will start promptly at 6:00 p.m. Click here for more information.

December 9, 2012- Potluck, Room 101 (Our normal meeting room) If attending alone bring one hot item, if two people, bring one hot and one cold. Awards for the November Show will be given. Elections for officers for 2013 will be held. The dinner will begin at 6:00 p.m. There will be no auction this month.

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