Nov. Meeting Report

Nov. Meeting Report

Hello All,

We had another fun meeting! There were a lot of moving parts and Nick, our treasurer, had his hands full between Polo shirts, Fish Food, Raffles and of course the fish auction. Elections were held which went very fast considering nobody else ran except the incumbents. We also had more new members join, and they were impressed with the club and all the things we do! The presentation by Tony Siano about his raising of guppies and angels in his fish room was informative. It was nice to see his fish room where he breeds and takes care of his fish.

The Ken’s fish food we are offering for sale was a big hit! Bigger than Nick and I anticipated. For the next meeting we will expand the line to include some other items. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to call or email me. If I do not get back to you in two or three days do not hesitate to reach out again. Many of your emails go into my junk folder the first-time emailing. Also remember that our polo shirts are in and for sale. I would like to see people wear them to the meeting and outside the meeting too. You would be surprised how many people are into fish but do not know about us.

The winners of the fish show were Ray taking second and third with his guppies. He raises some amazing guppies and has been doing it for years. Carla took first with a spectacular Praecox Rainbow. One of the most colorful of all the rainbowfishes. I am working on getting bowls for the fish show. I understand that they are in short supply and quite expensive. I have a lead on getting them much cheaper but need some input as to how many people want one or two and what size. Call or email me before the next meeting.

Our next meeting is our Annual Holiday Meeting. We are going to try something different with our big item raffle. Also, it is our dollar a fish bag auction where you get to keep all the proceeds from the fish auction except one dollar that goes to the club. Please bring fish. Save the date December 20th! See you there!!

To see photos from the Nov. Meeting, click here. Our next meeting is Friday, Nov. 15. See you then.

Tomfish4@hotmail.com

Tom Keegan
President

Link to the Fish Show Rules

Here’s a Google link to the location:
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November 2024 Meeting

November 2024 Meeting

We are going to have a very busy meeting with elections, club shirts, and flake food. There will also be a small presentation that I’m keeping as a surprise starring one of our club members. Also, our usual, door prize, fish show, raffle, fish auction and of course refreshments. Please bring fish for the show and auction.

For our election, if everyone runs unopposed, then there will be no need to have ballots and voting. There are some open spots that I would like to fill and will explain during the meeting, if someone wants to step up for those spots just give me a shout. Nefes and I have been actively campaigning and I welcome any opposition lol.

We ordered three different types of Ken’s premium flake food that we will be selling at a lower price than you can buy it from Ken’s because we ordered it in bulk. There will also be pleco tabs available.

Link to the Fish Show Rules

Here’s a Google link to the location:
https://goo.gl/maps/R1mvrKVPFGJeYzDj7

Oct. Meeting Report

Oct. Meeting Report

Hello All!

Our last meeting went well, as usual. I was very happy with the fish show.  We had many entries.  The raffle and the fish auction were also amazing.  Sorry I didn’t have the T-shirts on time, but I will have them for the next meeting.  They came out nice and I think you’ll like them. They will be $25 each and I have enough of all the sizes

This next meeting we will also hold elections for all the positions.  If you would like to run for a position or nominate somebody for a position, we will do that before the voting.  The voting will be done by paper ballot.  If everybody is running unopposed, then we don’t need an election.  I will be nominating people for certain positions. Hopefully they will accept.

The club has ordered flake food to sell at the meeting, so you do not have to pay shipping.  There will be tropical flakes, angel flakes and guppy flakes.  We will also have pleco tabs for sale.  The angel flake is really a cichlid flake, and the guppy flake can be used for all live bearers.  The pleco tabs are also excellent for baby fish to pick on all day

At our last meeting we had a tremendous fish show with over 12 entries.  The winners were as follows: Evelyn with 1st and 2nd with her show bettas, and Buzz taking 3rd with one of his amazing killifish.

Jeff gave an excellent presentation on selling on Aquabid and packing and shipping fish.  It was an interesting and informative presentation, and I think most people learned a lot from it.  Jeff also brought in jujubes from his garden.  It’s an interesting fruit and the whole bowl was gone before the end of the meeting.

To see photos from the Oct. Meeting, click here. Our next meeting is Friday, Nov. 15. See you then.

 

Tomfish4@hotmail.com

Tom Keegan
President

Link to the Fish Show Rules

Here’s a Google link to the location:
https://goo.gl/maps/R1mvrKVPFGJeYzDj7

Oct. 18 – Jeff Bollbach – How to Buy and Sell on Aquabid

Oct. 18 – Jeff Bollbach – How to Buy and Sell on Aquabid

Long time LIAS member Jeff Bollbach will talk about how to buy and sell on the auction website Aquabid. Aquabid can be a powerful resource for acquiring and selling fish that you don’t see in our LIAS auctions.  Learn all the tips and tricks.

We will also have the usual Fish Show, Raffle, Fish Auction and of course Refreshments. Tom Keegan will talk about how the next year will be laid out. Member dues will start to be collected for the year. The dues help to pay for the venue and other fun things for the club. The Meeting will start at the usual time around 7:30-8:00, but we always appreciate people who get there at 7:00 to help set up.

Link to the Fish Show Rules

Here’s a Google link to the location:
https://goo.gl/maps/R1mvrKVPFGJeYzDj7

Meeting Location:

AMVETS Post 48
660 Hawkins Avenue

Ronkonkoma, NY 11779

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