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Post by spotfin on Mar 10, 2018 20:12:46 GMT -5
One of the club meets. For 100 lifetime points, can you name the people in the photos? These are some old pictures!!! What if I remember setting up the meeting hahaha that's when I was on the board for saltwater addicts of maine.... Sux not having an actual club making $$ anymore... making $$ is how we afforded to fly Anthony and Frank here. The main reason the club dissolved is 1/2 wanted to go not for profit and half wanted to get paid to be on the board of directors, the treasurer quit the site director stole the $$ and poof no more club Would be nice to do again I wanted not for profit because that's what vendors started requiring to give donations for yearly raffle... Haha! You get a few points😀 I didn't think the club should have been for profit either. Not large enough membership to warrant it IMO, or pay the board members. |
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Post by gotareef on Mar 11, 2018 8:07:00 GMT -5
Well at one point we were making good $$ with 200+ pd members and about 350 members total... and bringing in about 3k from yearly raffle.
Making contacts was fun I still chat with Matt Peterson every once in a wile for his article in reefkeeping magazine
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Post by scoobnoob on Mar 11, 2018 8:13:38 GMT -5
I never knew. I would expect non-profit setup and people in a board to do it for the interest of the club and a leadership role if anything. I work for a multimillion dollar nonprofit and our board members get some pizza and soda at meetings that it its all volunteer otherwise.
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Post by spotfin on Mar 11, 2018 16:19:04 GMT -5
I didn't realize we had that many paid members then. I had pretty much withdrawn from the club by then. Too much bickering.
I do remember the very first meeting- myself, Denise, and I think Mike Esty.
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Post by Rigor on Mar 13, 2018 2:08:16 GMT -5
I too miss the meets and auctions. And the food was always a plus. I have lost many contacts after the club broke up. I am trying to get a group on FB for Aroostook County. Rigor's Reef Rescue. I have issues relying to much on a website that can be shut down. This is a cool site, but I almost wish our FB page could catch up to speed. I say we use FB to get more recruits. I tell people about this site all the time. I hate FB, but it works. Just a thought.
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Post by spotfin on Mar 13, 2018 10:30:38 GMT -5
I’m not on fb.
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Post by Admin (RS) on Mar 13, 2018 12:42:28 GMT -5
I have issues relying to much on a website that can be shut down. This is a cool site, but I almost wish our FB page could catch up to speed. I say we use FB to get more recruits. I tell people about this site all the time. I hate FB, but it works. Just a thought. Appreciate you spreading the word! Maine Aquaria's Facebook page could definitely use some love, so if anyone wants to help admin/moderate, please let me know. Even if it's copy/pasting some of the topics from the forum, it will probably help. And this website / forum has been running in one form or another (previously under "Maine Frag Swap") for about 5 years now. There are some costs with the way it's setup now, but they're minimal enough that I pay it out of pocket. I have approached some vendors (local and national) about sponsorships to offset these costs in the past, and should probably revisit that at some point... but I guess my point is not to worry, this site won't be disappearing anytime soon. I've continued to pay the bills, even without a tank of my own over the last couple of years hah! |
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Mar 13, 2018 13:04:15 GMT -5
I have issues relying to much on a website that can be shut down. This is a cool site, but I almost wish our FB page could catch up to speed. I say we use FB to get more recruits. I tell people about this site all the time. I hate FB, but it works. Just a thought. Appreciate you spreading the word! Maine Aquaria's Facebook page could definitely use some love, so if anyone wants to help admin/moderate, please let me know. Even if it's copy/pasting some of the topics from the forum, it will probably help. And this website / forum has been running in one form or another (previously under "Maine Frag Swap") for about 5 years now. There are some costs with the way it's setup now, but they're minimal enough that I pay it out of pocket. I have approached some vendors (local and national) about sponsorships to offset these costs in the past, and should probably revisit that at some point... but I guess my point is not to worry, this site won't be disappearing anytime soon. I've continued to pay the bills, even without a tank of my own over the last couple of years hah! So on that topic..... I say we get you a reef tank again lol. |
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Post by spotfin on Mar 13, 2018 14:32:33 GMT -5
I have issues relying to much on a website that can be shut down. This is a cool site, but I almost wish our FB page could catch up to speed. I say we use FB to get more recruits. I tell people about this site all the time. I hate FB, but it works. Just a thought. Appreciate you spreading the word! Maine Aquaria's Facebook page could definitely use some love, so if anyone wants to help admin/moderate, please let me know. Even if it's copy/pasting some of the topics from the forum, it will probably help. And this website / forum has been running in one form or another (previously under "Maine Frag Swap") for about 5 years now. There are some costs with the way it's setup now, but they're minimal enough that I pay it out of pocket. I have approached some vendors (local and national) about sponsorships to offset these costs in the past, and should probably revisit that at some point... but I guess my point is not to worry, this site won't be disappearing anytime soon. I've continued to pay the bills, even without a tank of my own over the last couple of years hah! Thank you! |
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Post by Rigor on Apr 30, 2018 3:14:30 GMT -5
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Post by christian on Sept 4, 2018 15:13:14 GMT -5
forum has been running in one form or another (previously under "Maine Frag Swap") for about 5 years now. Hard to believe its been that long! I remember when it was Me, Ryan, Rob and Jason for quite a while, slowly some more trickled in. So glad to see that the message board continues. I haven't had a tank for a long time, but do feel the itch from time to time. Probably get back into the game again someday. Kind of thinking about doing a planted tank for now, just to say that I actually own some fish again. |
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Sept 4, 2018 20:32:49 GMT -5
Christian it’s good to see your still around!
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Post by spotfin on Sept 4, 2018 21:35:13 GMT -5
Yes, good to hear from you again. Hope to see you around more!
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Post by christian on Sept 5, 2018 7:18:48 GMT -5
I lurk from time to time  when the forum got changed over from Maine Frag Swap to Maine Aquaria I lost my old sign-in but figured it was time to pop back in and say hi |
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Post by Rigor on Oct 11, 2018 0:02:12 GMT -5
So back on topic, YES on the club. We need meetings, tank tours and Aquarium Shop Raids like we used to.
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when the forum got changed over from Maine Frag Swap to Maine Aquaria I lost my old sign-in but figured it was time to pop back in and say hi