Invite and info on PNWMAS Summer Extravaganza in Portland

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Here is an excerpt from the invitation given to our members... the meeting will be held on Sunday the 21st of this month. If you have been wanting to come and see the reef scene in Portland, there will be no better chance this year.


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The time is now!

Here we are again at the big summer get together, once again hosted by Steve Weast, curator of the Oregon Weast Aquarium.

This year holds a lot of excitement for us. We are introducing our first imported guest speaker (Steve Tyree), we are giving away fabulous prizes, we are holding our "stinky skimmate" competition, we are partaking in a massive group purchase of livestock from California, there will be food, frag trading, and a couple of other surprises that will unfold as the day progresses.

OK, down to the details...

We are going to have the pleasure of listening to two lectures by Steve Tyree, which along with the food and the other events is going to make this a good long event. Start time for the first lecture will be at 11:00 am, which means folks should plan to arrive at around 10:00. This is a change from our normal 2:00 pm start time, please take note of it. Following our first lecture, we will break for food for an hour, and then at around 12:00 we will move into our second lecture. We will then move to the door prizes and the raffles, will judge the skimmate for the competition, and then folks can leisurely move out.

Costs associated with the meeting include: beverages, food, travel arrangements for Tyree, rental of chairs and tables, and a few other odds and ends that nickel and dime the club fund. For this reason THERE WILL BE A DOOR CHARGE. For members the door charge will be $2.00 per person (remember, you can bring up to 4 folks in on a single family membership) for paid club members. The price of admission for non members is $10.00 per person to help cover the above costs. You can sign up for a membership at www.pnwmas.org or at the door if you want to take advantage of the savings.

We realize that this is our first event with a door charge, we hope that nobody is turned off of attending because of this, but we also hope that people can appreciate the cost of holding an event like this, and that everyone will be a good sport and help make the event run smoothly (without bankrupting the club and my personal bank account :) ).

CARPOOL!!!

REMEMBER:: $2.00 for members, $10.00 for non-members

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If you are interested in attending, you can sign up for an invitation through our own club site at www.pnwmas.org, look on the left side for the link called "evite signup"

Also note that there is a reduced entry fee if you are a member, some of you who are more southern in Washington may be interested in joining the club, membership for an individual is 20 dollars, family memberships that would let you come with 3 others are 30 dollars. You can sign up on our site with paypal by hitting the membership button, or you can pay at the door.

Tyree will be presenting 2 lectures, one on captive coral propigation, and one on coral identification.

The door charge covers your lecture, food, drinks, and a chance to meet some of your Oregon and Southern Washington fellow enthusiasts. If you are unfamiliar wityh Steve Weast's tank, you can view it at www.oregonreef.com, or you can check it out in the newest edition of Coral Magazine which hit store shelves last week.

Feel free to PM me for more information. As a side note, as a paid member you have the opportunity to buy off of our list of corals from Tyree, many many Limited Editions that are a couple years out on waitlists. To access the list, you need to be a paid member. All our orders are to be finalized by Monday, so if you want to come to the meeting, and want to buy some corals, you need to head over to our web site and join immediately. We as a club have already purcahsed over 50 frags from Tyree, and there are another 100+ available.

Hope to see some of you there

Ryan
PNWMAS Prez.
 
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Wow, sounds great! I don't think the door charge is out of line at all; that's alot of bang for your buck. I sure wish I could make it. I'd love to visit with you folks and see Steve's tank again.

Are you cooking this year, Ryan? ;)

Have fun!
 
Ryan is cooking as far as I know. Hopefully some of you guys from the NORTH country will be able to see what we are up too.
 
yeah yeah, i am cooking agian this year, but i think i am going to be able to wrangle in a friend from work to help me out. the fare will be nothing like the party we had for your sendoff, that filet mignon and creme brulee ran about a grand for the group, and that was a non-door charge event! :)
 
!!!Suprise Raffle Announcement!!!


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Ok Here we go...

The Large Raffle Item that we are having this Year is going to be a 125g Reef Ready System...

The System as It Stands is Going to Include

125g 48"x24"x24" Acrylic tank from Envision Acrylics

DIy Ca reactor and Beckett Skimmer Donated By Charles (WanaReef)

2x 250w Icecap Mh ballasts and an Ic430 ballast
Dual t-5 endcaps and Reflectors Donated by Icecap

2x250w Krystal Star 11k Mh bulbs, PFO Optimal Mh Reflectors and Sockets as well as 2x 4' T5ho Actinic Bulbs Donated By PFO Lighting

An assortment Of Rio HF pumps Donated by Via Aqua

Enough Liverock for the System Donated By Steve Weast (and Lynn Jensen, who let Ryan cook it for a month at their apartment!). Winner will need to make arrangments to pick it up from Krux or meet him somewhere

200g box Of Oceanpure Salt to fill the tank Donated By Myself

a 2X4 stand and canopy built and donated by Ryan Will Not be Available at the meeting and Will only be Available at Winners Request

Upscales is offering to let the winner buy the furniture for it at wholesale cost

Algae Free Hammerhead Cleaning Magnet Donated By Algae Free

Sump Is now Included More Details about it will be at the BBQ

I am sure there Is more that I am forgetting at the moment and If I did I will add to it later... This is probably our Largest Raffle Item yet. We are hoping to Kick off a Great start with the Official Club.. Raffle tickets will be $10.00ea or 3 for $20.00 this is a great Way to get yourself right into a nice Sized tank For an Extremely low price... I want to Personally thank all the Sponsors and Contributors to this Event as this is a 1 of a Kind Event...

There is also going to be a couple smaller raffles as well...

WE have a Reef Optix III HQI pendant that was Donated By Sunlight Supply... Its just the Pendant... Retail Is about 140.00 on this Pendant... Raffle tickets will be $1.00ea or 25 for $20.00

As well As a Brand New Pair of 250w 10k Mh bulbs Donated by Cool Touch Lighting. Tickets for this will be 1.00ea or 25 for $20.00as well...

1/10hp Pacific Coast Imports Chiller Donated By Ryan At Advanced Aquarium and Pacific Coast Imports... Raffle Tickets for this Item will likely be $5.00ea or 5 for 20.00

Raffle Tickets Will be Available at the Event

Thanks again,
James

Chiller Pulled for now and Placed as a Seperate Raffle Item... It was pointed out that It would be too Small for the Setup... :( Sorry about that... I didnt even think about the size of the chiller..
 
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We made a Few Last minute Changes and Additions to the Raffle Items... Things with the Raffle tank are still changing (possible more Additions to the Package)... This is a 1 of a kind Raffle Item... Its been a Great learning Experience trying to put a Raffle Item this Size together from Individual Donations from Many Companies and Individuals...

James
 
Well I think I am going to make the trip, it just sounds like to much of a good time to miss. See ya on Sunday



Mike
 
Wow Mike, that makes for an early morning road trip!! I think a Reef BBQ/Raffle junkie anonymous meeting may be in order :)
 
Hey Mike it was nice to meet you. Glad you decided to make the trip. If I head up north this Oct. I'll be sure to look you up.
 

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