LOCATION: LOGO ADVANTAGE
SPEAKER: JIM LONG
TIME: 1:00 PM - ?
DON'T FORGET THE MINI AUCTION AFTER LECTURE- DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR AQUARIUM RELATED ITEMS FOR OUR MINI AUCTION. JIM WILL HAVE EXTRA CULTURES TO PUT IN THE MINI AUCTION. THIS WILL BE AN "IN-PERSON" MEETING - OUR FIRST IN PERSON MEETING SINCE NOVEMBER 2019...(PICNIC NOTWITHSTANDING) WITH PROPER SOCIAL DISTANCING... MASKS RECOMMENDED, AND WE WILL SET UP FOR THE MEETING WITH PROPER DISTANCING. THIS WILL BE CONSIDERED A REGULAR MEETING AND WE PLAN TO HAVE A MINI AUCTION AFTER THE LECTURE. THERE WILL BE UPDATES ON HOW THE SOCIETY PLANS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MEETINGS AND EVENTS. OUR SPEAKER THIS MONTH: Mr Jim Long, will be our speaker the lecture will be "BROADENING YOUR HORIZONS" "CULTURE MAINTENANCE vs CULTURE HARVESTING" Jim will have live cultures on hand and we will have an opportunity to bid on and possibly win some of these cultures at our mini auction. as per usual, we need to respect our hosts facility (Rick Parsley, Logo Advantage) Hospitality: JRAS will have some drinks (water and soda) on hand, but we will not be offering any foods
So the August meeting turned out quite well.... we had about 18 people attending, and despite the current health issues, all were masked and in very good spirits.. We even had a couple NEW guests attend.
Mr Jim Long, a long time friend of several of us in the society, gave a brilliant and factual lecture on culturing, and harvesting live foods.. from the very tiniest (green water and microscopic like rotifers) all the way up to nematode types like white and grindal worms.
He spoke on how to produce the cultures and how to maintain, and in turn collect and feed to your aquatic friends...
His inciteful background (possibly based on his own trials and tribulations on keeping them) was very useful and he answered all the questions brought forth by members.
after Jims Lecture, we took a brief social break and transitioned into our monthly mini auction. Jim supplied many starter cultures, along with newly formed cultures of daphnia, green water, vinegar eels and the like. All in all there were about 2 dozen auction items and the live cultures were very popular in the bidding wars..
While this was not one of our largest attended meetings, I believe it was much needed and folks seemed to enjoy the comradery, just being able to see and visit with each other.
The JRAS board met about a week ago and our decision to move forward with in-person meetings was discussed, and unless state and local decisions are made to close down public events, we are planning on moving forward with meetings.. Of course this will be dictated by govt. decisions.
Please watch the website, facebook or instagram for upcoming announcements regarding meetings of JRAS.