{"id":150,"date":"2006-12-15T17:03:13","date_gmt":"2006-12-15T21:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/?p=150"},"modified":"2008-09-06T17:05:37","modified_gmt":"2008-09-06T21:05:37","slug":"novdec-2006-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/2006\/12\/novdec-2006-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov\/Dec 2006 Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our November\/December meeting had a great turnout with over twenty some folks showing up to Francine&#8217;s lovely home in Beltsville, MD. Francine showed us around her fishroom, which is something most of the members dream about setting up. She has a number of different species setup, including dwarf pikes, apistogramma, various catfish, and some altum angelfish. Of course, she had a few planted tanks in the room as well.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Once the meeting got started, Aaron conducted our elections. The results are in, and next years&#8217; board will consist of the following members:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>President &#8211; Ghazanfar Ghori<\/li>\n<li>Vice President &#8211; Jeff Ucciardo<\/li>\n<li>Treasurer &#8211; Sean Murphy<\/li>\n<li>Corresponding Secretary &#8211; Aaron Talbot<\/li>\n<li>Recording Secretary &#8211; Kris Weinhold<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new board will meet sometime in December or January to discuss the upcoming year&#8217;s agenda. If you would like to host a member in 2007, please contact a member of the board.<\/p>\n<p>After elections, Francine gave a brief talk about how she setup her fishroom. That included removing a window to fit a 250 gallon water collection barrel in the basement. She also talked about her various successes breeding apistogramma, using rain water and live foods.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, with so many people there, the auction this month was huge! Our &#8220;mini&#8221; auction probably took over an hour to finish. I think everyone went home with something!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/december2006\/images\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Jeff, checking out the fish room before most other folks arrive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/december2006\/images\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>One of Francine&#8217;s planted tank. So that&#8217;s where all the blyxa japonica&#8217;s been going!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/december2006\/images\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Nice grass-look aquascape.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/december2006\/images\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Everyone gathers around as Sean and Aaron make announcements<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/december2006\/images\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Francine talks about breeding apistogramma, setting up her fishroom, and collecting rainwater.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/december2006\/images\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Aaron doubles as both the out-going president and auctioneer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/december2006\/images\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Look at that pile of stuff to auction!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our November\/December meeting had a great turnout with over twenty some folks showing up to Francine&#8217;s lovely home in Beltsville, MD. 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