I gotta' admit, I'm with Dave on this one. Sorta'...?
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Personally, I would like to see the marine community as a completely separate entity. Nothing against the freshwater society already in existance. I do the freshwater side as well. I've been to auctions in the past. It took two hours alone just to get through bags of Convict Cichlids. You'd think they are easily bred or somethin'...
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I don't know if formalizing a society in Calgary would generate enough revenue to bring in worthy speakers. It would be great if it did but are we really big enough? I kinda' think we're stuck in the middle right now. The group is growing constantly. This growth has led to a reluctancy to host meetings any more. My place surely isn't large enough and with tanks in almost every room, on different levels, the riff-raff would be all over the place and the wife would surely begin wonder what she'd agree to...
I'd love to be a part of the "Calgary Marine Aquarium Society"...even if it involved a membership fee. Didn't someone once say, "I have a dream..."?
. We could at least then rent a board room at maybe the Cecil or somethin' ? I'm sure Quinn knows a few places that'll rent by the hour...
Seriously though, I'm for "solidarity" amongst ourselves.
