Reefer Oz
Keep reefing HARD!
BOD
Lifetime Member
Event Committee
TCMAS Member
TCMAS Supporter
Meeting Host 2021
Meeting Host 2022
Meeting Host 2023
Well it seems hard to believe, but I have been a member of TCMAS for a year now! It feels like soooooo many meetings and conversations and exchanges and livestock sales and friendships and knowledge gained in such short time. The only reason I am certain it has only been a year is because my supporting membership expired!
And everything that I can say I gained through membership to TCMAS in the past year has been worth well over $30! Being in Duluth, it seemed unlikely I would make it to many meetings, so a supporting membership was an easy decision for me. And as to would be, ended up hosting a couple meetings and attending half a dozen in the past year, HA! Even having secured lifetime membership status, and realizing how easy it is to make a trip for a meeting, supporting the club financially seems like a huge value add for my dollars!!
From my understanding, membership support, along with sponsoring businesses make up the bulk of the clubs revenue any given year. The Expos are hit or miss (whether we have them even these days) on the amount of actual revenue generated for the club. Perhaps if there were a more stable base of supporter generated funds, organizing and launching events would be any easier lift, certainly from a budgetary standpoint at least. Hopefully most members can see $30 worth of value out of being in this club. The classifieds alone will save ya 30 bucks over year I reckon!
So this is a call to all full members to gauge the value of TCMAS in your reef keeping journey. Lifetime members have certainly contributed to this community, and many thanks for hosting a meeting or throwing down in whatever manner gained you the prestigious badge
! But maybe it is also up to those that already have some skin in the game to truly ask what could be gained with a well funded and organized reef club. And for those who have attended meeting, thank you for earning the full rights of membership by participating in our community! But perhaps there is a bit more we ALL can do to make sure our BOD has the security of funding to make sure TCMAS can operate into the next year, and beyond.
I plan to renew my supporting membership year after year in this effort. There is the benefits of full membership, and a spiffy green badge!! Easy decision for me!! I encourage everyone to consider adding value to the club and your membership by becoming a supporting member!!!
And everything that I can say I gained through membership to TCMAS in the past year has been worth well over $30! Being in Duluth, it seemed unlikely I would make it to many meetings, so a supporting membership was an easy decision for me. And as to would be, ended up hosting a couple meetings and attending half a dozen in the past year, HA! Even having secured lifetime membership status, and realizing how easy it is to make a trip for a meeting, supporting the club financially seems like a huge value add for my dollars!!From my understanding, membership support, along with sponsoring businesses make up the bulk of the clubs revenue any given year. The Expos are hit or miss (whether we have them even these days) on the amount of actual revenue generated for the club. Perhaps if there were a more stable base of supporter generated funds, organizing and launching events would be any easier lift, certainly from a budgetary standpoint at least. Hopefully most members can see $30 worth of value out of being in this club. The classifieds alone will save ya 30 bucks over year I reckon!
So this is a call to all full members to gauge the value of TCMAS in your reef keeping journey. Lifetime members have certainly contributed to this community, and many thanks for hosting a meeting or throwing down in whatever manner gained you the prestigious badge
! But maybe it is also up to those that already have some skin in the game to truly ask what could be gained with a well funded and organized reef club. And for those who have attended meeting, thank you for earning the full rights of membership by participating in our community! But perhaps there is a bit more we ALL can do to make sure our BOD has the security of funding to make sure TCMAS can operate into the next year, and beyond.I plan to renew my supporting membership year after year in this effort. There is the benefits of full membership, and a spiffy green badge!! Easy decision for me!! I encourage everyone to consider adding value to the club and your membership by becoming a supporting member!!!
) lapse for a couple weeks!
. So, when I do the meetings, I don't ask for reimbursement for the meeting cost. I know I could, I'm not that innocent 
, but I thought the club might need the money more, I can do without it 
. Last time, I paid the club membership fee (or whatever you call it), I just made some people paying for it by selling some of my frags (Hey! I'm not well off either. I use money to do charity stuff sometimes but selling some frags is usually how I find the cash to do it 
(EDIT: And just for clarity, I do not mean we change the system of 'paying for the membership', etc. I'm just suggesting that similar to the 'frag swaps', the club can do a 'donation/fund drive' maybe once or a twice a year, accepting frags from members and sell back to members/public for 'reasonable' price to make cash for the club. I think there are people who would be interested in buying for a good price? So, that'd be a win win? ... Again, just a thought!)
Another year of reefkeeping and community building has flown by!
}, weed, booze, coffee, adult entertainment, boardgames, books……). The least I can do is throw some money at something uplifting, positive and beneficial in my life.
