Next Meeting?!?!?!?!?!...!!! (1 Viewer)

[acharpenter]

Not sure what you mean by this.

Dang dude - your a LAWYER and YOU cant figuire it out?? Kidding all



A business meeting is where the membership votes on club issues, like elections, bylaw amendments, etc.

Yup - and we all did

u should read it again... :gay1:

Thanks Ray... By the way the skimmer is working just fine! thanks for your excellent customer service +1... :biggthumpup:

Joy - Glenn made it to the meeting tonight - ROCK ON DUDE

A business meeting is where TCMAS folks meet to discuss TCMAS business. The one that happened yesterday was pretty well advertised on this forum. I believe it is completely open to anybody who wants to attend. To vote on any motions, you need voting rights. To get voting rights, attend at least two meetings (any regular club meetings, not just business meetings) within the past 12 months.

Correct as stated by the bylaws

Rays word is worth colonies.



was that yesterday already?

:gay1::gay1::gay1:

So just my $.02. There is only one meeting on the calender for the whole next year other than the Frag Swap that doesn't count. Makes it a little difficult to plan for that one day April 30th (should be a doosy of a meeting). Maybe you should allow a grace period of maybe a couple meetings to let people try to make it to one. I guess whatever though I'll make it when I make it.

Later
Casey

Attend any meeting, plan something like I just did (got members together for a shooting range get together) - its rather easy to become a lifetime member

I am surprised more dont do so - plan anything

If you cannot fit any of that in your schedule - throw it to the club that you should be allowed to be a member even though you cant attend any meetings and cannot schedule any events club wise

Its up to the club dude

 

[Got2luv3mReeferZ]

so umm.. did you guys hear Hawii is trying to ban the tropical fish trade? :gay1:

 

[acharpenter]

So umm you didnt attend the meeting??????????????

Which is why all the questions in this thread???????????

 

[acharpenter]

The members that took the time out to make it to the meeting voted on everything that came up.

Is what it is all

 

[trucolor]

I'm confused.
I thought I was a member by signing up and gaining access to the forums. I don't ever remember reading anything about the membership requirements ( maybe I did read and it just doesn't register in my memory ). I have seen announcements about meetings but have never attended because they were on the other side of the world from me or I couldn't make it because of my schedule.
I would like to attend a meeting to sign up but apparently there is none until the end of April. Can someone please help me get back into the good graces of the organization?

 

[Fasttalon94]

Wow, pretty weak limiting our access to the sale form. I hope all the sellers are happy about that too because your potental clientel just got cut in half.

I can understand limiting access to the sale forum of guests but actual people who have taken the time to create a profile and sign up and be active on a semi daily basis? Pretty weak guys. I sign into TCMAS and give my input and put in my $.02 to try and help fellow members of the club out.

The other grip I have is if you're going to impliment these rules then why not have monthly meetings like every other aqua club? MAS has a monthly meet, so does Midwest Cichlid Association, I think Discus, Killi, and Guppy club meet every 2 since they are so small. You're basically telling me I have to wait until the next meeting (April 30th) and then if I cannot get someone to come in and work for me then I have to wait until whenever the next meeting is held?

I need a BOD member to chime into this thread and explain to me how they felt this would help the club. We all know aquarists are impulsive and love to buy things and now we have to attend a meeting just to do that? I feel bad for the TCMAS members who are from St Cloud/ Brainerd region. have fun driving down here to attend a meeting so you can have your acces back.

And what if I wanted to be a good club member and FIF? I am not allowed to do that either I guess now?

Pfft

 

[Fasttalon94]

The members that took the time out to make it to the meeting voted on everything that came up.

Is what it is all

Perhaps we could have a meeting at 6am on a Tuesday for those of us who do not work "regular" 9-5s

Just remember to think outside the box, not everyone can attend a meeting in the cities on a Saturday......a month from now.....

 

[providence]

I'm a new member of this site and just was getting my feet wet in this hobby.

I'm a bit disappointed by being locked out of certain areas of this forum. Not just the Classified sections which has just been instilled. Mainly because I do not work the standard "9-5" shift. I work overnight and sometimes on weekends. My work week is hardly ever the same as the week prior. Which in turn makes everything twice as hard to plan for. My schedule virtually assures me I may never actually make a meeting, nor become a member.

I understand why it was done and I'm fine with it. If the vets here decided something needed to be done, so be it.

 

[spsick]

Wow, pretty weak limiting our access to the sale form. I hope all the sellers are happy about that too because your potental clientel just got cut in half.

I can understand limiting access to the sale forum of guests but actual people who have taken the time to create a profile and sign up and be active on a semi daily basis? Pretty weak guys. I sign into TCMAS and give my input and put in my $.02 to try and help fellow members of the club out.

The other grip I have is if you're going to impliment these rules then why not have monthly meetings like every other aqua club? MAS has a monthly meet, so does Midwest Cichlid Association, I think Discus, Killi, and Guppy club meet every 2 since they are so small. You're basically telling me I have to wait until the next meeting (April 30th) and then if I cannot get someone to come in and work for me then I have to wait until whenever the next meeting is held?

I need a BOD member to chime into this thread and explain to me how they felt this would help the club. We all know aquarists are impulsive and love to buy things and now we have to attend a meeting just to do that? I feel bad for the TCMAS members who are from St Cloud/ Brainerd region. have fun driving down here to attend a meeting so you can have your acces back.

And what if I wanted to be a good club member and FIF? I am not allowed to do that either I guess now?

Pfft

There will be a grace period to get everything figured out. The club is not the forum. You pretty much just signed up so I think it is a little soon to be talking about your contributions to the club or what you demand from it..

I hosted a meeting in february, you could have attended. One or 2 meetings a year does not seem impossible for anyone to get to, no matter their schedule.

Membership has its benefits, get involved and you shall recieve these benefits. The decision was made to weed out alot of the "members" that have no interest in participating in the club . If you come here to discuss reefing and get advice you are still able to do so.

 

[swanwillow]

Well, there's those of us WAY out there, that would love to be involved and simply cannot. its 153 miles for me to go just to st. cloud. Farther to the TC area. at today's gas prices, for a round trip to st. cloud I'd be paying nearly 50 dollars. And that's definitely not all the way. I do not believe I've ever even gotten a 'deal' on this forum. Its depressing that those that can make meetings regularly have cut out many members. Its an elitist move to make, and makes reef central more viable again. Which, IMO, is very very sad.

 

[ashlerbam]

I think it was a little to blunt of a decision and implementing it was to fast. You should have let everyone know that this was going to happen, given the meeting to attend to become a member. If you dont show, then you implement this type of thing. To just come here from last night to today and see that I can't sell or buy or look to buy something to put a reef together, was a little fast. If we knew it was going to happen and had a honest chance to make the meeting and did not. Its our own fault but to just cut everyone out that did not make it to a meeting in the last little while. HARSH

And what part of buying good deals from fellow members is not helping out the club? It gives them money to possibly put back into their reef(local shops and other reefers). And helps out new people like myself get situated and at a decent price.

And no, I have no space or a tank atm to really meet around. So IMO the BOD and the people that voted this into place better start hosting some meeting's soon or your going to see a drastic cut membership (especially if the frag swap does not count as a meeting).

Just my 2cents

 

[spsick]

I know there will be a thousand people pissed about this decision. It was a unanimous vote. This was a move to get more people active in the club, and there are more ways than just going to a meeting. Host a meeting (yes, even up north), setup a get together. whatever. Do something besides post is all we're asking. Perhaps "weed out" was not the best term to use. And no, buying and selling does not help out the club unless of course the funds go towards a speaker meeting or something. Classified ads are simply a tool for the members to make personal transactions.

The forum is a tool of the club, Twin Cities Marine Aquarium Society. I do not believe it to be elitist to say to be a part of the club you should be able to make it to the twin cities once a year.

First sentence of the bylaws:

1.1 Becoming a Member
Membership is obtained by:
(a) Attending a TCMAS sponsored event and providing the information
required on the sign in sheet; or
(b) majority vote of the board of directors.

So, to keep this thread on topic, who's hosting a meeting?

 

[agears]

I'm a little bummed as I'm new to this forum and was just starting to buy some things to get up and running and already met a couple of nice people via those transactions. I'm a retail manager, so I never have my weekends off. So I guess I'll wait until the next one on a weeknight somewhere near the southern suburbs... Maybe SWE will have one? =)

 

[Fasttalon94]

You pretty much just signed up so I think it is a little soon to be talking about your contributions to the club or what you demand from it..

I hosted a meeting in february, you could have attended. One or 2 meetings a year does not seem impossible for anyone to get to, no matter their schedule.

What I meant by that was that I look at other people's threads that are asking for help or another person's point of view and I have added my comments in an attempt to help out the O.P.

My point is I don't just sign in, look at the for sale section and then sign out. I use the forum primarily for it's knowledge, discounts on frags and tanks have be an added bonus. If taken away I will still use the forum because I signed up to trouble shoot my reef tank and it seems as though the forum does a great job at that. There are many members of the forum and people are eager to post up to help one another out with any questions they have. There is nothing worse than starting a "help me" thread that goes unanswered for days at a time.




I was not aware of your meeting in February, perhaps to make it easier there should be a sub section dedicated to the meetings or perhaps I should look harder next time at the calendar.




I am curious though, I thought TCMAS did FIF and members offered each other good deals on corals to ensure that reefkeeping stays affordable, that certain species of coral do not disappear from the hobby, and so that we can have less stress on the natural environment. But apparently there are prerequisites and stipulations now? It is sort of like all that goes out the window if you have not attended a meeting.



Obviously the last comment was meant to be sarcastic but can you see how it could be interpreted this way? What is the end goal here? To have everyone on TCMAS be an active member of TCMAS, or to grow a forum dedicated to reefkeeping as a hobby?

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Sorry, I was typing this as spsick posted to remain on topic. I would love to host a meeting in the future once I move. I look forward to it and look forward to meeting other TCMAS members.

 

[Chris88]

i work over nights and live all the way in alexandria and i still make it to almost every meeting :biggthumpup:

 

[Chris88]

Well, there's those of us WAY out there, that would love to be involved and simply cannot. its 153 miles for me to go just to st. cloud. Farther to the TC area. at today's gas prices, for a round trip to st. cloud I'd be paying nearly 50 dollars. And that's definitely not all the way. I do not believe I've ever even gotten a 'deal' on this forum. Its depressing that those that can make meetings regularly have cut out many members. Its an elitist move to make, and makes reef central more viable again. Which, IMO, is very very sad.

are you a member of frozenoceans.org yet? they are a forum for the northern folk and i believe many of the members are in bemidji

 

[ashlerbam]

Johnny needs skimmer for tank> Jill is selling skimmer for a upgrade> they meet up and Jill sell skimmer to Johnny> Jill takes money to buy skimmer from DA> DA sponsors club/forum. Not helping the club?

Just an example. Everything that happens here (even good deals in sell area) helps out local reefing. Is that not what the club is about?

The BOD need to get on hosting the meetings more often to allow us to become members IMO. Or at least anyone that met up and voted on it. If your on the BOD and think there needs to be more activity, well.... maybe you guys should be the ones coming up with the ideas.

 

[Kevin Lake]

Membership has its benefits, get involved and you shall recieve these benefits. The decision was made to weed out alot of the "members" that have no interest in the club other than to get deals on the forum. If you come here to discuss reefing and get advice you are still able to do so.

Cheers! Nicely said. I'm here to learn and make friends, not take advantage and make a few bucks off the website.

BTW - thanks to all the amazing sponsors who pay to keep TCMAS up & running and help us with our questions!

 

[nelsonmarine]

What if I want to host a monthly meeting, but too embarrassed about the amount of growth and live stock in my tank? Will I be made fun of? :gay1:

Considering this is called Twin Cities Marine Aquarium Society, I believe we should limit our monthly host home/business location to the Twin Cities. St. Cloud is sort of a drive. Just my 2 cents.

 

[spsick]

One last thing guys. Before you start slamming the BoD, these are member chosen volunteers. They do this on their own time to put forth something to a club that they care about. As has been mentioned before, if you think they are not putting enough free effort forth, run for a position and do it better (and stick with it for the whole term).