Discovery World/WRS/MARS/FVRS Coral Frag swap

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I figured I'd post the info over here as well, just in case any of you banned rascals want to come :)

Discovery World/WRS/MARS/FVRS Coral Frag swap. Wow, we need a better name, but in the meantime registration is open for the event taking place September 19th from 9am until 5pm.

Discovery World
500 N. Harbor Dr.
Milwaukee, WI 53202

Discovery World is partnering with WRS, MARS and FVRS to put together what very well may become south eastern Wisconsin’s largest frag swap. We have room and yes, electricity for upwards of 65 Traders and Vendors. In addition to the coral vendors the clubs are working on providing a full day of guest speakers, demonstrations, used dry goods sale room, and other related activities. Traders/Vendors and manufactures will be offered the chance to make a tax deductable donation to the coral/livestock/dry goods auction and or Raffle. Proceeds will go to Discovery World’s Atlantic Coral Project. Just to entice you further, we have already had a few donations to the auction. Alternative Reef has promised a few goodies and there will be a handful of ORA corals as well. I will update everybody with planned attendance numbers and vendor participation as well as the list of confirmed activities on a frequent basis.

Prices for the attendee and vendor packages are listed below, admission includes full regular admission to Discovery World’s aquarium and other exhibits as well as the frag swap activities.

Reservations will be handled by Mike Armgardt from our group sales department. Mike can be reached at 414-765-8618. To make life easier for everybody we can take your credit card over the phone.

Attendee price $8. Pre-registration is required. If purchased on the day of the event, regular admission rates apply. (A regular adult admission is $16.95 and parking is about $14 for 6 or more hours)
Includes
Admission to Frag Swap, Presentations, Admission to Discovery World’s aquarium and all other museum exhibit areas & HD nature films
$5.00 parking for 1 car
Additional family members $8 each
T-Shirts available for $9 each

Vendor Price $40 per 4’ section of table. Vendor setup will begin at 7am. We are looking into possible Friday night setup for interested people.
Includes
4' section of table with power
Admission for 2 people for Frag Swap, Presentations, Admission to Discovery World’s aquarium and all other exhibits & HD nature films
One Event T-Shirt
Free Parking for 1 car
Free Behind the scenes Aquarium Tour
Additional family members $8 each
Additional T-Shirts available for $9

We will do out best to post answers and information on the forums we have access to, but any questions, suggestions, ect can also be sent to Discovery World’s organizers, Paul or Ken

Thanks everybody, I hope to see you at the event!

Paul Hayden [email protected]
Ken Billin [email protected]
 

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Get me a banner or logo and I will get it on the site. :)
 
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lol...ok. I saw you posted to the thread and I was prepaired for a smacking for something..but that would be great!

What size banner?
 

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Well thanks! :) R2R is partnering with reef clubs and hobbyist to provide the best info we can even if it's just about a local swap! The only thing we look down on is vendors who don't want to pay to play! LOL! ;)

How about a 150x50 size logo and I will put it on the front page/bottom. If you want to do a 468x60 banner then i will add it to a new page I am doing for swaps and reef events.
 
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A little update, so far we have sold about 7 trador/vendor table spaces and 4 tables to a Dry goods guy.

We are planning on having a tank or two of our own random assorted stuff including the new Discovery World Fuzzy Monkey Limited Edition acropora....yep, you to can one one of these highly sought after frags for $5. What is it? so far nobody can tell us but we figured we could sell it if we gave it a crazy name :) We were going to name it the Whatheheckisit, after the most common question when people see it, but aside from sea monkeys...there aren't enough monkey related names in the aquarium world.

Lets see...what else... oh yeah, there is a very good chance we will have a limited supply of Instant Ocean Reef Crystals 160G Buckets for sale at a really good price.
 
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Cool Thanks!

I don't think I'm a vendor, I'm just an IT guy with a tank at home. While I do work for a not for profit science center that has a mostly fresh water aquarium, I don't even work for that department. But just in case, let me know and I'll see if our marketing department could be talked into a sponsorship.


Well thanks! :) R2R is partnering with reef clubs and hobbyist to provide the best info we can even if it's just about a local swap! The only thing we look down on is vendors who don't want to pay to play! LOL! ;)

How about a 150x50 size logo and I will put it on the front page/bottom. If you want to do a 468x60 banner then i will add it to a new page I am doing for swaps and reef events.
 
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I've had some requests to see what the room the swap is being held in looks like, so here it is. This about 2/3 or the total space, there is another large section of the Promenade behind the person who shot the picture.

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Ohhh Sara is going to be a seller.. she has some KILLER looking LPS pieces. Never saw them in person but have seen pictures!!!!!!!

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Put me down for a vendor spot. You guys tell me what you want to see, and I'll bring it. It'll likely be colonies though...and a small mix of frags thrown in. :wink:
 
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Reservations will be handled by Mike Armgardt from our group sales department. Mike can be reached at 414-765-8618. To make life easier for everybody we can take your credit card over the phone.

and feel free to bring whatever you see fit, we don't like bizarre rules. If you can stuff it in a saltwater tank and you want to sell it, bring it along.
 
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