Discovery World/WRS/MARS/FVRS Coral Frag swap

customcolor · Sep 20, 2009

i know next year i will be signing up sooner for a good spot....i wasnt complaining about the spot i had though....things trickled down and we did fairly well for out first swap selling at....we (me and the wife) had a blast and will be doing more of this in the future!!

paul...if there is anything i can do for next year just let me know

MrSquid · Sep 20, 2009

haydenp said:
3. wardrobe police? I didn't think to ask people to wear politically correct, family friendly clothing.

Now I'm really curious about what I missed! :tongue: Who's got pics? :wink:

Do you have a head count for guests?

2FarNorth · Sep 20, 2009

haydenp said:
I do have to give a thumbs up to Jim's banned from RC shirt though.

Thanks! I was going to make up a bunch, and sell them there, but the wife talked me out of it...... I had to at least wear one for setup!!! :wink:

I am curious too about the unfamily friendly shirts... man I always miss the good stuff!!

Other wise, I agree with the Raffle... I really didn't realize there wasn't one until the way home though, but then again, that's probably because I never win anything anyhow!! Those always go good at swaps...

Also, the lighting,,, it was a little problematic, but I think the view made up for it!! At least now everyone knows for next time! I like the curtain idea, otherwise we have enough notice now to rig up backdrops behind the tanks... I tried the towel trick, but the breeze I had behind me, kept blowing it into the tank, so it came down!!

plainrt · Sep 20, 2009

pot leaf shirt on a vendor.......

ziggy · Sep 21, 2009

Thanks Discovery World! We had a blast. Great swap!

MrSquid · Sep 21, 2009

plainrt said:
pot leaf shirt on a vendor.......

LOL! After living in Los Angeles for the last few months, I probably wouldn't have even noticed it. That kind of shirt stands out here like a Packer shirt stands out in Green Bay! :wink:

PrangeWay · Sep 21, 2009

Pretty Awesome

Yeah it was a great Frag Swap, actually better than the ones in Dallas-Fort Worth I went to when I lived there. Location was awesome, vendors where friendly and the prices where excellent. I found everything I was looking for. Great Job.

PW

haydenp · Sep 21, 2009

Wow guys, I appreciate the complements.

We had about 220 people pre-register for the swap. In addition to a bunch of DW members and then curious public, I would estimate 300 or so people.

I talked it over with a few people around here and we will be picking a date for DW Frag Swap 2010. I am switching to assigned spots, when you register you will be picking a table location on a first come first serve basis. And as a thank you to the vendors who believed in the swap enough to attend this year, you guys will be able to register early.

I think the WRS guys have a pics post running http://www.wireefsociety.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2470

are we sure those aren't palm tree leaves?

gooch · Sep 21, 2009

So are you saying my REEFER? T-shirt would not be family friendly?

haydenp · Sep 21, 2009

lol..

customcolor · Sep 21, 2009

those pics where sweet!!!!!!

plainrt · Sep 21, 2009

it could be some other plant after looking at pics lol

ReeferGoalie · Sep 22, 2009

I think one other added bonus to this was getting people there. I honestly didn't even know Discovery World existed. I wish I had the time to check out some of the displays as well...but now that I know it's there it could be a fun day trip. It didn't seem that busy overall either and had a lot of interesting things to offer.

Paul...how do we get signed up for the beer brewing class? :bigsmile:

haydenp · Sep 22, 2009

yeah, a lot of people don't know we exist, and even more think we are still in the basement of the libary where we were 20 years ago. Thats part of the reason we did the swap here.

lol..the brewing classes should be on the events page, if not let me know, the guy who teaches them is only a few cubes over.

ReeferGoalie · Sep 22, 2009

They're listed there (looks like I might be able to make the third one) but there's not much info. I've been contemplating doing some homebrew for a while now and this would seem like a nice structured environment to get it started in.

haydenp · Sep 22, 2009

yeah. our website leaves a lot to be desired. Just call the reservations people and ask. or I can put you directly in touch with the guy who teaches the classes.