Discovery World/WRS/MARS/FVRS Coral Frag swap

[haydenp]

Will it be OK for attendees to bring a cooler for all the coral we will be buy?

of course!! If you dont have one we have some available, ask at our booth

 

[haydenp]

woo..we were on the channel 4 morning news in the "Things to do this weekend" segment.

 

[customcolor]

on the today show?

 

[haydenp]

I donno, one of my coworkers caught me in the hall and said they saw it.

ok, now time to polish the acrylic...see ya tonight foam boy

 

[customcolor]

ok laser eye<---bad attempt for a come back

 

[haydenp]

LOL..ya..wow.

 

[haydenp]

for those of you who haven't started the trek here yet. We crossed 200 people registered before lunch. We are going to keep registering people until Mike collapses at 4pm.

 

[ReeferGoalie]

FYI, the links on the main page are down. It appears to be anything that begins with programs.discoveryworld.org

200 people? Geez....I'm thinking I should maybe frag some more stuff...now I'm thinking I won't have enough to go around! :squigglemouth:

 

[plainrt]

yeah im thinking alot is gonna sell here.........Gonna be packed

 

[MrSquid]

Sounds like you guys are gonna have a great day. Wish I could be there - it'd be the crap out of a day full of homework!

 

[customcolor]

It is a blast!!! Its a great turn out today!!!

 

[mark_molly]

just got back from the swap and it was lots of fun - great turn out and got lots of good deals. Thanks everyone!!

 

[plainrt]

thanks people for selling me way too much stuff for my little tank

 

[customcolor]

you came with money to give

 

[tc269]

Very good swap!! Customcolor Figured I was next to you on a table might as well post by you too lol

 

[NewMelee]

Well looks like I missed as good one, too bad I am in NJ......

 

[2FarNorth]

Just wanted to thanks Paul, Ken, and the rest of the Discovery World crew for a great swap! We already look forward to next years! Everything worked out great! I do know though, for next year we are going to plan ahead a little so we can actually get to the behind the scenes tour, and actually visit the museum part!!

Thanks again, and nice seeing everyone again, and of course meeting new people also!! It's good to put faces with screen names!!

 

[haydenp]

Jim, did your ORA stuff make it home ok?

 

[ReeferGoalie]

Big thanks goes out to Paul for setting this up. Everything was well done and a lot of fun. I (somehow) managed to hold to my goal of not buying anything (yeah...I don't know how I did it either). But I did take home a number of cards from some of the other vendors there for future purchases. :bigsmile:

 

[haydenp]

DW considered it a success, and every vendor I personally talked to, with was probably most of them, said they would come back if we did it again next year. Even Tina from Wet Thumbs who flew all the way from LA. A few attendees commented they didn't expect the quantity and quality of vendors....and good prices

I know some of the challanges we have for next year
1. the lighting issue. Next year we will look into providing a little pipe and drape to cover the windows.
2. Raffle. I know some people were disapinted we didn't have one. I figure we can start hunting for things now, we should be able to come up with some things. If anybody has any industry contacts please let me know.
3. wardrobe police? I didn't think to ask people to wear politically correct, family friendly clothing. I do have to give a thumbs up to Jim's banned from RC shirt though.
4. Lunch. I will look into having box lunchs delivered to the vendor tables

The other thing I'm wondering about..if we have more vendors next year, we only have room in the promenade for about 4 more tables. After that we have to take over the promenade section in the round building, that should add another 10 or so tables. Then there is the compass room, which should hold another 10 tables. I think next year I will have a map and vendors can pick an open spot on the map when they register, first come first serve. I don't really want to do multiple pricing.