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I'm new to the club. Joined January 1 (still waiting on a membership card). I was reading back through this thread and thought of a couple of things.
First, I literally did not know this club existed until I found it through either Reef2Reef or Google on my own initiative. I'm sure some of the lfs that we hold meetings at would be willing to post small fliers. If they are there, I haven't seen them meaning either 1) they weren't flashy enough to catch my attention while being distracted by everything I want to buy (like everyone else in the store would be) or 2) placement is poor. I think the advertising angle would go a long way towards increasing membership, and consequently, active participation.
Second, to increase meeting membership, I would provide more than just the time and location. The February meeting blurb literally just gives date, time, location, and a friendly sign off (not a rip at novajohn). I know people like myself that live ~1.5 hours away aren't enticed solely by going to a fish store they can go to any other day (except Sundays ... made that mistake more than once). And more so, new members that haven't been to a meeting have no idea what to expect from "this date, this time, this place".
Also, why not something outside of the hobbyist's house or fish store? Maybe not an official meeting, but I'm not opposed to just meeting up at one of Nashville's many bars to throw a few back, get some social lubricant, meet new people, and talk reefs.
Third, I've been trying to respond to random threads on our MTRC message board (hopefully not annoyingly so) to try to get some activity. I think that having the online network will definitely help with having the real world network. I check this board way too many times a day to no avail. Maybe something like a monthly topic that everyone can discuss? I think (and sympathize) that it's hard to bring people to our little sub forum when there's a wealth of knowledge just a few tabs over.
Hopefully all of this isn't out of place; no offense meant. Just some suggestions from a noob to both the club and the hobby.
Its all good Richard,I have to write posted notes for stuff or I will forget lol....hows the tank doing?Well:
My memory is shorter then one of my body parts.
Told the "Boss" (read wife) I was going to "Emerald Bay" today to return Par meter there.
She asked me to return on of my new corals because she did not think it was bright enough (I'm color blind), so I bagged the coral got a water sample and off to the store I went.
No more than I walked into the store it struck me "You dumb crap you forgot the Par meter".
I'm sorry, I will be going back to the shop on Friday and just put the Par meter in the car so I can't forget it this time.
Again forgetting to return this to the club is entirely my fault.
Hope everyone has a good day and a happy Reef.
Rick
Hi, are you having a meeting this Saturday 11th? what time? I would like to come and check out what is MTRC meeting all about. Do I need to be member just to check out?Thanks for the input on meeting posts,we try to have meetings on the 2nd Saturday of every month,I liked the meetings at the stores so everyone could get great deals on whatever they wanted while we were there,hopefully people will host meetings at their homes but its hard to for people to be comfortable with 10-30 people in their homes for a meeting