Where do I find more info?

Catfish2 · Oct 25, 2017

I'm new around here.

Looks like meetings are the third Friday of each month at 7pm at the IHOP in Santa Ana, but where can I find more info about the club.

Are meetings open to non members? What happens at meetings?

I went to the website but there's isn't much info there, just links to buy raffle tickets. If there a different website?

Thanks!

Daniel@R2R · Oct 26, 2017

Catfish2 said:
I'm new around here.

Looks like meetings are the third Friday of each month at 7pm at the IHOP in Santa Ana, but where can I find more info about the club.

Are meetings open to non members? What happens at meetings?

I went to the website but there's isn't much info there, just links to buy raffle tickets. If there a different website?

Thanks!

Hi! Welcome! You can absolutely come to any meetings. You've got the info right on when and where to go. They're definitely open to nonmembers. What other info would you like? @gcarroll @joseserrano @ndrwater @CoralNerd and @Rakie are a few of the members.

Catfish2 · Oct 26, 2017

Is there an agenda for the meetings? Like different speakers or topics, do people bring frags to swap? I'm guessing there are raffles given the website, do you have to buy those tickets ahead of time? How do you know what the topic for a meeting will be? Does the club have a particular focus/ interest- like education, volunteerism/community service.... I just wanna know what the club is about.

Thanks!

ndrwater · Oct 26, 2017

Catfish2 said:
Is there an agenda for the meetings? Like different speakers or topics, do people bring frags to swap? I'm guessing there are raffles given the website, do you have to buy those tickets ahead of time? How do you know what the topic for a meeting will be? Does the club have a particular focus/ interest- like education, volunteerism/community service.... I just wanna know what the club is about.

Thanks!

Wow!! Lots of questions!! Lemme see if I can go through them quickly.
Yes. We have an agenda. The steering committee comes up with the topics for the meetings a month or two out. This includes speakers.
Yes. Members often brig frags to swap, sell or give away. Plus, Steve Garret is there most times with a little Frag tank with many of his legendary corals.
Yes, there is a raffle every month. We have dry goods and live fish/inverts. An example of recent raffle items are Ecotech MP10QD, custom sump from @MarineDepot, Vertex Calcium reactor etc. Always good stuff.
Tickets are purchased the night if the meeting. There is also a "Member Only" raffle where each card carrying member gets one ticket for freezies.
The topic of the meeting is posted here on R2R as well as a couple other forums and lastly, the Club sends out an email prior to the meetings listing topics, speakers, times and locations.
We are generally focused on education to topics within the hobby. Whether this be a specific topic like wrasses which we were lucky enough to have Hunter Hammond aka @evolved as a guest speaker, or something as seemingly simple (it's not) like how to properly plumb your system. One of our members was kind enough, and knowledgeable enough to have that talk.
If you have a specific topic or question, we are always happy to oblige in bringing our collective experience to help answer whatever question may be posed.
If that weren't enough, we are also where Reefapalooza all started. So with that, members help out prepping for, and putting on the show. That is where our members really shine. Doing Reefapalooza, arguably the best show in the world, takes a lot of time and dedication which couldn't be done without our members.
As Daniel @mdbannister mentioned, feel free to stop by and check us out. It's a great club with tons of other benefits/perks that go way beyond what I have mentioned.
Feel free to PM me if you'd like further details.

Catfish2 · Oct 28, 2017

ndrwater said:
Wow!! Lots of questions!! Lemme see if I can go through them quickly.
Yes. We have an agenda. The steering committee comes up with the topics for the meetings a month or two out. This includes speakers.
Yes. Members often brig frags to swap, sell or give away. Plus, Steve Garret is there most times with a little Frag tank with many of his legendary corals.
Yes, there is a raffle every month. We have dry goods and live fish/inverts. An example of recent raffle items are Ecotech MP10QD, custom sump from @MarineDepot, Vertex Calcium reactor etc. Always good stuff.
Tickets are purchased the night if the meeting. There is also a "Member Only" raffle where each card carrying member gets one ticket for freezies.
The topic of the meeting is posted here on R2R as well as a couple other forums and lastly, the Club sends out an email prior to the meetings listing topics, speakers, times and locations.
We are generally focused on education to topics within the hobby. Whether this be a specific topic like wrasses which we were lucky enough to have Hunter Hammond aka @evolved as a guest speaker, or something as seemingly simple (it's not) like how to properly plumb your system. One of our members was kind enough, and knowledgeable enough to have that talk.
If you have a specific topic or question, we are always happy to oblige in bringing our collective experience to help answer whatever question may be posed.
If that weren't enough, we are also where Reefapalooza all started. So with that, members help out prepping for, and putting on the show. That is where our members really shine. Doing Reefapalooza, arguably the best show in the world, takes a lot of time and dedication which couldn't be done without our members.
As Daniel @mdbannister mentioned, feel free to stop by and check us out. It's a great club with tons of other benefits/perks that go way beyond what I have mentioned.
Feel free to PM me if you'd like further details.

Thanks so much for the reply. I know it was a lot of questions. I just live like an hour away so i wanted to know what to expect.

I look forward to going to a meeting!