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    Default 5/16 SWDA Meeting Feedback

    Hi everyone:

    Thanks for joining us for a great meeting this afternoon. I hope everyone had a great time. I would like to thank Kevin for providing his warehouse for our meeting. I also like to thank those who donated stuff for our raffle. Last but not leat, thanks for the sponsors who donated samples for us.

    We still need to finalize our group name. Feel free to post your suggestion here. For the time being, we will probably switch to SWDC (Soutwest Discus Association).

    Go ahead and post your meeting feedback and pictures here. Looking forward to see you all again in 3 months (at San Deigo).

    -Larry

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    Default Re: 5/16 SWDA Meeting Feedback

    Here're some pictures of the meeting :

    Our 3 experts : Kevin (notjustfish), Bill (InlandEmpireDiscus) , and Chad Hughes

    At the left, Ricardo & Benedict (gotfish?), In the front, Marco (bolivianram10)

    New to Discus, Judy (Oroborus) and Joel .. Can't keep their eyes off their first purchase :-)

    Nick, one of our photographer


    Nick again .. looking to take some close up discus shot

    Judy getting advice from Kevin

    Ricardo (rickztahone) said to Chad : I didn't know you are so tall .. and so "young" ...


    How I wish to have a system like this in my garage .. Super nice ..


    In the middle, George (discusgeo2) drove 5 hours from Phoenix, Arizona .. What a great guy...

    Glenn (nazzman), the guy with name tag .. He's Nick's dad.

    Chad and Bill bidding for a nice Heckel ..
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    Our food and sample tables ... Look at people are busy collecting their goodies








    Benedict trying to figure out which sample to take ...
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    Default Re: 5/16 SWDA Meeting Feedback

    Our two expert speakers : Chad and Kevin

    Chad gave us a talk on planted discus aquarium.
    Kevin gave us a talk on disease control and how to QT





    Thanks Chad, for the nice powerpoint presentation .. and the big screen setup. Lots of behind the scene work. Much appreciated.
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    A BIG THANK YOU to all of you who made this possible. It was nice meeting all of you and finally put a face to a name. Nice pictures Larry!

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    Looks like a great meeting everyone! Congrats!

    How about putting some names to the faces for all us that were not there ?

    -al
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    All,

    This was a great meeting! I took some pictures and I know others that were in attendance took a few pictures as well. If you would be so kind to share your photos with the group and the forum, that would be great! I'll be posting mine up this evening after water changes! LOL!

    I'd like to extend a special thank you to all those that sponsored this groups first meeting. Your support made what would have been a good first meet a great one! Below are those that provided sponsorship. Thank you so much for all of your support!

    Al Sabetta (www.aquaticsuppliers.com)
    Bill Schroer (www.inlandempirediscus.com)
    Barb Odgers (Delightful Designs Discus Cones)
    David Rose (www.igopro-online.com)
    Steve Rybicki (www.angelsplus.com)
    George Garcia (www.azdiscus.com)
    Dan & Jennifer (www.aquaticfoods.com)
    Chad Hughes (www.sandiegodiscus.com)

    A special thank you to Kevin (notjustfish), Importer of Lucky Tropical Fish Farm (Lawrence Soon) - Penang, Malaysia, for the use of his facility for this meeting. You helped make the first meeting a great one! I hope your fish didn't get too bothered by all the crazy discus enthusiasts flashing cameras at them. LOL! Thanks again Kevin, the new shipment looks like it's coming along nicely!

    There were several other members that supported the meeting with other items for lunch. Thank you for all of your support as well!

    Our auction was a moderate success and yielded enough funds to support our next meeting fully. 100% of our next meeting in San Diego will be funded! That means no out of pocket expense! Thank you to everyone that participated in the auction. I hope everyone enjoys the items they won!

    Larry... A special thank you to you as well for doing so much coordinating to get this group off in the right direction. Everything went so smoothly! I think I speak for the group when I say thank you for a job well done!

    Marco... it was great to meet you and the others at the meeting! I hope you're enjoying your new fish! I look forward to seeing you in San Diego. Give me a call when you're in the area!

    Al... Thanks for the congrats! It was defiantely a success and a great time. I'll get some of these photos tagged with some names.

    Best wishes to everyone! See you sometime in August!
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    Default Re: 5/16 SWDA Meeting Feedback

    I had a great time meeting everyone and for all you folks who took the time to put this together I appreciate it. Who knows I may go to San Diego in August it's been a while since I been Tuna fishing out of H & M Landing
    George

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    George,

    I really hope you can make it! H&M sounds like a good time as well. That's a ways off from now, but it's good to think about it! It was great to meet you as well. I really enjoyed the information that you put out as well. Great techniques!

    I hope you had a safe trip back and enjoyed your visit with the family.

    Best wishes!
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    Here are a few pictures that I took at the meeting. Most of my pictures were at the very beginning when folks were starting to show up and at the end.

    These first shots are of our sponsor sample table. Some of our sponsors sent items that required refrigeration and are not shown in the pictures, but they were there for the sampling!
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    Default Re: 5/16 SWDA Meeting Feedback

    It was great meeting. Thanks to everyone who made this happen.

    Chad & Kevin's speech was informative. Chad's presentation on planted tank was very detailed and helpful.

    George thanks for the pump. I just ordered the manifold from him today, he was quick and helpful with the order.

    -Visu
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    From left to right....

    Judy (Oroborus) & Husband (Joel) Taubel: Santa Clarita
    Benedict amintuan (gotfish?): Los Angeles
    Larry Ching (diamond_discus): Diamond Bar
    George Garcia (discusgeo2): Phoenix, AZ
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    At the left...

    Glenn Abel and his son Nick..... orgive me for not knowing your screen name here on SD.
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    Quote Originally Posted by db2inst1 View Post
    It was great meeting. Thanks to everyone how made this happen.

    Chad & Kevin's speech was informative. Chad's presentation on planted tank was very detailed and helpful.

    George thanks for the pump. I just ordered the manifold from him today, he was quick and helpful with the order.

    -Visu
    Visu,

    Thank you for the kind words! I am happy to hear that you enjoyed the meeting! I hope you can make it to San Diego for the next one! I'd love to see you there.

    Have a great week!
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    Ricardo Vasquez (rickztahone)- Reseda, CA
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