Southeast Discus Enthusiast 1st meeting

[Larry Bugg]

SEDE's first meeting took place today. The meeting was held at one of our members homes, Marty K (Chopper). We had 11 members who came form Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee for a barbeque and informal meeting. We enjoyed Marty's hospitality and a chance to see his fish room and Koi ponds. He has 3 ponds connected by a running stream with waterfalls and some Koi that must be 18 to 20 inches.

The big topic of conversation...............Hosting the 2012 NADA convention!

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[LizStreithorst]

What a beautiful place he has! By the looks of things I'd havebeen right in my element had I been there. Y'all talked about the right thing. Fingers crossed.

[Larry Bugg]

What a beautiful place he has! By the looks of things I'd havebeen right in my element had I been there. Y'all talked about the right thing. Fingers crossed.

You were missed Liz and you were mentioned along with the beautiful discus you brought home from the show.

[scottthomas]

Thanks Marty for allowing us into your home. It was great meeting you and your gracious wife. Oh and the barbecue was awesome. Thanks also to all who attended. I enjoyed talking discus with everyone and having a chance meet in person so many discus enthusiasts in our area.

[alpine]

Larry, I am watching you ! :)

Looks like a Great meeting , I would like to see Ken in the group.

Roberto.

[Larry Bugg]

Larry, I am watching you ! :)

Looks like a Great meeting , I would like to see Ken in the group.

Roberto.

It's going to be hard to live up to your expectations but I will try my best.

The meeting was a excellent start.

[ikevi]

I think everyone had a fun time, and I look forward to our future get together. (Sometime near Oct??)

Marty's place was very nice, and as can be seen his ponds were the dream of any pond keeper.

I am all for meeting at different members places if possible, and we really should think about car pooling more.

(Oh and I figured out that I have 9 chairs in my apartment... so while I do have a courtyard I can use, I doubt any gathering will be held at my place.)

Anyways it was great to meet everyone and I look forward to seeing everyone again.

PS. Roberto if Ken ever is free I am certain he will go to the meetings. This time he decided to do a competition for shark fishing of the coast of GA instead. I think there are ~30 people that are getting e-mails but as seen about half either had prior engagements or were too far away to make it.

[Dkarc@Aol.com]

Great to see that we are finally starting to get several regional/local discus clubs up and running. Hopefully they will be maintained and can keep going! Wish I could have been there. Just a little too far North of a drive for me though.

-Rya

[Chad Adams]

Had a blast, It was great meeting everyone. Especially those I had never met. We will keep this going & growing.
Thank You again Marty & thank your wife also for being gracious first time hosts.
More pics to come.
Chad

[DavidE]

I too would like to send a big Thank You to Marty and his wife for their hospitality and warm welcome to their wonderful home!! Awesome place!! It was fun getting to know the other members of this new group and look forward to seeing everyone again!
Also, Thank You Larry for all you do!!


David

[alpine]

Larry, you have already reached the expectations, from here on is all extra .. Keep up the Great work . it is amazing the clubs forming after te NADA show ! Dr Ravi of Ky is thinking about getting a group in this parts .

Roberto Munoz

[Larry Bugg]

Larry, you have already reached the expectations, from here on is all extra .. Keep up the Great work . it is amazing the clubs forming after te NADA show ! Dr Ravi of Ky is thinking about getting a group in this parts .

Roberto Munoz

Thanks for the encourgment!!

If you have a passion for this hobby then from a selfish standpoint this is the direction you have to work towards. It is through local/regional organizations that you grow the hobby. The more people that are brought into the hobby then the more resourses that will be used to grow the hobby. It really boils down to supply and demand.

[gravjack]

I'd like to add my thanks to Marty and his wife for their gracious hospitality. The meeting was well worth the long drive and getting acquainted with all the attendees made it doubly so. Looking forward to future meetings.

John:)

[scottishbloke]

Well, I have to say that our little gathering was just awesome, and it was great meeting and chatting to everyone :D. A big thanks to Marty for hosting, and to Larry for setting the meeting up. I'm already looking forward to our next get-together in the fall!

Colin

[Disgirl]

Looks like you all had a wonderful time! I think I will look at a map and see how far away you are from the coast of NC. I just may have to attend the next one. Fingers crossed for NADA 2012 in your area!!
Barb:)

[waleskachopper]

I was more than happy to host the first meeting and had a great time meeting everyone. I love to showoff my koi ponds any time I can.I want to thank everyone for coming and look forward to the next meeting.Any of yall are welcome to come back anytime and maybe have a cold beer. I have some more pics and will try to post them later.

Marty:bandana:

[kaffeene]

My 1 tank looks so small compared to all these others...

To do list:

1) get another tank

2) cycle

3) get more fish

[Chad Adams]

Looks like you all had a wonderful time! I think I will look at a map and see how far away you are from the coast of NC. I just may have to attend the next one. Fingers crossed for NADA 2012 in your area!!
Barb:)

Barb,
Would love to have you show. I'm sure we're closer than anyone else.
Chad

[aXio]

His home looks beautiful! I'm bummed I missed out on this =/

[DonMD]

Well, Marty, thanks for posting those wonderful pics of the meeting. I've a friend in Knoxville who has a pond, and she's always been trying to convince me what a wonderful thing it would be, even in my heavily forested back yard. Hmmm, looking at your pics, maybe she might be right!

All the best. -Don in Virginia