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West Coast Weekend IX - April 15-16 in Palo Alto, CA

****************** West Coast Weekend IX ******************

The Bay Area Killifish Association (BAKA) is proud to present its ninth
annual international killifish show and convention on the weekend of April
15 and 16, 2000 in Palo Alto, California.  BAKA will be celebrating its
32nd year of promoting the killifish hobby.  There will be a fish show as
well as fish sales, raffles, t-shirts, and an auction.  The highlight will
be guest speakers from all over North America as well as Europe who will be
available to answer any questions about killies after each talk.  The
speakers so far include:

 	Dr. Thomas Litz, President of the German killie club DKG (on Uruguayan
annuals and one other topic TBA)
  
 	Dr. Ron Harlan (on our changing environment and collecting)
  
 	Peter Unmack (on Australian desert fishes)
  
 	Dr. Nevin Aspinwall (on collecting in West Africa)
  
The fish show, which will be held on Saturday afternoon, is FREE as always
and open to the public.  The show will feature over a hundred pair of the
most colorful fish available in the aquarium hobby.   A registration fee of
$20.00 includes entry into the lectures, the show, the fish sales, and the
big auction of show fish and imports from Europe on Sunday afternoon.

The show and convention will be held at Hyatt Rickeys (4219 El Camino Real,
Palo Alto, CA (650) 493-8000, 424-0836, (800) 228-9000).  Map and
directions may be found at:
http://www.hyatt.com/usa/palo_alto/hotels/map_sjcri.html.  If staying at
Rickeys, the regular rates is $109 a night on that weekend.  There is no
room rate discount associated with this show.

For more information on WCW IX, check the BAKA website at 
http://www.killi.net/baka 
or the WCW webpage at:
http://www.atchison.com/BAKA-WCW.htm 
(information on the website will be updated regularly).  

You may pre-register for West Coast Weekend by mailing your check for $20
and your information to:

The Bay Area Killifish Association
781 Del Ganado Road
San Rafael, California 94903

or you mail register online at:
http://www.atchison.com/BAKA-WCWregistration.htm

Mail-in entrees should arrive no later than Thursday, April 13 c/o Royal
Ingersoll, 400 Uplands Dr., Hillsborough, CA  94010.  Judging will be
Friday night, therefore walk-in entrees need to arrive during the day (6 PM
at the latest) on Friday (NOT Saturday), ONE DAY EARLIER THAN PREVIOUS
YEARS, to be benched. 

Persons interested in a desert field trip to Ash Meadows (leaving Sunday,
back Tuesday or Wednesday) should contact Royal Ingersoll at the address
above, via email at <roloffia at aol_com>, or call 650/342-4175 x564.

Volunteers for show set-up are needed for Thursday evening (after 6 PM),
and all-day Friday.  
 
Questions about the fishroom?  Contact Douglas Habersaat (650) 962-8340 or
e-mail at <douglas.habersaat at bigfoot_com>

If you have killifish (in addition to your entrees) that you wish to
distribute through the Saturday Fish Sales at WCW, please contact Bill
Gallagher <gallaghr at nbn_com> for details.  Interesting non-killies are also
welcome here.

This is an American Killifish Association-sanctioned show and is the last
show of the year for earning points for the AKA Killifish Hobbyist of the
Year award.

Hope to see you there!


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BAKA contacts:

Newsletter & Email notifications - Bill Gallagher, San Rafael
<gallaghr at nbn_com>
Discussion email list for S.F Bay Area local killifish topics
<baka at killi_net> - Wright Huntley, Fremont <huntley1 at home_com>

1999-2000 Officers:
President - John Boylan, Richmond - <jboylan at home_com>
Vice President - open
Secretary - Michel Perbost, Cupertino <michel_perbost at agilent_com>
Treasurer - Jim Atchison, San Rafael <jim at atchison_com>
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