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Re: Species Maint.
"Donna M. Recktenwalt" wrote:
>
> Jerry wrote:
> > OK,on this last point how about asking the affiliate clubs to conduct
> > a species
> > survey and turn it into the AKA?
> > AKA- print a species list,make it on bright colored paper(sounds
> > ridiculous but I
> > know from experience it 'will' get a better responce).Put simple
> > boxes for people to
> > check-Maintained<>Breeding<>
>
> Regarding Jerry's suggestion that local clubs should probably be
> providing the AKA with species lists - the Greater Cincinnati Killifish
> Association has made it a point to provide this basic information (what
> species are in our fishrooms, and what species have gone through our local
> auctions, as well as the results of our every-other-year show, Killie Revue)
> to the AKA species maintenance chairman on a fairly regular basis.
> Our club form details species/location, breeding pairs, juveniles,
> eggs., etc. We provide no details to the AKA as to who is breeding what, but
> give species information for an overall view. Collecting the information
> takes a little work at our end (people aren't too keen on filling out forms
> and getting them back in) but the benefits to the hobby make collecting and
> collating the information well worth the effort.
> Perhaps other clubs are already doing the same thing and the majority of
> us just aren't aware of it yet.
Bill Gallagher has been doing this for BAKA for some years, now.
It's a *huge* job, and we are most grateful to him for doing it. This is a
task that really can only be done well at the local level, initially, so you
guys out there with no nearby club need to get busy (like the folks in
Wash/Oregon) and get one started.
Wright
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Wright Huntley, Fremont CA, USA, 510 494-8679 huntleyone at home dot com
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