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Re: Killies anyone?

Good Point on the time Karl, even with a time zone change, it is unfair to expect someone with a five or six hour run - or more! - to be there in the morning. When people with killies or whatever to sell arrive however, they register any entries and if they have items for sale, pop open the box and post their listing. Maybe in the past, it just seems like they started before I could get around to the box sales. I can remember times where someone (often you or Larry W.) would bring some incredible fish in, probably the only one a really wanted at the time, and by the time I got to the fish sales, the species or strain I really wanted was sold out.
 
The box sales tend to begin on Saturday whenever a person gets there. In the small experience I've had, probably a lot more items were sold from boxes in the afternoon. Sometimes killies, plants and food cultures were even being purchased into the evening.
 
Times tend to be negotiable at local killie shows. Certainly registration for the regular exhibition/competition is not going to be denied someone from any distance, just because they arrived a little after the theoretical benching deadline. A good example of this was the Michiana Killifish Karnival last February where some people encountered awful driving conditions. Everybody just shrugged off a variable of a couple of hours, opened fish boxes and had a great time palavering.
 
As you know, Chicago made an effort to change their schedule and rules a few years ago specifically to accommodate people from Detroit. Because I'm kidding about my inability to get to events as quickly as some would like, there is no reason why you should feel flamed. :)
 
I recall an AKA convention a bunch of years ago where a guy, who tarried to pack some more entries to be ultimately donated, was turned away because he was over the deadline. They turned down over 30 pairs of his typically wonderful killies. I was dismayed for that person and very surprised. It is true that fish entered closer to judging sometimes are less settled, but our approach has often been to move the judging back if we could. Sometimes we have even switched the afternoon speaker and judging to give everyone a chance to get settled.
 
An advantage of the local shows over bigger events is that the "tyranny of the schedule" need not be in evidence. After all the show is for the killie nuts, not the other way around.
 
All the best!
 
Scott
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Karl Doering
To: killietalk at aka_org
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: Killies anyone?

Scott there has been problems about box sales over the last few years .In your group . I would have to drive 5 to 6 hours to get to your show & AM i can't make. but with the tone of your answer maybe the Michigan isn't wanted
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Davis
To: killietalk at aka_org
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 12:23 AM
Subject: Re: Killies anyone?

Don't the box sales usually start when people arrive Saturday morning? At least that is what Darrell Ullisch has been telling late risers like myself. :) Now if he would just explain what "sunlight" is.
 
All the best!
 
Scott
 
So many killies! So many killinuts! So little time!
----- Original Message -----
From: Karl Doering
To: killietalk at aka_org
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: Killies anyone?

Scott What dose box sales Saturday AM means.Please explain ????
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