[Killietalk] RE: Killietalk Digest, Vol 13, Issue 8

["Marshall Ostrow" <jakaeditor at bellsouth_net>]

Hey Guys and Gals, Read and re-read what Shene said. I, too live in a state
where there are only 3 or 4 members. In fact in Metropolitan Memphis, a city
whose general area includes 1,300,000 people, me and Ron Dubbs are the only
AKA members, and Ron lives about two hours away from me. If you read my
editorial in the March/April issue of JAKA, you'll understand how many of us
miss having someone to talk to about killies other than the people we meet
once a year at the AKA convention. Until I moved here I have always belonged
to local aquarium clubs. Here I would have a lot of camaraderie if I were
interested in "man-eating" piranhas and big mean oscars. But killies? Nah! I
guarantee you that if I still lived in my hometown of Pittsburgh, I wouldn't
miss a meeting of PAKA ever.

Now all you lonely folks in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and
Tennessee, we should take Shene's good advise. I, for one, hereby throw my
hat in the ring to work together with anyone else in these areas who wants
to bring some killie camaraderie to the South and Midsouth. Let's do it, not
sometime, but now. If you're interested in at least talking about it, give
me a call at 901-757-0991, (cell)901-496-5291, or e-mail me at
jakaeditor at bellsouth_net. I, for one, would someday like to see an AKA
Convention held in Memphis. It's a natural. After all, Elvis is alive...he
lives in my toolshed!Call me.

Marshall Ostrow


Message: 1
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 18:54:24 -0500
From: HOLLIS1506 at webtv_net (Leo Arieux)
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] RE: Importations
To: killietalk at aka_org (killifish discussion list)

As Dr. Scanlan so succinctly put , "Please don't forget there are no
affiliate clubs in Alabama or quite a few other states".

There are no affiliate clubs in Louisiana or Mississippi to the best of
my knowledge.  I only wish there were but that doesn't make it happen.
I even tried to start one in Louisiana but could not find enough
dedicated people to start a club, Oh Well.

Stay well,

Leo in hot and humid Metairie, La.

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Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler'


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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 22:09:44 -0500
From: Wayne Morrow <cwmorrow at gbronline_com>
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] RE: Importations
To: killifish discussion list <killietalk at aka_org>

>As Dr. Scanlan so succinctly put , "Please don't forget there are no
>affiliate clubs in Alabama or quite a few other states".
>
>There are no affiliate clubs in Louisiana or Mississippi to the best of
>my knowledge.
Nor Arkansas.

Wayne Morrow
Message: 8
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 11:03:50 -0400
From: "Bill Shenefelt" <william_shenefelt at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] RE: Importations/affiliate clubs
To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>

Hi Leo;
Give it another try!  Check the membership roster and see who all is within
driving range and send out an email.  Bet there are at least 10 to 20
prospects within 150 miles of you.  You apparently have two states to
squeeze members from!.  Up in the Pittsburgh area we started PAKA.  Have
three members from at least 100 miles from here, and have had visitors at
meetings from a lot further.   We do try to meet about every month,
alternating homes but sometimes it just does not work out and we cancel.
Typically we have about 70% attendance of active members and that is about 8
people. I don't remember if you need a particular number of members, but I
don't think you even have to have regular meetings.  If you want to meet
only a couple of times a year, it is still a lot of fun and closer than the
typical conventions and major fish events.  Interim meetings could be via
web page or email, or even a chat room on the internet. Our membership is
almost all AKA member based, but not all of them breed killies.  So what, we
are friends and have a lot of fun.  With shipping a bit tougher than a few
years ago as a group you could get fish into the member home before the
meeting based on member want lists and save some postage.
Bill Shenefelt
http://shene.killi.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leo Arieux" <HOLLIS1506 at webtv_net>
To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] RE: Importations



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