RE: Affiliates (was Re: [Killietalk] RE: Importations)

[Maran Fulvi <maranfulvi at yahoo_com>]

I was hoping it might spread the work around.
That way, affiliate clubs (and their virtual members)
could research sources, work with the AKA's shipping
permits, but have boxes sent directly to affiliate
clubs to spread out the work of acclimating,
establishing, repackaging and shipping. And when
really rare species are received, a club can start a
project for propogation, conservation and distribution
over several generations (as many do now,) all
notifying the wider AKA membership of progress and
availability.

But like I said, I'm new, and I don't know much about
the nuts & bolts of how the AKA is doing things now.
If all the bases are covered, then it's not needed.
Still, virtual memberships in affiliate clubs might
help isolated hobbiests feel less isolated.

-Maran


--- "Kray, Edd" <Edd_Kray at rf.doe.gov> wrote:

> I ask, why is this necessary when the N&RSC is doing
> the importations
> for the AKA and will be making the results available
> to ALL members,
> fairly through the BNL and online listing? Why
> complicate matters when
> the system exists to accomplish what we want
> accomplished?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maran Fulvi [mailto:maranfulvi at yahoo_com] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 7:20 AM
> To: killifish discussion list
> Subject: Re: Affiliates (was Re: [Killietalk] RE:
> Importations)
> 
> I'm new to all this, and maybe this is a crazy idea,
> but what do you think?
> 
> For hobbiests that don't have an affiliate club in
> their area, the AKA could sponsor regional "virtual"
> clubs through email and/or snail mail & phone. Each
> virtual club could be paired with similarly sized
> affiliate club as a "sister" club. 
> 
> Then, if the AKA is helping to centralize the
> permitting fees for importing new and rare species
> and
> assisting with fish box exchanges to the affiliate
> clubs, the affiliate clubs would then notify the
> members of their virtual sister club of new
> availablity and broaden the distribution out to
> them.
> (Of course, with all that shipping there would be
> delays to let the fish recover, but that's not a bad
> thing.)
> 
> Since the local affiliates benefit so much from
> obtaining cheap fish through box swaps, perhaps they
> would be willing to help subsidize the shipping to
> their virtual sister members so that they can reap
> the
> benefits of reduced costs as well as the increased
> availability of a broader variety of species.
> 
> Does this sound workable, or am I dreaming?
> 
> -Maran
> AKA08969
> 
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