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Re: [Killietalk] losing interest?
Seems like someone had mentioned that next years AKA convention was
going to be in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Is this so?
George
Joe Bulterman wrote:
>>Is it possible the AKA might ever have a show on the west coast?
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>My understanding is that there is talk about this for next year's AKA convention but I have not heard about anything that has been decided and I don't know any details. My guess is that something will be firmer in about 3 weeks.
>
>Thanks for the analyis Ms. Kate. Sounds thoughtful and insightful.
>
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>----- Original Message ----
>From: Kate Breimayer <kate at munat_com>
>To: killietalk at aka_org
>Sent: Friday, May 5, 2006 3:47:11 PM
>Subject: Re: [Killietalk] losing interest?
>
>
>Is it possible the AKA might ever have a show on the west coast? I get
>one trip a year, if I was to go to the east coast it would be to visit
>friends I haven't seen in years, go to the Smithsonian or the Georgia
>Aquarium, see the fall colors in New England, New Orleans, snorkel the
>Florida Keys, visit NYC... there is no way I would be able to
>rationalize the con when I have never done these other things. Course
>if you want to hold the next convention in New Orleans, Queens or the
>meeting rooms of the Georgia Aquarium I am totally down with that!
>
>I think WCW attendance was down because previously we had an
>artificially high attendance as the local freshwater club was booming.
>Most never kept a killi and chatted through the lectures (and some
>didn't pay), but it was nice having them. Lately their club has suffered
>a lot of negativity such that people have speculated it won't survive,
>and the members don't have reason other than socialization to pay 20
>bucks to attend a killi show. Last year we had people fly in from other
>states as well who didn't show this year. Maybe they will make this a
>once in a while thing, I totally understand that, there are other clubs.
>Or the general economic downturn so many of us are experiencing is
>forcing cutbacks.
>
>There was also some problem with it being a holiday of some sort. Don't
>remember if it was school or maybe a christian thing but it was
>definitely a family thing. Auction and show fish numbers were also down
>which was sad, speculation was that people were sending to another show
> but I think people just didn't like the 50/50 split. I think the show
>is very important. Don't like the split, don't auction the fish, I
>don't. The show is great for the newbies, it's how they first learn what
>the fish really look like instead of what they look like in the photos
>on aquabid! Oddly this year the gardneri went for more than a buck. All
>the fish sale prices were up but there were far fewer fish for sale.
>
>Definitely lets spread out the shows over the year, and maybe at some
>point the AKA can have a show over here. And lets all try to avoid those
>holidays that make some members with kids unable to break free. Sad to
>see someone whose club for their one hobby has it's big yearly event and
>they can't leave the house because they have to feed the kids grilled
>meat at 4 or some other random tradition they can't break.
>Kate
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>>>>For the record, I don't think that is why people are losing interest
>>>>and, for that matter, I'm not convinced that people are losing
>>>>interest, in particular in the killie hobby as a part of the larger
>>>>aquarium hobby. My feeling is that we are holding our own in comparison
>>>>to other branches of the fresh water aquarium hobby. That is not to say
>>>>that we should rest on our laurels. We should continue to expose people
>>>>to killies as an interesting group and continue to do our best to
>>>>recruit people to the hobby and the AKA. Personally I think that happens
>>>>mostly at the grass roots level not because we do or don't post show
>>>>results immediately. The grass roots level includes such things as
>>>>trying to encourage local stores to keep some killies, talking to people
>>>>in stores when the opportunity arises, being active in local aquarium
>>>>societies and so on. In other words, it is the "work" of individual
>>>>members that attracts people to the hobby.
>>>>
>>>>Barry
>>>>
>>>>Barry J. Cooper
>>>>Sweet Home, OR 97386
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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