Re: [Killietalk] Why new members leave and an idea for new members

["J. C." <hillbillynursery at yahoo_com>]

 Here is my problem with the AKA as of now, and it is
in your list of reasons for not renewing. I need to
find fish and eggs. I do not have the local groups. I
have to cross into 2 states to reach the nearest one.
I have to say the number of listings in this last BNL
were up and I know it is partly due to season. But
there should be 300 or more people listing fish. I
know I am listing what few I have. I brought this up
on killietalk a while back and got some good and bad
feed back off list and on list. The AKA as a group can
not force you to list fish or eggs that you are
producing. Yet when someone joins killietalk and ask
where do I get these fish they are told join the AKA
and you will get the BNL with the F&E listings. I know
the number of members with extra fish or eggs has to
be over 50%. If you do not think it is worth your time
and hassle to sell them through the F&E then ask alot
more than anyone else in there does. Then atleast if I
want that type of fish I can pay the price and aquire
it. What I am saying is make it worth your while to do
so, if this is your reason. I understand the seasonal
problems like to cold or hot during part of the year
in your area to ship and recieve safely. I even have
to deal with this. So I understand why there is so few
listing in winter. But what is everyones excuse now.

   I plan on staying with the AKA if I can afford it.
I am going through a divorce and am now a single
father with 4 kids. I am moving in the next month or 2
so I did not relist my fish in the F&E. And this
upsets me as I know how hard it is for me to get
killies and I feel it is my duty as a member to list
my eggs(currently no fish available). But for now it
is out of my control due to everything happening here.
I hope when the time comes this fall I have the money
to spare to renew my membership and if not you really
have not lost me as I will be here. I am moving into a
house with a garage which will be a fishroom as soon
as the current person gets moved into their new house.


  Because of the Ex leaving me, my plans to attend the
convention where destroyed. I doubt it will be that
close again for many years unless Cin. Ohio group
takes the challenge. I do hope to attend a convention
in the next few years. I would love to meet many of
you in person. I am going to try and plan a get away
for me late summer early fall and travel to the Cin
Ohio group meeting just to be around killifolk. I know
just being around the fish heads at a local aquarium
group was great.

                               Later, John

--- "L. Langione" <lonlangione at suscom_net> wrote:

> Hello,
 I have been doing
> this job for almost a year,
> and here are some reasons people have given me for
> dropping out of the AKA.
> These were from e-mails that I sent to people who
> did not re-join. They went
> back to school, got divorced, thought they would
> make this their hobby but
> realized they didn't have the time needed, some
> died, moved and sold
> everything they had, joined to get killifish and
> were not able to find what
> they wanted,  just got tired of their fish, went
> into saltwater instead of
> freshwater, some were battling illness, went back
> into cichlids, decided to
> down size, decided to breed dogs instead and I have
> to spend more time with
> my family. Only one negative response and it was he
> joined a local affiliate
> club and couldn't see spending $26.00 a year to
> belong to the AKA anymore. I
> really think there is entirely to much emphasis on
> playing the blame game
> and attacking certain people for something that
> really is not a huge
> problem.


John Cox of Cumberland Killifish
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