Re: [Killietalk] Show and New Members + Old Members

["Larry B." <Texaslarry at stx_rr.com>]

While new members are critical to any hobby organization to keep the 
traditions going, the retention of old members should be one of the 
major goals. If the old guys don't stick around to show the "newbies" 
the ropes a lot of lore and information gets lost in the 
shuffle.   In perusing the membership rosters of past years, the AKA 
has persisted in 1000 member mark for a long time and now it has 
slowly dropped off to the 850 +/- level..

Larry Botkin  in coolish Corpus Christi, Texas the birdiest city in 
the US for what its worth
AKA 7801
WAKO
TAKO




At 11:00 AM 1/10/2007, you wrote:
>Message: 1
>Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:16:34 EST
>From: Panchax1957 at aol_com
>Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Shows and new members
>To: killietalk at aka_org
>
>Yes, in fact, that is how i became a killi keeper.
>              I attended a local fish show-auction, and picked up a bag of
>five male epiplaty dageti, which i had never seen before, even after years of
>owning a LFS.
>         In my quest for females, i was introduced to Fred B. (when he still
>lived on Long Island).
>      After talking with Fred, and seeing his fishroom, i knew then 
> and there,
>i was hooked on killies.
>       The problem, as i see it, is getting more, new younger 
> members into the
>AKA.
>
>Ray
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