Re: [Killietalk] West Coast Weekend

[Brian Watters <bwatters at shaw_ca>]

I would also like to echo what others have said about the WCW show. It was
one of the most enjoyable shows I have attended, run in the usual friendly
atmosphere that I have come to associate with the event. It is my
understanding that there were 71 "live" registrations, but many were family
registrations for 2 or 3 people so between 80 and 90 people attended over
the 3 days. As Allan has mentioned, there were 366 entries registered for
the combined show, silent auction and main auction. The quality of the fish
was generally very high and included such rare gems as Pronothobranchius
kiyawensis. There were probably a hundred or more items for the raffle.

The main speaker was John Rosenstock from Denmark who gave an interesting
and entertaining presentation on his 30 years of collecting killies in
Africa. I have known John for many years and have been collecting with him
in Africa. It was, therefore, great to meet with him again. My wife and I
had the great privilege and pleasure to have John and his wife visit with us
in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island for a few days after the show.

My thanks and congratulations to all those who made this an event to
remember.
___________________________
Brian Watters
6141 Parkwood Drive
Nanaimo, BC, V9T 6A2
Canada
Ph: (250) 760-0564
E-mail: bwatters at shaw_ca

> -----Original Message-----
> From: killietalk-bounces at aka_org [mailto:killietalk-bounces at aka_org]On
> Behalf Of Allan Semeit
> Sent: May 3, 2007 6:30 PM
> To: AKA KillieTalk
> Subject: [Killietalk] West Coast Weekend
>
>
> I'm not sure what Sonny meant about Portland, but I had a blast at West
> Coast Weekend.  There were terrific speakers, tons of fish (366
> entries for
> the show, silent auction, and Sunday main auction - according to
> one count)
> and wonderful companionship (a special thanks to whoever picked
> up the beer
> tab for 30+ people Friday night!).  Bring on Portland for an AKA
> Convention!
>
> Allan from Arizona
>
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 04:49:54 GMT
> From: "sonny_beech at juno_com" <sonny_beech at juno_com>
> Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Convention Hotel
> To: killietalk at aka_org
>
>  Guess the Early Bird saying does apply eh? To far and getting to
> expensive for me, I was hoping to attend as first timer. And from
> what came out of Portland, it doesn't sound like I'll be going next
> year if it lands ther. From Florida, I think the only place farther
> would be Alaska, anyone heard of a convention in Alaska ??
>   Killie-cicles anyone !
>
> Sonny
>
>
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