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Re: [Killietalk] Clarification and more New, Wild & Rare Species
Hey, Karl, if breeding a killifish that no one has ever breed before,
then I am a "class breeder". Count me in. Joe S
On May 14, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Karl wrote:
> Scott what about 50 breeders putting 5 tanks aside for one
> desirable fish.
> I'm in are you???But do we have 50 class breeder i the AKA???
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Davis" <unclescott at prodigy_net>
> To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Clarification and more New, Wild & Rare
> Species
>
>
>> Larry,
>>
>> Your complaint is pertaining to the late AKA N&RS committee. I
>> have no
>> idea of the specifics. You may be correct in your concerns.
>>
>> Specifics of that case aside, that has also got to be one of the
>> hardest
>> and most thankless jobs anywhere. Just everyone has 20-50-100 extra
>> functioning aquariums around the house to accommodate that stuff
>> and skin
>> thicker than an elephant. US F&WL service has certainly made the
>> process
>> more complicated. (And as with all human activities they are right
>> and
>> wrong.) And then there is the cost of shipping...
>>
>> As Tom noted, the use of N&RS was meant as a buzz word to
>> communicate that
>> there would be "more New, Wild & Rare Species" brought
>> in.Unfortunately
>> that may leave non-attending members out of the bidding. The
>> alternative
>> is to make the convention offerings much less than they are.
>>
>> We has a deal with a very gracious person to send in killies for
>> the CKA
>> show in March. Our mistake was to try and bring them in within a
>> window of
>> two weeks. That allowed not one, but two carriers to cancel or
>> reroute
>> flights four times and finally force us to just cancel the whole
>> thing.
>> Our guests by the way, were very gracious about what was attempted
>> and not
>> accomplished. It was still one of the best CKA events ever.
>>
>> Kudos to UNYKA for planning more ahead in terms of bringing those
>> killies
>> in..
>>
>> If a group is going to host a big event, it makes sense to try and
>> do all
>> they can to make it the best possible. Yes some of the killies
>> purchased
>> will not make it. That is true of local auctions too.
>>
>> But the option of nothing ventured, certainly doesn't make the
>> hobby any
>> better. Then nobody gets any killies to breed and spread around to
>> anyone,
>> anywhere.
>>
>> Larry, if you want to bid on one or more of those killies, let me
>> know off
>> list what and how much. Send us a check and a box and we'll mail
>> whatever
>> gets purchased to you Tuesday after the convention. :)
>>
>> Proxy bids are a nice idea, but host clubs are usually unbelievably
>> stretched and don't need that additional labor spread among those
>> still
>> standing. For those not attending who are interested in specific
>> killies,
>> try to work through one of the 100 (plus or minus) attendees. One
>> or two
>> proxies a person wouldn't be too hard and some of us (uh, financially
>> challenged individuals) can look like high rollers. ;)
>>
>> All the best!
>> Scott
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