FMAS BOARD MEETING MINUTES
June 7, 2016
eDDIES hOUSE: 17016 nw 22 sTREET, pEMBROKE pINES, fl 33028
Meeting CALLED TO ORDER: 7:48PM
Attendees: Eddie Soler, Alan Strachan, Dave Thompson, Gayle Velazquez, Julio Perez
Review of May, 2016 BOD meeting Minutes: Dave motions to approve them. Allan seconds. All approve.
Review of May, 2016 Treasurers Report Minutes: Dave motions to approve them. Allan seconds. All approve.
Florida Resale Certificate: Julio spoke to Ari and his assistant and they are setting up the paperwork for this. Julio will call them tomorrow and will keep harassing them. Julio will send the information to Allen.
| SPEAKERS | EVENTS | |
| June 28th | Meeting at Nova University – confirmed. Mark Esquinazi: Feeding Corals | |
| July 30 | No speaker – no meeting. | July 30 picnic at Oleta – $133.45 to rent the pavilion near the beach, they have a grill. Eddie Steinman went over there and paid the deposit. 11AM – 3PM, Club will provide burgers, dogs, buns, drinks, silverware, plates. Members can bring sides. Must be a member. Eddie will get find out what pavilion from Eddie Steinman. Gayle and Dave will coordinate to bring everything |
| August 23rd | Charlie Gregory – Dave Thompson confirmed the date with Cary – fish diseases | Turtle Release – Gayle will contact Nova to schedule this |
| September 24th at 10AM | Sanyai Yoshi (Saturday) September 24th, confirmed. At Nova. – Redundancies for safety | Poker Run – cancelled for this year so that we can concentrate on Aquarimania. |
| October 25th | Mark Callahan – at SPHS | |
| November 15th – the week before Thanksgiving (not the week of TG) | Mike Paletta November 15th SPS expert – | Tank Hop – November 5th? November 12th? Talk to DannyDJD from ReefCentral (My 1300 gallon addiction: A Miami reef build story.) Talk to wanderlest from ReefCentral (Cousin of the 1300 gallon addiction: The Miami Kitchen Build) Dave will start organizing this to get tanks to visit |
RAFFLE Volunteer needed.
Membership: Allen will send Dave a list of names of people who signed up for membership at the Frag Swap
WEB SITE / SOCIAL MEDIA: ADDITIONAL EVENTS / FIELD TRIPS:
Frag Swap: ReCap- about 400 people attended, try to plan ahead better for the raffle next year – order stuff ahead of time. Remarks from vendors (and attendees) were very positive. About 30 vendors.
Aquarimania Committee needs to be established ASAP – Eddie Soler, Eddie Steinman, Ty, Gerard Loisel, Julio, Dave
RAP NY??
Fl Frag Swap, 6-11-16 11am – 5pm: They are offering table and membership drive items. Half off the price of entry for FMAS members. Free entry for people who sign up for FMAS membership that day, Dave will advertise this event on FB. Eddie Soler will send out an email about it. Eddie Soler can b
T-Shirts’: they are in. We will sell them for $10. Cost was $7.XX
We are donating $175 x 2 to sponsor 2 kids to go to summer Marine Biology camp at Key Biscayne for MAST academy. Gerard Loisel is the organizer. Checks need to be sent.
RAFFLE Report
| Month | Big Raffle Prize Item | Cost of Raffle Prizes | Cash from selling Raffle Tickets | Money PayPayl’ed for Raffle |
| January | GoPro | Fish cost $150 (GoPro was donated) | $320 | $80 |
| February | Band saw | 352.47 | 140 | |
| March | No big item | Less than $340 | 60 | 40 |
| April | No big item / Achilles tang | $254 | $231 | $20 |
| May | 4 channel Jebeo doser (DP-4) | $120 | $240 | $60 |
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OPEN DISCUSSION:
Meeting Adjourned: 9:27 PM