FMAS BOARD MEETING MINUTES
November 9, 2016
eDDIES hOUSE: 17016 nw 22 sTREET, pEMBROKE pINES, fl 33028
Meeting CALLED TO ORDER: 7:38pm
Attendees: Allen Strachan, Gayle Velazquez, Eddie Soler, Eddie Steinman, Renee Steinman, Lulio Vasquez, Julio Perez
Review of October, 2016 BOD meeting Minutes: Allen approves, Eddie Soler seconds
Review of October, 2016 Treasurers Report Minutes: Allen approves, Eddie Soler seconds
Florida Resale Certificate – We need to get it to the wholesalers. Eddie Soler took one to Andrea’s. Eddie Steinman needs a copy to take to All Seas.
| SPEAKERS | EVENTS | |
| October 25th | Mark Callahan – at SPHS Eddie Soler will get the Apex Auto feeder Eddie Steinman got the Eheim Digital Auto Feeder. Mark is staying with Dave. | Eddie Seaquarium trip since it was cancelled due to the weather, Possibly October or Nov. |
| November 15th – the week before Thanksgiving (not the week of TG) | Mike Paletta November 15th SPS expert – WE NEED A COMPUTER FOR HIM!!!! Eddie Soler will bring the FMAS laptop to the meeting for Mike | Tank Hop – November 5th? November 12th? Nov 5th it is Lulio is ON Julio Basanta- is ON Ixsander- Is ON Ty- ????? Richard (friend of Julio B, and Ixsander)- Is ON |
| December 3rd is better. If not, then 10th | Holiday Party | |
| January | Eddie Soler is working on finding a speaker for January: Maybe Julian Sprung? Or Rogger? | |
| February | Kevin Cohen – Eddie Soler will reach out to him to confirm | |
RAFFLE Volunteer needed for 2017
Membership:
Lourdes will work with Alan to design the new 2017 membership cards.
Lourdes is going to make a design this weekend and send it out to the BOD for approval.
WEB SITE / SOCIAL MEDIA: ADDITIONAL EVENTS / FIELD TRIPS:
Elections committee:
UPDATE- Julio and Allen will be the elections committee from the BoD. Julio and Allen need to talk with Johnny.
Gayle will look into a more central location for future board meetings.
Tank Hop: Tank Hop was excellent – the fish tanks were jaw-dropping. About 23-25 people
Aquarimania Committee Report:
We’ve decided to cancel Aquarimania. UPDATE: they will be refunding our money, but they had our PO box address wrong.
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 |
| June | No big item | $200 | $290 | $10 |
| July | No meeting – picnic | No raffle | No raffle | No raffle |
| August | No raffle – all proceeds donated for school. One big raffle all went to one person | No raffle | No raffle | No raffle |
| September | DP-4 – Jebao Auto Dosing Pump | Did not get raffled. | No raffle | No raffle |
| October | Apex Auto Feeder & DP-4 – Jebao Auto Dosing Pump | $100 for Apex + $60 for DP4 | $316 | $20 |
| November | Eheim Auto Feeder | |||
| December |
OPEN DISCUSSION:
We need to find a place for the holiday party. Eddie Soler has been trying to reach the woman who is the new contact for the Davie’s womens club, but she has not been answering or returning his calls.
- Lulio will ask about his church
- Renee will call a bunch of places this week
Dave is dealing with a lot of issues with the school. The guy who was supposed to be building the stand for the tank is not responding. Also, Cary needs to buy about 15 LED lights for the school.
Meeting Adjourned: 8:55pm