Michigan Cichlid Association

Announcements => Aquatic Events => Topic started by: Regalblue on May 13, 2013, 09:40:17 AM

Title: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: Regalblue on May 13, 2013, 09:40:17 AM
Biography: Rick Borstein is the Webmaster of the Greater Chicago Cichlid Association (GCCA), President of the Chicago Livebearer Society (CLS) and President of the Federation of American Aquarium Societies (FAAS). Rick was the Chairman of the successful 2006 American Cichlid Association Convention held in Chicago, IL. Rick has spawned over 200 species of cichlids and is one of only ten people to hold the title of Master Breeder in the GCCA. Rick’s basement fishroom has 32 tanks ranging in size from 5 gallons to 125 gallons. Rick is primarily interested in cichlids and livebearers.
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: Jaws22 on May 13, 2013, 09:47:19 AM
What will his presentation be?
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: Regalblue on May 13, 2013, 09:54:01 AM
What will his presentation be?
The BOD is still discussing which talk he will give. But, you can guarantee it'll be a good one,  coming from a big name speaker like Rick Borstein.
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: Marty on July 11, 2013, 12:05:54 AM
The meeting is about 3 weeks away!

Rick's talk will be,   "The Road to Master Breeder: Tips and Techniques for Spawning Cichlids"
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: fishman on July 29, 2013, 02:06:23 PM
I look forward to the meeting this Friday.
Biography: Rick Borstein is the Webmaster of the Greater Chicago Cichlid Association (GCCA), President of the Chicago Livebearer Society (CLS) and President of the Federation of American Aquarium Societies (FAAS). Rick was the Chairman of the successful 2006 American Cichlid Association Convention held in Chicago, IL. Rick has spawned over 200 species of cichlids and is one of only ten people to hold the title of Master Breeder in the GCCA. Rick’s basement fishroom has 32 tanks ranging in size from 5 gallons to 125 gallons. Rick is primarily interested in cichlids and livebearers.
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: djlamonica on July 29, 2013, 09:37:10 PM
Really wish I could make this but sadly, never out of work on time to make the trip.
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: atmagoulick on July 30, 2013, 11:29:30 AM
Sounds good,

I'll need the time and location.

Thanks
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: Regalblue on July 30, 2013, 12:04:07 PM
Sounds good,

I'll need the time and location.

Thanks

Our meetings are held at:

Trinity Lutheran Church 45160 Van Dyke Utica, Mi 48317 (at the corner of M59 and Van Dyke)

The meeting starts at 7:30pm
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: jcunningham0295 on July 30, 2013, 01:02:14 PM
Is Rick brining some of the shirts as well from the Classic?  I would like an XL.
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: Regalblue on July 30, 2013, 01:40:11 PM
Is Rick brining some of the shirts as well from the Classic?  I would like an XL.
No, those had to be paid for up front.  I don't think there's enough time now.
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: atmagoulick on August 01, 2013, 07:59:52 AM
What is the day?  Sounds like fun.  I'm going to try to go.
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: djlamonica on August 01, 2013, 08:13:02 AM
Set it up with work so I could go.  Then we got rained out yesterday and all plans are ruined.  :  (
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: linuxrulesusa on August 01, 2013, 09:03:16 AM
What is the day?  Sounds like fun.  I'm going to try to go.

Tomorrow night.  7:30.
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: Marty on August 02, 2013, 05:08:03 PM
For those of you that live further away, usually the speaker doesn't start their talk until closer to 8, so you do have some additional time to get there.
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: Regalblue on August 02, 2013, 11:59:32 PM
Thank you everybody that came out. Hope you enjoyed yourself & had a good time.
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: Marty on August 03, 2013, 02:09:11 AM
I thought this meeting turned out great!  My thanks to Blair for coordinating with Rick Borstein to arrange the visit and the box swap. 

Turnout was great, the talk was interesting and informative, and between raffle ticket sales and auctioning off the additional bags of fish that Rick brought, we just about paid for Rick's entire speaking fee!

Rick and his son both have additional talks they can do, so I'd definitely like to have him back out again if we have enough positive feedback.
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: RichE on August 03, 2013, 08:51:42 AM
It was a great time and I learned a lot being a newbie.

Picked up some "rare" fish per Rick and His Son

That's what is great about this club,lots of great info and even better people.
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: TrailerParkFishTanks on August 03, 2013, 09:34:36 AM
I enjoyed ricks talk a lot; he was informative and incorporated his personal experiences into his talk which for me is a big plus. I also liked that I came home with some fish from a totally different continent that I wouldn't normally have known about. I look forward to the next meeting and if we get rick back out here again I will definitely be attending that as well.
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: jcunningham0295 on August 03, 2013, 07:01:04 PM
Rick and Sam did a great job.  Box swap was cool too.  I would live to hear his talk on automating water changes....  Thanks Blair for coordinating.
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: PowerCerg One on August 03, 2013, 07:10:07 PM
Rick and Sam did a great job.  Box swap was cool too.  I would live to hear his talk on automating water changes....  Thanks Blair for coordinating.

I would love to hear about those, too.
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: danielratti on August 03, 2013, 08:06:24 PM
You just need to do water changes. ;)
I got 2 pumps you can borrow to speed it up.
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: danielratti on August 03, 2013, 08:07:35 PM
P.s Tell your dad Ill come by tomorrow to look at the skimmer. You can come over if you want too lazy to text you
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: atmagoulick on August 04, 2013, 05:08:00 PM
Fun event!
Title: Re: August general meeting, guest speaker- Rick Borstein
Post by: eastsidejim on August 07, 2013, 06:49:43 PM
was a great time sorry i was late i was working in lansing for the day