Of course Port Alfred would be a good spot (surely anyone who is serious wouldnt mind a one and a half hour drive each way) having it in EL will just lead to An EL reefkeepers club, PE is much bigger than EL ( i am not talking about People who post on Forums Just look at the LFS's here compared to EL)
And yeah get hold of AMAS as well they are the oldest Marine Aquarist Society in SA, Also get hold of FELA and the Oceanarium
Also I think the purpose of the club much be made clear.
And you would need to involve, "non internet reefers" there are many out there with plenty to offer, also involve the LFS's right from the beginning so that they dont feel like you are forcing anything on them, let them have a say.
If you are going to this and want to have credibility its going to have to be representative
And be careful of making it an wannabe enviromental policing agency.
Good luck it seems like a good idea
Kanga in no way am i trying to detract from or take over any marine club, we need a a provincial body to represent the eastern cape which will associate itself with the national body, and in turn we hope for FELA and AMAS and any other association to associate with us.
And be careful of making it an wannabe enviromental policing agency.
you tredding on dangerous waters there dude as if you know what he government has in store for us you wouldn't rule this out, just because ppl are raping our coast in short government wants to stop all import of all marine inverts, does not solve the raping story but effects us as marine aquariust, we need one voice per province to speak through a national association to let the government know we intend no harm to our environment but support the conservation of it.
cal if i have anything wrong here pls correct me,
another thing i volunteered to get this off the ground as it has been speak for a while now and no one has done anything about it, i have not said i am president instead acting president until the people can vote for a comitee, if you would like to see further what we have on the plans(tridan and myself) look at the ECMAA forum on SARK, we asked for a forum here to keep it neutral grounds as this is not a forum initiative but a provincial, we hope to relay information across boards and communicate via non form members via LFS's, we are wanting someone in PE and surrounding towns to approach LFS's there but we need to get a mission statement and a vision first, obviously we can not do unless we have formalised a committee.
i ask and would very much appreciate everyones co operation with this to get the word out to as many reefers as possible forum members and non forum members as this can and will only benefit the hobby in a strong and positive way.
you suggested we have a meeting in port alfred? i suggest the pig and whistle in bathurst, (been a while since i been to monkey town anyways) good foos and the locals are a laugh
Our POA is to get flyers up at all LFS's advertising the fact that a committee is to be formed and we need support, the flyers i will pay for to have printed and sent around the eastern cape, again i stress that this is a provincial initiative and not a internet board looking for more hits
peace dude and chill