GWAPA Membership Dues are Due

[krisw]

It's that time of year again! Our memberships all begin and end on the year. I have sent out emails to all of our current members whose membership will expire at the end of 2007.

2008 should be a great year for the club. We hope to introduce a number of new topics, workshops, and events based on the survey results we've collected from you. In addition, the club will continue to provide the benefits that we're all so used to:

- High quality rock, wood, and substrate available to members at excellent prices.

- Our 3rd annual 2.5G aquascaping contest.

- A $150 aquascaping contest, only available to meeting hosts.

- Group orders on a variety of dry goods and livestock, minimizing shipping costs, and potentially negotiating reduced costs.

- Monthly meetings, with more guest speakers and topics in the works.

- Mini-auctions with some of the rarest quality plants available in the hobby, at unbeatable prices.

- Membership discounts available at a number of local fish stores.

- Online forum access, with informative online support and conversation. (And a new forum with more up-to-feature features.)


Currently, these are the members that DO NOT need to renew, as their membership runs through 2008:

Bush, William
Cali Jr., Joseph
Considine, Blaise
Donohoe, Todd
Dotson, Rick & Mary
Ghori, Ghazanfar
Godbey, John
Gyorffy, Viktor
Hammet, Judi
Ianculescu, Cristian
Kalmes, Jonathan
Kelly, John
Lenke, Jeffrey
Meek, Brian
Pabst, Bill
Parker, Aaron
Patel, Jigna
Skaptason, James
Snyder, Donald
Terrell, Chris
Ucciardo, Jeffrey
Weinhold, Kris
Wilke, Robert
Williams, Dave

If you are not on this list, please consider renewing your membership by visiting this URL (or renewing in person at the January meeting):

http://www.gwapa.org/join.html

[krisw]

One final reminder to please renew your membership if you have not yet done so. Following the March 29th meeting, I will deactivate non-member forum accounts, so please make sure you're up to date now, or at the March meeting.

[neilanh]

I think I paid....?

[krisw]

Neilan, you're good to go. To anyone else, just email me directly at gwapa@gwapa.org if you're unsure.

[krisw]

FYI: I've updated the forum so that you can now see when your membership expires by clicking on the "Profile" link at the top of any forum page.

If your dates are not listed or if you believe they are incorrect, please contact me and we'll work it out.

[DelawareJim]

Kewel! Thanks.

Cheers.
Jim

[krisw]

After updating all of our records, we currently have 68 members in GWAPA. I think this is a club high for membership! Thank you to everyone who invited new folks over the last year, and welcome to all of the new members. And of course, GWAPA wouldn't exist without the core members who have been with the club for years.

We're currently planning the 2nd half of the the year, and I don't think you'll be disappointed with some of the things we have planned. More on that, as we have more information.

[jiga923]

This might be a silly question, but if there are 68 members then why is the members list a 175 pages long? Just wondering

[ingg]

Forum members - you can be a forum member, with limited rights, without being a club member. And those names aren't purged, i.e., if you were a club member in 2001 but not current, you'll still show up in the forum members list.

[John G]

I see that among our newest members (#2033) is "OnlineVIAGRAcheapestCIALI" who lists their location as "The LEVITRA Catalog . SPECIAL OFFER>>10 CHEAP VIAGRA SOFT FOR FREE...!!!!."

Perhaps it's time to purge the Memberlist.