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New Members from the Last Month

Saltwater Enthusiast Assn of St Louis - SEASL
Luke Brolin
Jeffrey Myjak
Rob Allen
 

MASNA's
purpose is to:

  • Educate our members with quarterly newsletters, the MACNA conference, and other sanctioned events
  • Assist in forming and promoting the growth of clubs within the hobby and the education of their members while ensuring a sustainable future for the marine environment
  • Encourage the ethical growth of the marine aquarium hobby and support captive breeding/propagation
  • Support efforts to eliminate abuses in collecting and transporting marine organisms

 
Blue Sierra Exotics
Drs. Foster & Smith
Reed Mariculture
Two Little Fishies
Champion Lighting
Orange Country Reef Aquariums
Seacrop
MarineGeek.com
Reefchat.org
PRODiBio
Salifert
Reefer's Cafe Website
SeaQuest Marine
Virginia Coral Farms
AquariumDirect
Front Range Aquatics
 

 

M A S N A

B. O. D. Meeting minutes
This month’s meeting was held
Electronically on Jan. 10, 2001 at 9:00 pm ET

Board members present:

Nancy Swart- President
Dennis Gallagher- Vice President
Cindy Jones – Secretary
David Adkins – Treasurer
John Brandt – MAC Representative

Absent – None

Delegates Present – None

Agenda

1. Approval of December minutes

2. Officers’ Reports

a. President
b. Vice President
c. Secretary
d. Treasurer
e. Editor
f. MAC Representative
g. Web

3. Committees

a. Membership
b. Fundraising/Scholarship
c. Database

4. Old business

5. New business

a. Dennis’ Contract (Please review prior to meeting)
b. M12 Financials
c. M13 Status Report
6. Open discussion
7. Adjournment

The meeting was called to order at 9:08 pm ET

 

Minutes of December 2000 BOD meeting approved

Officers' Reports:

President – Nancy Swart

Discussed and finalized the Hotel contract for M13.
Reviewed and discussed Dennis’ contract.

Vice President – Dennis Gallagher

Worked on Hotel contract. To be signed and submitted.

Secretary – Cindy Jones

Sent December minutes to archives.
Sent sympathy card to Stan Brown

Treasurer – David Adkins

Account balance around $12,934.00
Sent off corporation papers – should take about one week

Editor – Nancy Swart

Winter 2000 issue of Marine Scene mailed Dec. 16. Many complimentary issues sent

MAC Representative – John Brandt

"Best Practices" documents through the first round of reviewers.

Web – Nancy Swart

Changed all M13 online forms to reflect new rates and fees.
Installed Shopping Cart for Video and T-shirt sales.
Put up Holiday decos.

Committee reports

Membership

Three new members form Internet site, Connie Hannon, Daniel Shanks and Ken Zimmerman, (a referral from Dave).

New Business

All M12 bills have been paid.
Are there records showing the cost breakdowns so we can track future years?
Status report on M13 not submitted.
Status of M14 is unknown – will depend on M13.
Do we ‘farm out’ MACNA? – issue tabled.
Need to reconfirm speakers for M13.
Approved MACNA coordinator position

There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 11:28 pm ET