BAYMAC May 8th at Chabot College

[GreshamH]

http://www.bareefers.org/home/node/10244

 

[mpoletti]

I'll bring down a few corals for the BAR booth as well

 

[bookfish]

NCRC was brainstorming for their BAYMAC booth and decided to unwanted DBTC corals at the booth. I made a suggestion and thought BAR might be interested as it represents a way to extend DBTC beyond the self-selected club members...
Why not drive traffic to the site and provide some trackability to the distribution. Offer a 'discount' of $5 (and a postcard with instructions) to anyone willing to agree to join the club and log the coral into the DBTC forum. Just leave a space blank where the person at the table can write in the coral name for ppl who don't know (can't remember etc...). Sure, some or most might not engage but I bet a bunch would. And any DBTC effort is an act of faith in a pay it forward system anyway.

 

[GreshamH]

Damn good idea

 

[xinumaster]

don't you think we should post this event on craigslist, too?

 

[cwolfus]

Hey Jim,

Its a novel and interesting approach, I hope NCRC runs with it and gets good results.

We've taken the stance of not to promoting DBTC to individuals, especially not with actual coral. There are a few reasons:

- Our experience is that promoting DBTC to individuals (instead of clubs) drives DBTC for all the wrong reasons (i.e. the line for free coral starts here!) and encourages people to join the club for free coral, not to learn to be a better reefer or to become part of a community. We may have a few DBTC cards that we give to people in other clubs, but even those don't seem appropriate for the general public. Sure, one strength of the program is to leverage greed in favor of what is best for the animals and the hobby, but there are so many ways it can fail that we feel it is best to promote it to clubs, downplaying the whole free thing to individuals.

- While we welcome new members, we're happy with our current size and don't feel the need to promote membership growth; especially not membership growth that entices people to join for discounted/free coral. So we stack the deck a bit by not promoting some aspects of the club as strongly at public events like this. BAR People at our table will be talking a lot about community and ethical reefing instead.

- As for what to do about all those unwanted DBTC animals, I would rather see us box them up and send them to another club to help get their DBTC off the ground. While it is a bit of a distraction, BAYMAC is a great place to get people to bring corals for shipping to other clubs. Anyone with mad shipping skills want to volunteer to do that?

 

[GreshamH]

 

[bookfish]

That all sounds right to me and maybe I have some of the back issues of the DBTC article Mr. Fugly wrote. If I find any, you want them at the show?
As for shipping out, I guess corals would be held at AC till Monday? Then packed out of there starting early Monday morning? If so, and someone else coordinates it, I'll help. I've packed a coral or 2 in my time as well, LOL

 

[mpoletti]

I have also started a thread on Reef 2 Reef about the event as well, If you are a memeber there, don't be afraid to go and bump up the event

 

[mpoletti]

There are now stickies on RC in the bay area forum and the Sacramento forum as well. Just trying to do my part

 

[Tumbleweed]

Added to the event calandar on Reef Addicts.

 

[GreshamH]

There are now stickies on RC in the bay area forum and the Sacramento forum as well. Just trying to do my part

Thanks. I can't post any on RC anymore

 

[iani]

Dang Gresh that sucks.

Mark, great job.

 

[GreshamH]

I can't post BAYMAC threads, I can still post though.

 

[tuberider]

They did that to me too regarding swaps, my hand was slapped....

 

[seminolecpa]

We don't want informative posts getting in the way of BST threads in the local club forums.

slaps own hand

 

[mpoletti]

I figured so Gresh knowing the policies of RC.

You know I'm good to pawn that crap off on. Whats a post whore post count good for if I can't pawn off an event or two

 

[GreshamH]

Then get my banner in rotation :lol: Kidding of course

 

[tuberider]

No joke, only post non-profit club events in obscure areas so there's plenty of space for people to link their sales in every sub forum.

 

[mpoletti]

Then get my banner in rotation :lol: Kidding of course

Sorry, I'm on TRC, not a godly moderator