What are your thoughts on events?

[PjFish]

Those backstage tours are amazing! Monterey Bay Aquarium tour should be on the horizon I hope?

 

[Chrism1330]

Same, very puzzling

I was confused as well

@Srt4eric we need some clarification on this haha did you mean to say that rob suggested we do a tour at neptunes his own LFS? Not AC right

 

[JVU]

Im confused lol why would neptunes suggest a meet up at AC? Did anyone else catch that or am I misunderstanding

Eric is being cryptic so you all ask. Classic Eric

 

[Mr. Seahorse]

I feel that LFS tours wouldn't be very popular because there isn't much else to see right? Meetups maybe could be managed by members?

 

[PjFish]

Some Bar members do own food establishments with display aquariums which may be a good location to meet/chill / rehydrate! since their always open. Bowl of Pho in Sunnyvale @thephoreefer had an amazing torch tank now transformed ! ,,, Then Kezar Pizzetta in SF next to Kezar Stadium can not remember his Bar name? Here’s a pic of the tank at Kezar Pizzetta I could not find a recent pic of the one at Bowl of Pho.. Both are great places to dine! I don’t know if there are any other current establishments owned or run by Bar members. Think @H2OPlayar was helping with a large tank at a Cantina not sure if that owner is a Bar members as well?
If anyone knows of other food establishments owned by members please shout !

 

[JVU]

I feel that LFS tours wouldn't be very popular because there isn't much else to see right? Meetups maybe could be managed by members?

LFS tours were quite popular before. We’d arrange to see several LFS’s in a large regional area in 1 day, with approximate times per stop. Some people would carpool the whole route, others would join up at the times. It was fun because you’d be talking to other members along with checking out stores you maybe don’t go to normally.

 

[JVU]

We do normally do a behind the scenes tour at either Steinhart or Monterrey Bay Aquarium each year. They are awesome but limited spots

 

[JVU]

Some Bar members do own food establishments with display aquariums which may be a good location to meet/chill / rehydrate! since their always open. Bowl of Pho in Sunnyvale @thephoreefer had an amazing torch tank now transformed ! ,,, Then Kezar Pizzetta in SF next to Kezar Stadium can not remember his Bar name? Here’s a pic of the tank at Kezar Pizzetta I could not find a recent pic of the one at Bowl of Pho.. Both are great places to dine! I don’t know if there are any other current establishments owned or run by Bar members. Think @H2OPlayar was helping with a large tank at a Cantina not sure if that owner is a Bar members as well?
If anyone knows of other food establishments owned by members please shout !

@Hamada for Kezar

 

[Mr. Seahorse]

Some Bar members do own food establishments with display aquariums which may be a good location to meet/chill / rehydrate! since their always open. Bowl of Pho in Sunnyvale @thephoreefer had an amazing torch tank now transformed ! ,,, Then Kezar Pizzetta in SF next to Kezar Stadium can not remember his Bar name? Here’s a pic of the tank at Kezar Pizzetta I could not find a recent pic of the one at Bowl of Pho.. Both are great places to dine! I don’t know if there are any other current establishments owned or run by Bar members. Think @H2OPlayar was helping with a large tank at a Cantina not sure if that owner is a Bar members as well?
If anyone knows of other food establishments owned by members please shout !

Awesome! I need to check them out!

 

[robert4025]

Im confused lol why would neptunes suggest a meet up at AC? Did anyone else catch that or am I misunderstanding

What’s there to be confused about?

AC is an excellent shop and they deserve recognition as well. Just because they are no longer your sponsor doesn’t mean you can’t show your support. Beside, what’s a better way to show that in force than a group visit? Right? I’ve always found that to be more meaningful than anything.

Joe and Karson are understanding guys. Pretty sure they’ll appreciate you make group effort in rebuilding the tarnished relationship with them.

Just my opinion, but I think this is a good start.

 

[B the Nano Reefer]

Joe and Karson are understanding guys. Pretty sure they’ll appreciate you make group effort in rebuilding the tarnished relationship with them.

What caused the relationship to tarnish?

 

[robert4025]

What caused the relationship to tarnish?

That’s a story for another day…

 

[MarcosD]

What’s there to be confused about?

AC is an excellent shop and they deserve recognition as well. Just because they are no longer your sponsor doesn’t mean you can’t show your support. Beside, what’s a better way to show that in force than a group visit? Right? I’ve always found that to be more meaningful than anything.

Joe and Karson are understanding guys. Pretty sure they’ll appreciate you make group effort in rebuilding the tarnished relationship with them.

Just my opinion, but I think this is a good start.

AC is a great store and I know a lot of us visit and recommend it to others. I think people including myself were just confused what Eric meant since there was no context. I thought he was trying to say he talked to Robert (you) and you wanted us to do an LFS tour at your store. Both are close enough though that we could do both in one day

 

[MarcosD]

What caused the relationship to tarnish?

I tried to do some digging in the forums a while back and couldn’t figure out the story. I think only some of the OG members know. Story is probably somewhere in the BOD forum lol

 

[Srt4eric]

I tried to do some digging in the forums a while back and couldn’t figure out the story. I think only some of the OG members know. Story is probably somewhere in the BOD forum lol

We should just leave it be. The club has had its ups and downs in the last 20 years. Right now we have an amazing club with even more amazing members.

 

[Mr. Seahorse]

AC is a great store and I know a lot of us visit and recommend it to others. I think people including myself were just confused what Eric meant since there was no context. I thought he was trying to say he talked to Robert (you) and you wanted us to do an LFS tour at your store. Both are close enough though that we could do both in one day

Yep, AC is my go to shop! They have such a good selection and the owners are nice so they probably will become sponsors with enough support and time.

 

[Mr. Seahorse]

So, BOD what's on the schedule?
MBA tour or meetups I hope!
Some great suggestions have been passed around!

 

[Mr. Seahorse]

I saw that AC was a sponsor in 2016. But I'm very curious sorry and so again WHAT HAPPENED WITH AQUATIC COLLECTION SPONSORSHIP AND SUPPORT TO BAR?
I just am a very curious fella

 

[MichaelB]

So, BOD what's on the schedule?
MBA tour or meetups I hope!
Some great suggestions have been passed around!

We will properly look into things and hopefully get the ball rolling after the swap is overwith that's the main thing in Front of us currently. Most of us work full time in addtion to personal life.

We will definitely start working on more events soon. Please be patient as we are only boring humans with limited bandwith afterall.

 

[MichaelB]

I saw that AC was a sponsor in 2016. But I'm very curious sorry and so again WHAT HAPPENED WITH AQUATIC COLLECTION SPONSORSHIP AND SUPPORT TO BAR?
I just am a very curious fella

Please leave it alone, whatever happened was before most of us were bar members. It’s not revelant to the club at present.