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OVAS Giant Auction – March 4th

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:19:49 +0000

The annual OVAS Giant Auction will be held on Sunday, March 4th at Jack Purcell Community Centre starting at 10:00. Please see the forum post for full details.

February General Meeting

admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:43:23 +0000

February’s OVAS meeting is centered around photography. Ron (rockgarden) is doing a brief talk about photography, followed by some practice time. We’ll have different stations set up around the room so that people can practice taking photos in different types of scenarios while Ron is walking around offering advice and answering questions. Some stations will have something stationary, some will have an under water subject and some will have moving subjects!

Since we want everyone to have as much practice time as possible, there will not be any show and tell this month. Our club announcements are also going to be as short and sweet as we can make them. Wayne will also have the snacks available for everyone to grab as they socialize and practice their photography skills while Ron is available to answer questions or offer advice.

This is a BYOC event…bring your own camera. It doesn’t matter if it’s an inexpensive point and shoot camera or an SLR camera. Bring whatever you have and learn some great tips..even if you’re an experienced photographer, here’s your opportunity to share your knowledge. If you don’t have a camera, please feel free to come watch and learn.

Earth Day Ticket Purchase

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:04:45 +0000

OVAS Earth Day Event – April 22, 2012

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:16:07 +0000

On April 22nd 2012 at 2:00pm, OVAS will be holding it’s first Earth Day Event!

Location:
Ben Franklin Place
101 Centrepointe Dr.
Chamber Room

Tickets:
$5 for Members
$10 for Non-Members

Speakers:

Alanna Mitchell (Key note speaker)

Alanna Mitchell is a Canadian author and journalist who writes about global science issues. She specializes in investigating changes to the earth’s life-support systems and travels the world in search of scientists at the centre of what’s going on.

Her first book, Dancing at the Dead Sea: Tracking the World’s Environmental Hotspots, came out in 2004 in Canada and in 2005 in the rest of the English-speaking world, to international praise.

The World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the Reuters Foundation named Mitchell the best environmental journalist in the world in 2000 after an international competition. The prize was a fellowship at Oxford University, which Mitchell took up in the Hilary term of 2002, studying with the eminent ecologist Norman Myers.

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Ret Talbot

Ret writes extensively for and about the marine aquarium industry, which he believes can and should play a leading role in tropical reef conservation. He is the co-author of the forthcoming The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Saltwater Aquarium (December 2008), and he writes a regular column called “Ret Talbot Live! Marine Crossroads: Where Science, Ecology & Hobby Meet” for Microcosm Aquarium Explorer, a website showcasing the work an international team of leading aquarium authors, marine biologists, underwater photographers, and tropical naturalists. Ret is a regular contributor to Tropical Fish Hobbyist, and he is also the feature writer for Marine Fish at Suite101.com, where he has written well over 100 online articles about marine aquarium fish, tropical reef conservation, and marine science. He writes the SaltwaterSense blog at Saltwaterfish.com and, most recently, was invited to write a blog at The Reef Tank dealing with the hobby and the industry behind the hobby.

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OVAS Golf Shirts

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:52:06 +0000

Help keep our club visible. Purchase an OVAS golf shirt! All prices include taxes and delivery.

January – February Newsletter

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:56:02 +0000

The January – February OVAS newsletter is now available for download.

January General Meeting

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:33:50 +0000

Our January meeting will be held January 23, 2012 at JA Dulude arena starting at 7:00 pm.

Aqua Inspirations will be giving a demo of how to plant an Amano tank. They aquascape in the Natural Aquarium style, which Takashi Amano is known for. Come on out for an interesting meeting!

We will also hold our last mini-auction before our Giant Auction in March.

Picture of the Year – Winners

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:25:47 +0000

Well, after almost a month of voting we have ended up with a three way tie for the best Picture of the Year.

Congratulations to forum users Parick S, Chubs and jojo621!

2011 Picture of the Year Contest

admin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:58:18 +0000

It’s time to vote for the 2011 OVAS Picture of the Year.

All eight fish-related pictures from this past year have been entered and you can vote for your favourite three.

OVAS Christmas Party

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:07:32 +0000

Our annual Christmas Party will be held at J.A. Dulude on Saturday the 3rd of December.

The Party is a pot-luck supper with OVAS supplying the main course.

Please RSVP!