The dates are not set in stone, but we would like a couple extra people to represent OVAS at the membership drives to help people application/registration process. I will be at all the locations.
The proposed dates are Sept 8, Sept 9, Sept 15 and Sept 16 Sept 17th.
Please respond to this thread if you can help and what dates will work for you.
Due to limited space at our Sponsors we do not need too many people at each location.
I will PM people after posting a schedule once we have more details.
Anyone not able to help can always stop by and say hi and renew your Ovas Membership.
Regards,
Bruce
What are the locations?
Thanks!
Once I have a membership card, I could volunteer for a half-day.
that`s it 2 persons show interest? this request went out when?
BTW you don`t need a membership card to help, just like you don`t need a mebership card to help others with hobby related questions - just saying.
Regards
Hello - I am not an active online forum user and I have yet to renew my membership but, if you need help at any Kanata location, I will be more than happy to assist. Any of the dates are good with me. I will be renewing my membership come Sept.
FYI original request went out August 08, 2012, 11:22:54 AM
Confirmed Dates:
La Niche Sept 8 11am-4pm
Aqua Valley - Sept 16 Sept 17th (~4:30 till close)
Sept 22 is a membership drive at the OVAS Meeting.
These are the proposed dates waiting to hear back from the Sponsors:
Big Als Kanata - Sept 9
Fish Tails - Sept 15
Regards,
Bruce
Bruce,
Unfortunately, I won't be available any weekends during the month of Sept.
Sorry,
Jerry
Quote from: bitterman on August 19, 2012, 07:53:23 PM
FYI original request went out August 08, 2012, 11:22:54 AM
Confirmed Dates:
La Niche Sept 8 11am-4pm
Sept 22 is a membership drive at the OVAS Meeting.
These are the proposed dates waiting to hear back from the Sponsors:
Big Als Kanata - Sept 9
Fish Tails - Sept 15
Aqua Valley - Sept 16
Regards,
Bruce
I can almost see BA Kanata from my house so I'll happily volunteer to help at that one.
I'll also be at the OVAS membership drive on the 22nd.
Fishtails Orleans - I'm there. Anyone else in Orleans want to join me?
Remember
"Big Als Kanata - Sept 9
Fish Tails - Sept 15"
are not confirmed dates yet. We are still waiting to hear back from the sponsors so the dates are subject to change.
I will be at all the membership drives.
Regards,
Bruce
Quote from: bitterman on August 20, 2012, 08:10:46 AM
Remember
"Big Als Kanata - Sept 9
Fish Tails - Sept 15"
are not confirmed dates yet. We are still waiting to hear back from the sponsors so the dates are subject to change.
I will be at all the membership drives.
Regards,
Bruce
OK- I will wait to hear back from you if my help is required. Thanks, Jessie
Have not seen any Volunteers for "Aqua Valley - Sept 17th (~4:30 till close)"
Is nobody able to help? If you can help please post in this thread.
Thanks
I'm available to help Sept 8 or 9, Kanata would be good but other places are probably OK.
Kobi
Sorry i will not be able to volunteer as i will have my daughter that week.
How about Big Al's in the east end? Any dates?
I was also looking at the list of supporting vendors and didn't see it listed. Does Critter Jungle offer discounts to OVAS?
Quote from: lucius on August 30, 2012, 12:11:29 PM
How about Big Al's in the east end? Any dates?
I was also looking at the list of supporting vendors and didn't see it listed. Does Critter Jungle offer discounts to OVAS?
Since we have not heard back from BA, I don't expect it will happen. Everything has to go through head office so things take time.
If you goto http://ovas.ca/forum/index.php and look at Forum Sponsors this lists the Ovas sponsors.
Regards,
Bruce
Quote from: bitterman on August 30, 2012, 12:19:28 PMIf you goto http://ovas.ca/forum/index.php and look at Forum Sponsors this lists the Ovas sponsors.
Regards,
Bruce
Yes I see them on the forum index but if you go to the actual sponsors link, they are not listed.
http://ovas.ca/ovas/sponsors
The sponsors link may be out of date and will be updated soon.... Everyone in the sponsors' section of the forum are sponsors. This tends to get updated faster. I do believe they offer a discount to members as well.
Quote from: lucius on August 30, 2012, 04:08:28 PM
Yes I see them on the forum index but if you go to the actual sponsors link, they are not listed.
http://ovas.ca/ovas/sponsors
They are there? Unless someone just added it..theirs is the 3rd from the top.
http://ovas.ca/ovas/sponsors/big-als
Quote from: JetJumper on August 30, 2012, 05:46:33 PM
They are there? Unless someone just added it..theirs is the 3rd from the top.
http://ovas.ca/ovas/sponsors/big-als
I was asking about Critter Jungle. :)
Being a FW enthusiast, just trying to figure out how many
locally owned FW stores I can shop at it. So it looks like the answer is four.
Just a reminder everyone here is the list of Membership Drives:
La Niche Sept 8 11am-4pm
Fish Tails - Sept 15
Sept. 16 community booth the club @ the Ottawa Farmers market Bronson ( Across from Carleton U)
Aqua Valley - Sept 17th (~11 till close time is TBD)
Sept 22 You can purchase memberships at the OVAS Meeting.
So who is willing to help at La Niche? Its this weekend on Sept 8 11am till 4pm
Regards,
Bruce
Bruce i will be there for a short stint, it would be fantastic if one of our Bilingual members can help out- anyone?
Errol
Quote from: charlie on September 07, 2012, 08:19:14 AM
Bruce i will be there for a short stint, it would be fantastic if one of our Bilingual members can help out- anyone?
Errol
Thanks Errol Sounds perfect. Sylros said she could help! I think the 2-3 of us would be perfect! for the event since Sylros is Bilingual.
Regards,
Bruce
Just to confirm that yes I will be there from noon until you don't need my anymore.
Sylvie aka sylros
Quote from: sylros on September 07, 2012, 05:01:22 PM
Just to confirm that yes I will be there from noon until you don't need my anymore.
Sylvie aka sylros
Awesome! Thanks so much to you and all the volunteers!
Bruce
Bruce, I could be there for an hour or so until Sylvie shows up. So from 11:00 to 12:00.
Does that help?
Quote from: ajm1961 on September 07, 2012, 06:50:54 PM
Bruce, I could be there for an hour or so until Sylvie shows up. So from 11:00 to 12:00.
Does that help?
That would be awesome thanks!
Bruce
Quote from: bitterman on September 07, 2012, 07:35:11 AM
Just a reminder everyone here is the list of Membership Drives:
Aqua Valley - Sept 17th (~11 till close time is TBD)
Who do you have to go to this location? I can probably make that date, and my husband who's a salty, hinted he would help as well. We happen to get along with AZ, we can make it fun!
But if there's already someone, that's OK.
Quote from: sylros on September 07, 2012, 10:26:46 PM
Who do you have to go to this location? I can probably make that date, and my husband who's a salty, hinted he would help as well. We happen to get along with AZ, we can make it fun!
But if there's already someone, that's OK.
I said I could be there after work by about 4:20 , and stay until close (6:00)
You're welcome to either take my "shift" or cover some time before then... it's a Monday
Quote from: ajm1961 on September 08, 2012, 07:37:55 AM
I said I could be there after work by about 4:20 , and stay until close (6:00)
You're welcome to either take my "shift" or cover some time before then... it's a Monday
True! You did say that...nope I'm not taking away your spot, I meant that we were willing to take some time off from work to go there during the day. I've got volunteer time that I can use, my husband, well, he works from home and doesn't have fixed hours like most of us do.
I wanted to make sure that the spot was still empty. So we'll do that then?
Sylvie
Quote from: bitterman on September 07, 2012, 07:35:11 AM
Just a reminder everyone here is the list of Membership Drives:
La Niche Sept 8 11am-4pm
Regards,
Bruce
Thanks La Niche , it was a great experience,as mentioned we introduced 50+ hobbyist from all aspects of the hobby that
never heard of OVAS.
La Niche is now fully equipped to sell membership so check them out.
Thanks to Bruce, Sylvie & Andre for volunteering your time today.
Regards
Errol
To add another note...
For sponsors who are hesitating in letting us in to do a membership drive, it will attract existing members who likely won't be able to walk out of the store without buying something. I went to support the troops and managed to spend almost $50
???
Glad it went well!!! Thanks everyone :D
Remember Everyone!
FishTails Tomorow 12:00 (Noon) till 5
Ottawa Farmers market ( Bronson Ave. across from Carleton U) on Sun. Sept. 16 TH from 9-2
Aqua Valley Monday Sept. 17 TH from 11 AM
Thanks,
Bruce
Quote from: bitterman on September 14, 2012, 07:16:00 PM
Remember Everyone!
FishTails Tomorow 12:00 (Noon) till 5
Ottawa Farmers market ( Bronson Ave. across from Carleton U) on Sun. Sept. 16 TH from 9-2
Aqua Valley Monday Sept. 17 TH from 11 AM
Thanks,
Bruce
I can't be there tomorrow as I am babysitting my little (heavy) grandson on Saturday but will try to pop by at the Farmer's market on Sunday. I've never been there.
On Monday, I've got the afternoon off only as a meeting got scheduled in the morning before I could block it off. Will be there latest at 1.
Good luck tomorrow!
I will be at Fishtails in the afternoon as soon as I finish helping my son move. This was not in the cards when I volunteered to be there a few weeks ago. My apologies.
I will drop in at the Farmer's Market and at 4:00 at Az on Monday. Doing what I can!
I can be at Fish Tail tomorrow to help out and maybe on Sunday.
Quote from: ajm1961 on September 14, 2012, 09:08:12 PM
I will be at Fishtails in the afternoon as soon as I finish helping my son move. This was not in the cards when I volunteered to be there a few weeks ago. My apologies.
I will drop in at the Farmer's Market and at 4:00 at Az on Monday. Doing what I can!
Hi Andre, the AZ part can be skipped if you need to pick and choose where as me and my husband will be there along with a few others. Just saying...but I always say the more the merrier!
Quote from: sylros on September 15, 2012, 10:05:27 AM
Hi Andre, the AZ part can be skipped if you need to pick and choose where as me and my husband will be there along with a few others. Just saying...but I always say the more the merrier!
OK - I may skip Monday's at Az. This month is really busy!!
Thanks again to all our helpers and volunteers! Now for the farmers market tomorrow!
Bruce
come on out to the Ottawa farmers market on Bronson Ave. today ( Sunday)support your local farmers & your only local fish club, lets chat , put some names to the on line handles, excellent for those who find Monday night meetings difficult to attend- C U there 9-2
Here the link to the map if you don't know where this is:
http://goo.gl/maps/Tw0VM
Brewer Park, located on Sloan Ave. parallel to Bronson Ave. just south of Sunnyside (across from Carleton University).
Link to Farmer's Market site:
http://www.ottawafarmersmarket.ca/
Quote from: charlie on September 16, 2012, 07:28:34 AM
come on out to the Ottawa farmers market on Bronson Ave. today ( Sunday)support your local farmers & your only local fish club, lets chat , put some names to the on line handles, excellent for those who find Monday night meetings difficult to attend- C U there 9-2
I was in the parking lot at brewer park but couldn't find any spots to park in, while I could have went over to CU, I just wanted to stop in and say a quick hi!
Yes Andrew the parking was impossible on the market side.
I t was a fun day chatting with the folks as they strolled through the market, a lot of kids dragged their mom & dad over , it was quite interesting talking to a few of them, we also got 99% of the folks we engaged in conversation with never knew that there is an Aquarium club in their own backyard, this confirms that OVAS needs to do a lot of work getting it`s name out there.
We even had a teacher who is starting an Aquarium project next week in her classroom stop by & was quite happy to have discovered OVAS.
Errol
Thanks to all those that helped or stopped by to say hi at the membership drives this weekend!
And thanks to Sylvie and Peter for taking care of Az's tomorrow!
Bruce
I want to not only thank all the helpers for the membership drives and Sept 22nd meeting but also those wow are supporting ovas with their membership purchases. Ovas is a non-profit organization and the more Ovas Club Membership we have the more the club can do for you!
Regards,
Bruce