OVAS June General Meeting - last one until September

[PaleoFishGirl]

It's that time again! Our next meeting will be held on

Monday, June 25th at the Jack Purcell Community Centre
at 7:00pm sharp

Events include:

• introduction of the newly elected Executive Committee


• a top-secret presentation by DarkDep (no pressure, APW!)


• the Mini Auction - if you would like to pre-register your auction items, please contact artw  reminder: items must be bagged properly - no Ziploc bags will be accepted!


• socializing with other members of the club


• cake!

OVAS Memberships and t-shirts are available for purchase at the meeting.

Please bring a travel mug or your own cup for coffee/juice if you can.  We'd really appreciate it as we throw out a lot of styrofoam cups after each meeting.

Limited parking at the JP is available (talk to the front desk for a parking pass), or there is free parking on Elgin and surrounding streets after 6:30pm.

We hope to see you all there! Come out and help us celebrate another fun year with OVAS.

Questions/comments? Feel free to post them here

[artw]

As PFG mentioned this is of course our last Mini Auction until September.  I would just like to remind everyone to please register your items with me before 7pm on the day of the meeting.  If you plan on arriving late please tell me before the meeting

Thanks

[RoxyDog]

You gotta come and see the cake, it's going to be "special".  I hope. 

[washefuzzy]

Oh Boy Cake!

[Fishnut]

Is it possible to ensure that it's a peanut free cake?

[charlie]

I think we should all wear some type of name tag. 
Regards

[beowulf]

I never think of having a name tag.

[RoxyDog]

Is it possible to ensure that it's a peanut free cake?

it'll be home made from one of those mixes...with icing...I dunno, does that make it peanut free?  if not, tell me how and I'll do what I can. 

[groan]

get the betty crocker mix and icing. they are usually nut free if you stick to the plain chocolate or white mixes.
that's what we use for our little one.
just check the ingredients and if they read as having no nuts or nut products you should be OK. it may not read as being nut free (like Chapmans ice cream).

it is extra good if they list other allergens like contains wheat or milk then you know they are listing all known allergens.

thus concludes your short instructional information on food allergy prevention.
Have fun at the meeting!

[PaleoFishGirl]

I thought this might help persuade some more people to attend on Monday night (not that cake isn't a big enough draw already!). 

Door prizes (free door prize ticket just for showing up to the meeting!) this month include:

• Elite Hush 35 Power Filter x 2
• Penguin 150 Bio-Wheel Filter
• Marina Micro LED Light
• Hikari Cichlid Gold Medium Pellets
• AquaPlus/Nutrafin food combos x 2
• Marina Aquarium Algae Scraping Magnet (large)
• Nutrafin Bloodworms
• Hikari Cichlid Staple Food
• Hikari Betta Bio-Gold
• Nutrafin Floating Pellets
• Hagen Low-Range pH kit

There's a great chance that you'll win a nice door prize this month so come on out!

[succinctfish]

So, where do we get these door prize tickets from?  Last month I missed the draws because I never got a ticket.    Not that I ever win anyway.    I thought it might be nice to let the new folks at the meeting know as well, so that they can have a chance to win those great prizes. 

[PaleoFishGirl]

Door prize tickets are always handed out during the break, before the mini auction (and draw).  If you aren't approached and handed one, someone always yells out "hey, does anyone NOT have a door prize ticket?" so pay attention

[succinctfish]

Door prize tickets are always handed out during the break, before the mini auction (and draw).  If you aren't approached and handed one, someone always yells out "hey, does anyone NOT have a door prize ticket?" so pay attention

Hey, it's not my fault, so many cool people to chat with, nibbles and drinks to get, smokers to drag back inside, so little time....

[Crumpet]

Thanks Roxy for the special One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish cakes -- they were tasty!

[Laura]

Thanks for all your hard work Roxy!!
By the time I got to the table, the blue tongued evil ones had scarfed down the whole chocolate cake and I got to enjoy 'red fish'.
Yum yum.....

[PaleoFishGirl]

The cakes disappeared so fast I didn't even see them... all I saw was the evidence   Thanks Roxy!

Thanks also to tonight's guest auctioneer, fishycanuck! You did great! I guess this means you are taking over for me now?

[PaleoFishGirl]

Photos from last night's meeting.

Thanks for coming out, everybody, it was great to see you!

[fishycanuck]

Hey, I didn't see DarkDep at all. What was the top secret presentation???

[PaleoFishGirl]

There was supposed to be a cool video (set to music) of all the past year's photo contest entries.

[RoxyDog]

guess I should have made a yellow fish too?  sorry I missed the blue tongues.