Is there a Salt Aquarium Society in Calgary? I'll start one...

[fooser]

That would be interesting, and maybe at the same time get the hobby more well known. I wouldn't mind seeing that happen.

[Jay180reef]

I've been doing research about naming and other marine clubs across North America. These are the common names:

Reef Club
Marine Aquarist Society
Aquarists Association
Saltwater enthusiasts
Reef Aquarium Club
Reef Society
Reef Keepers
Reef Caretakers

Of them all, I think simple is better, and I think the best names are:

1st Calgary Reef Keepers

2nd Calgary Reef Club

[lobsterboy]

count me in big time.

[Patrick1]

The Mongooses thats a good name for a club. The Fighting Mongooses....

[FlamesFan]

if there was a place to hold mini frag swaps where people could bring a 10g and trade frags then im in

lots of groups in the states do this kinda thing. Id like to see what this idea grows into.

[Ephraim]

are you sure that is the correct plural of mongoose?

[Patrick1]

Originally Posted by Ephraim

are you sure that is the correct plural of mongoose?

It was from Futurama..

[es355lucille]

I would be interested. I am from Cochrane......not many reefers out this way to join with.

Brad

[Jay180reef]

Awesome, thanks for the interest. I'm taking note of everyone who's interested and I'll pm you with details.

People interested in joining the club
Jay180reef
xtreme
BC564
Treebeard
digital-audiophile
Frenchie
fooser
lobsterboy
FlamesFan
es355lucille

[Delphinus]

I'd be interested.

I tried to get this off the ground a few years ago but the idea didn't take. Not to be too big a sourpuss or anything but once you start talking about formalizing and having club executives and bylaws and AGM's people start to cool to the idea after a while. At the time I was willing to do all that, because if we did have a club like that, then we can try to host a MACNA one day (maybe that's like 10 years from now though, but if we don't plant the seed, it will never happen). But now that I have two kids, I'm not down for all that anymore. I'll throw my support behind any intiative we do come up with even if it IS a "let's just get together every so often and hang out and gawk at tanks or swap frags" but even for something more, if someone's willing to do the leg work I'll put my name down for it for sure. We could even try to see if we could ally ourselves with CAS, there might be some benefit to that.

Anyhow, colour me interested in the idea.