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    by Published on March 13th, 2012 09:38 AM   


    Schedule:

    Friday

    8:00 pm IBC Judging Seminar


    Saturday

    9:00 am 4:00 pm: Judging

    Speakers
    10:00 am: Setting up your first Aquarium Round Table Panel

    11:00 am: The Planted Tank
    12:00 2:00 pm: Break for Lunch (off site)
    2:00 pm: Michi Tobler
    3:00 pm: Betta Genetics
    4:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Break for Supper Supper (off site)
    6:00 pm: Dean Hougen
    7:00 pm: Gerald Griffin



    Sunday – Auction

    9:00 am – 11:00 am: Registration
    11:00 am
    – whenever we get done: Auction


    Auction Rules (pdf): http://www.theokaa.org/OKAA_Auction_Rules.pdf
    Auction Rules (doc): http://www.theokaa.org/OKAA_Auction_Rules.doc
    Auction Seller's Form (pdf): http://www.theokaa.org/SellersForm.pdf
    Auction Seller's Form (xls): http://www.theokaa.org/SellersForm.xls

    What: The March 2012 OKC meeting featuring a virtual presentation on Pike Cichlids by Vin Kutty, pike cichlid expert and featured speaker at the 2011 American Cichlid Association Convention!


    When: Saturday,
    March 10, 1:00 pm.

    Where: OU Health Sciences Center Robert M. Bird Library auditorium (see map below).

    Why: Virtual Presentation, chat, auction, raffle, and more!

    Who:
    You! You do not need to be a member to attend or to participate in the auction. OKAA is the fish club for everyone!


    Mark your calendars! The 2012 meeting schedule for OKAA is as follows:
    • Aquapaluza! This spring OKAA will host our first ever International Betta Congress show, complete with speakers and all day auction! To be held in OKC April 28 and 29.
      • April 28: Show and speakers.
      • April 29: All day auction.
    • OKC Meetings: 1:00 pm the second Saturday of every month except April at the OU Health Sciences Center Library in OKC. Every meeting features a speaker, auction, raffle, door prizes, chat, and more! This year we'll bring you live, interactive, virtual presentations with world class speakers including the following:
      • January: Mo Devlin on aquarium photography -- an internationally recognized photographer tells us how to take beautiful photos and how to make those photos look even better through editing!
      • February: Randy Carey on "Spawning the Scatterers" -- one of the most successful breeders of tetras, barbs, rasboras, pencilfish, and other egg scatters tell us how he does it!
      • March: Vin Kutty on pike cichlids -- one of the world's experts on pike cichlids will tell us about this beautiful and diverse group of fish, with 200 species ranging from dwarfs to monsters!
      • April: No monthly meeting -- we'll do Aquapaluza instead!
      • ...
    • Tulsa Meetings: The third Sunday of every month except April at the Tulsa Zoo. Each meeting will feature a rebroadcast of the OKC virtual presentation, plus auction, raffle, door prizes, chat, and more! See OKC meeting list for speaker lineup!
    • Special Stillwater Meeting @ OSU! Professor Michael Tobler of the Department of Zoology at Oklahoma State University has invited us to tour his fish room and lab and has volunteered to give us a presentation as well! Michi is an aquarist and an acadmic with expertise in livebearers and cichlids from Central America, not to mention a heck of a nice guy. This should be a great event! February 25 @ 1:00 pm.
    OKAA -- the fish club for everyone! You do not need to be an OKAA member to attend OKAA events or participate in OKAA auctions.

    What: The February 2012 OKC meeting featuring a virtual presentation Spawning the Scatterers by Randy Carey, aka "Randy Characin," TFH columnist and expert breeder!



    When: Saturday,
    February 11, 1:00 pm.

    Where: OU Health Sciences Center Robert M. Bird Library auditorium (see map below).

    Why: Virtual Presentation, chat, auction, raffle, and more!

    Who:
    You! You do not need to be a member to attend or to participate in the auction. OKAA is the fish club for everyone!



    Special Stillwater Meeting @ OSU!

    What: Special February 2012 Stillwater meeting featuring a fish room and lab tour and a presentation by Professor Michael Tobler, better known as "Michi," Expert on cichlids and livebearers from Central America.

    When: Saturday,
    February 25, 1:00 pm.

    Where: Michi's Lab -- Park in the parking lot across from Life Sciences West as shown in the following URL: http://g.co/maps/qu9t2 (or set your GPS to the corner of Drummon Lane and N Monroe Street). We'll go in the southwestern entrance of Life Sciences West.

    Why: Tour, presentation, chat, auction, raffle, and more!

    Who:
    You! You do not need to be a member to attend or to participate in the auction. OKAA is the fish club for everyone!

    Check out Michi's lab's web page: http://www.sulfide-life.info/mtobler/

    What: The January 2012 OKC meeting featuring a virtual presentation by Morrell "Mo" Devlin, aka "AquaMojo" -- internationally known photographer of aquarium fish!



    When: Saturday, January 14, 1:00 pm.

    Where: OU Health Sciences Center Robert M. Bird Library auditorium (see map below).

    Why: Virtual
    Presentation, chat, auction, raffle, and more!

    Who:
    You! You do not need to be a member to attend or to participate in the auction. OKAA is the fish club for everyone!



    Published on February 24th, 2011 12:17 AM

    Consider yourself warned.


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