Back from MACNA!

[Greg Hiller]

One of the many Zero Edge tanks:

A close up of the ORA tank:

Another close up of the ORA tank, showing some coral that apparently is highly sought after at the moment (left edge of photo):

 

[fanaglethebagle]

Actually, a lot of the ORA stuff was not even released yet.

 

[Gina McReeferson]

Nice pics Greg. I can't believe we missed that party, we went right to the hotel after the speech, we were exhausted and starving! We were in the food line right when they ran out. I had to get something to eat. I ate so many crackers with a bunch of Wis Pride cheese back at the hotel (we had brought it for the ride), I had a stomach ache the next morning.

 

[Gina McReeferson]

BTW.... The last Macna I attended, in Boston, produced another addition to my family!! ( I call "Brady" my macna baby)............

Oh oh, maybe David and I won't go to MACNA next year after all.

 

[delta]

Oh oh, maybe David and I won't go to MACNA next year after all.

Let us know in a month or so

 

[rmleal]

Love the pics keep it going. I so want to go to the next one

 

[Gina McReeferson]

And some lucky guy with his new light fixture:

Oh yeah, we saw you win that, we were right up front. David was so jealous, he put some tickets in that one. Congratulations! I'm not an equipment person but David said it was pretty sweet.

 

[The_Colonel]

Oh yeah, we saw you win that, we were right up front. David was so jealous, he put some tickets in that one. Congratulations! I'm not an equipment person but David said it was pretty sweet.

I would have liked to have met you guys, but I am sure I will soon!

 

[RobboT]

Looks like you all had fun while I was stuck in an office in Lakewood, CO.

Does anyone know what the attendance was? It looks pretty huge. I saw at the website they sold off over 100 booths worth of space to like 75 vendors. 20 speakers too. Gone are the days of a couple hundred attendees and a couple dozen vendors like my first MACNA in Louisville.

Despite all the issues with MACNA Boston I still think the BRS is largely responsible for MACNA being the size show it has been the past few years. It's good to see that the reefing community has kept up the pace
I seem to recall we had a small issue of our own with Mr. Walt Smith, not a huge one, small misunderstanding. Maybe we could have had our very own uncomfortable video if we had resolved the issue differently

 

[Gina McReeferson]

I would have liked to have met you guys, but I am sure I will soon!

Same here! I'm sure you'll meet David soon enough, he attends most meetings (I work on Saturdays so I miss most, unfortunately).

 

[SALTYOLDDOG]

the attendance

ROB THEY SAID the attendance WAS OVER
850

 

[marco67]

Gone are the days of a couple hundred attendees and a couple dozen vendors like my first MACNA in Louisville.

There was a rumor circulating among the vendors that some of the heavy hitters were trying to negotiate a 70 block of booths to do some sort of cyber cafe type of set up in Atlanta.

Where would that set the bar?

 

[Greg Hiller]

>Despite all the issues with MACNA Boston I still think the BRS is largely responsible for MACNA being the size show it has been the past few years.<

Agreed. FWIW, I think we had a far better lineup of speakers (probably cause I helped pick them ). I was surprised to hear from Charles Delbeek that he wasn't even requested to speak, yet we heard two talks from Shimek.

I think Atlanta will probably be large than any previous Macna. The largest aquarium in the world will be a good excuse for everyone to bring their kids and spouses.....at least that's my plan!!

 

[Jocko]

Hey did anybody else sign up for MASNA membership at the show? I haven't heard anything from them and I was wondering if anyone else is having the same experience. I guess I should just contact them.