Dave McReeferson
laurifer crustulum
Gina and I would like to (and I think we can safely say we speak for the BoD as a whole) take a moment to thank everyone who pitched in to help the club pull off a great event! What I would really like to do here is list off and thank each individual who stepped up to help/contribute. But that list is a long one, and the work put in was substantial, if I were to miss a name, it would be an inexcusable offense. So, I am going to go the easy (and safer) route and offer one HUGE "THANK YOU!" to all of those who stepped up to pitch in today, yesterday, and during the time leading up to this event. Your help was invaluable in putting this together and making it come to fruition. The Boston Reefers Society is immensely lucky to have such a large pool of helpful members to pull from. It should be recognized by all that there were several members doing lots of foot work and heavy lifting over the past two days, sacrificing thir own good time so that the rest of those who attended would have a great one. Such selfless sacrifice for the rest of the club should not go by unnoticed or unappreciated. So once again, and from our hearts, thank you!
We can't go around handing out thanks without also recognizing all of those without whom we would have had no event at all, the speakers, and the vendors...
For speakers, in no partciular order, we have Ron Hessing, Frank Marini, Mitch Carl, Greg Hiller, Marc Levenson, Eric Borneman, and Steven Pro to thank for an unbelievable string of lectures and workshops. If you walked away from the conference today without learning anything... well, I just don't see how that is possible. Such a group of speakers gathered all right here in our namesake city to share their staggering combined knowledge with us was an opportunity for learning not to be missed. Wow, that is all I can say. Thank you all for your contribution towards furthering our clubs charter of education. Where would this hobby be, and indeed what state might our ocean's reefs and their resident life be in today and into the future if not for the work of guys like these? The club is truly fortunate to have such resources as these men to come and share with us. Thank you!
Let us not forget the vendors! Coral Reef Aquarium, Pacific East Aquaculture, Tropic Isle Aquarium, Ice Cap, Aquatinics, Reef Geek, Krystal Clear Aquatics, Skiptons, Lumenarc, Water World, Wet Thumb Frags, Marine Farmers, Nutri Sea, Seachem, Profilux,... (hope I didn't miss anyone??
) all came out and set up some really nice booths! What's a reefer's conference without a load of high quality vendors right? These guys delivered and really helped make the show what it was. They put out some great stuff, and I don't believe it went unnoticed by anyone. We all need to remember that it is sponsors like these that in large part make everything we do possible. Once again, thank you!
We also had several other companies who were unable to attend send us some sweet goodies for the raffle, I don't personally have a list of all of those names, but I will try and get it posted soon so that they too can be recognized for their contributions. They clearly deserve as much.
I have to say, considering this is the first such event in recent club history, it went off pretty well. That is a testament to all that all of these folks put in, and we are grateful to them all!
One final time, THANK YOU!
We can't go around handing out thanks without also recognizing all of those without whom we would have had no event at all, the speakers, and the vendors...
For speakers, in no partciular order, we have Ron Hessing, Frank Marini, Mitch Carl, Greg Hiller, Marc Levenson, Eric Borneman, and Steven Pro to thank for an unbelievable string of lectures and workshops. If you walked away from the conference today without learning anything... well, I just don't see how that is possible. Such a group of speakers gathered all right here in our namesake city to share their staggering combined knowledge with us was an opportunity for learning not to be missed. Wow, that is all I can say. Thank you all for your contribution towards furthering our clubs charter of education. Where would this hobby be, and indeed what state might our ocean's reefs and their resident life be in today and into the future if not for the work of guys like these? The club is truly fortunate to have such resources as these men to come and share with us. Thank you!
Let us not forget the vendors! Coral Reef Aquarium, Pacific East Aquaculture, Tropic Isle Aquarium, Ice Cap, Aquatinics, Reef Geek, Krystal Clear Aquatics, Skiptons, Lumenarc, Water World, Wet Thumb Frags, Marine Farmers, Nutri Sea, Seachem, Profilux,... (hope I didn't miss anyone??
) all came out and set up some really nice booths! What's a reefer's conference without a load of high quality vendors right? These guys delivered and really helped make the show what it was. They put out some great stuff, and I don't believe it went unnoticed by anyone. We all need to remember that it is sponsors like these that in large part make everything we do possible. Once again, thank you!We also had several other companies who were unable to attend send us some sweet goodies for the raffle, I don't personally have a list of all of those names, but I will try and get it posted soon so that they too can be recognized for their contributions. They clearly deserve as much.
I have to say, considering this is the first such event in recent club history, it went off pretty well. That is a testament to all that all of these folks put in, and we are grateful to them all!
One final time, THANK YOU!
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