The next BRS meeting will be held Saturday Dec. 13th, at the Framingham Elks, 450 Union Ave, Framingham, MA. 11-3 PM - Question and answer session on Reef Chemisty with Reef Chemistry expert Dr. Randy Holmes-Farley
We will also be electing the BRS BOD for 2009. That means ALL officer positions will be up for election. Details about running, etc. are here:
http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=70517
Featured speaker will be Randy Holmes-Farley
Randy Holmes-Farley has a BA in chemistry and biology from Cornell University (1982) and a PhD in chemistry from Harvard University (1986). He has 57 patents, numerous publications and several awards in a variety of chemical fields. In 1992 he helped start a pharmaceutical company (GelTex Pharmaceuticals). It was eventually bought by Genzyme where he now has the title of Vice President, Chemical Research. Randy is also the co-inventor of two commercial pharmaceuticals (Renagel and WelChol).
Randy has been keeping reef aquaria for just over 10 years. He has been active on a variety of reef internet forums for that same period, and has been especially involved in chemistry-related discussions. For the past four years he has moderated The Reef Chemistry Forum at Reef Central. He has authored many reefkeeping articles with a chemistry emphasis for Fishnet, Aquarium Frontiers, Advanced Aquarists Online Magazine, and this one (Reefkeeping).
Tentative schedule for the meeting (this schedule may change, check back to this thread for updates as we get closer to the day of the meeting):
11 AM - 12 noon - Meet and greet
Presentation set up time - new members registration - folks milling about chatting about their tanks - chance to meet and chat with the guest speaker - time to purchase BRS coffee mugs, hats, polo shirts - library book signout and return - turn samples in for water testing - chance to pick up 2009 BRS calenders, etc. More about these club benefits can be read here:
http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=49878
11:30 PM - 12 noon - Novice Reefkeepers question and answer session with panel of experienced reefkeeprs -
12 noon - 12:15 PM - Announcements - raffle items descriptions - introductions of new members, etc.
1:15 - 2:15 PM - Guest Speaker - Randy Holmes-Farley, Reef Chemistry Expert - Question and answer session
2:15 - 3 PM - Pizza - general member to member reef chat, frag swapping meyhem and madness, cleanup
~2:30 PM - Raffle drawing
Reminder: we try our best to keep the meeting on time, but there are a lot of things that are out of our control, so the times are subject to change, do not take these times as gospel please. Check back to this thread for updates as we get closer to the day of the meeting.
So, again the details:
Where: Framingham Elks
450 Union Ave
Framingham, MA
When: Saturday, Dec. 13th, 2008
Time: 11 - 3 PM
We will also be electing the BRS BOD for 2009. That means ALL officer positions will be up for election. Details about running, etc. are here:
http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=70517
Featured speaker will be Randy Holmes-Farley
Randy Holmes-Farley has a BA in chemistry and biology from Cornell University (1982) and a PhD in chemistry from Harvard University (1986). He has 57 patents, numerous publications and several awards in a variety of chemical fields. In 1992 he helped start a pharmaceutical company (GelTex Pharmaceuticals). It was eventually bought by Genzyme where he now has the title of Vice President, Chemical Research. Randy is also the co-inventor of two commercial pharmaceuticals (Renagel and WelChol).
Randy has been keeping reef aquaria for just over 10 years. He has been active on a variety of reef internet forums for that same period, and has been especially involved in chemistry-related discussions. For the past four years he has moderated The Reef Chemistry Forum at Reef Central. He has authored many reefkeeping articles with a chemistry emphasis for Fishnet, Aquarium Frontiers, Advanced Aquarists Online Magazine, and this one (Reefkeeping).
Tentative schedule for the meeting (this schedule may change, check back to this thread for updates as we get closer to the day of the meeting):
11 AM - 12 noon - Meet and greet
Presentation set up time - new members registration - folks milling about chatting about their tanks - chance to meet and chat with the guest speaker - time to purchase BRS coffee mugs, hats, polo shirts - library book signout and return - turn samples in for water testing - chance to pick up 2009 BRS calenders, etc. More about these club benefits can be read here:
http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=49878
11:30 PM - 12 noon - Novice Reefkeepers question and answer session with panel of experienced reefkeeprs -
12 noon - 12:15 PM - Announcements - raffle items descriptions - introductions of new members, etc.
1:15 - 2:15 PM - Guest Speaker - Randy Holmes-Farley, Reef Chemistry Expert - Question and answer session
2:15 - 3 PM - Pizza - general member to member reef chat, frag swapping meyhem and madness, cleanup
~2:30 PM - Raffle drawing
Reminder: we try our best to keep the meeting on time, but there are a lot of things that are out of our control, so the times are subject to change, do not take these times as gospel please. Check back to this thread for updates as we get closer to the day of the meeting.
So, again the details:
Where: Framingham Elks
450 Union Ave
Framingham, MA
When: Saturday, Dec. 13th, 2008
Time: 11 - 3 PM
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