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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

MAY PHOTO CONTEST IS HERE!
By einsteins @ 8:41 PM :: 87 Views :: 0 Comments ::

It's that time again....

Our May Photo Contest starts at 2am on May 1st (thats actually midnight on the server that hosts our site)

The Theme for this Contest is............ "INVERTS"

Get out those careas and get shooting, the last contest had some great shots and we think there will be even more great shots for this contest.

Please note....There is one rules change:

12. In the event of a tie, the software will automatically select the entry that was submitted first as the winner.

All other rules stay the same as the last contest.

Here is the official description from the contest...

GIRS May Photo Contest...

The theme for this contest is "Inverts"

Enter up to 3 photos of your favorite Inverts.
Entries can be made starting at 2:00am on May 1st through 01:59am on May 25th.
Voting begins at 2am on May 25th and runs until 2am on May 31st.

Once voting begins you may vote for as many entries as you like, but you can only vote for an entry one time.

The winner will be displayed with the vote counts once the voting period is over.

The winner will receive a $25.00 Gift Certificate to Dr. Fosters and Smith from GIRS.

Good Luck Everyone!

einsteins-Photo Contest Administrator and the GIRS BOD

Thursday, April 17, 2008

May 2nd DM DIY meeting
By ryansholl @ 8:33 AM :: 51 Views :: 0 Comments ::

:: Des Moines Area

Friday, May 2nd, 6:30 p.m. at member Wayne1's garage.

We'll be building an auto top-off, kalk stirrer, and meshmodding skimmer pumps. Materials for meshmods provided, just bring your pump! (for those unfamiliar, meshmodding allows your skimmer pump to take in more air without stopping the pump, and chops the bubbles into smaller diameter, which can greatly increase the efficiency of your skimmer - it's possibly the easiest of mods to boot!) There may also be a short vodka dosing demonstration!

Bring your own beverages and food. Wayne is supplying the grill.

Full details, including address, in the "April/May meeting" thread in the Des Moines area forum.

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

We Have a Winner....
By einsteins @ 7:25 PM :: 151 Views :: 4 Comments ::

We finally have a winner to the March Photo Contest...

Congratulations to Jeremy (Waverz)

The BOD would like to extend a big THANKS to everyone who participated in our March Photo Contest. The theme was "Your Favorite Coral"

We had 38 entries in the contest and I must say they were all very good!
Obviously the GIRS members thought so also because we had 148 votes cast.
In the end after all the votes were cast, it was a 3 way tie between
Waverz "Red Montipora Cap"
Glaspie69 "Frogspawn"
Anna "Duncan"

The BOD voted to break the tie with Waverz winning in the tie breaking vote.

Watch for our next contest in May....Stay tuned for details later this month.

GIRS BOD