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Monday, April 19, 2010
2011 MACNA coming to Des Moines
By xroads @ 10:09 AM :: 741 Views :: 8 Comments ::
 
Thats right,

MASNA has accepted our bid to host the 2011 MACNA in Des Moines on Sept 9th to the 11th.

What is a MACNA?  MACNA is an acronym for Marine Aquarium Conference of North America.

Think of a Fall Fest, and then mulitply it by 10.  There is usually over 100+ vendors & 1000+ attendees, and over a dozen speakers.

What does that mean for us?

If we do a good job the club stands to make a decent amount of money.  Money that can be used for Par Meters, Equipment, Speakers, improved Spring & Fall Fests, projects for libraries, schools, and zoo's, and anything else we can think of to better the club & our hobby.

What can you do?

We are going to need a ton of help!  We will be forming a MACNA committee soon.

For now you can make plans to join us in Orlando this fall.

http://www.macna2010.com/

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By wolfman1973 @ Monday, April 19, 2010 10:49 AM
that's not big news,that's very big news!! thanks Craig for all of the hard work you and anyone else did to make this happen!!!

By MidWest Frags @ Monday, April 19, 2010 11:01 AM
This is really huge news!

Congratulations GIRS! This is such a big honor for your organization and the Midwest as well.

I will guarantee there will be a tremendous representation from the Kansas City area and the Kansas City Reef Association for your event.

MidWest Frags will purchase both space and display at MACNA 2011 as well.

Our sincere congratulations goes out to everyone involved in this project -- job well done!

We at KCRA aspire to be what GIRS is now.

Sincerely,

Marvin Plumlee
President - KCRA
Owner - MidWest Frags
Owner - FragSupply

By Lindsay @ Monday, April 19, 2010 11:06 AM
Nebraska Marine Society is very excited! Thank you for putting in the effort to make this happen. So many clubs talk of hosting, so few go the lengths it takes. Congratulations and thank you.

By phishcrazee @ Monday, April 19, 2010 11:18 AM
This is AWESOME news for our club and members!!!! So excited!!!

By einsteins @ Monday, April 19, 2010 12:27 PM
Hey GIRS

Congrats!!
Craig ...Job well done!
This will really put GIRS on the map and bring the Mother of all conferences in this hobby right to our back door.

I wish you and the team the very best of success!

einsteins

By Foo @ Tuesday, April 20, 2010 12:43 PM
PARTY!!!

By lee @ Tuesday, April 20, 2010 8:02 PM
MACNA Party bus anyone?

By Reddog170 @ Wednesday, April 21, 2010 6:08 AM
Way cool. Who is unning the bus? I know someone mentioned a MACNA paty bus.

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