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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Sneak Peek at November Event
By xroads @ 8:11 AM :: 150 Views :: 3 Comments ::

:: Frag Auction

Here is a sneak peek of our November Frag Swap/Conference.

Location will be the Botanical Gardens address is 2525 4th Ave Rock Island IL

Date will be Nov 15th

Speakers/Vendors

Anthony Calfo Topic TBA

Reef Nutrition on Feeding your reef

Adam Cegnales from Wet Web Media Topic TBA

DT's-Tentative

Hikari Foods-Tentative

Rod Buehler

Carib Sea-Tentative

Things are still in the planning stage but this is what we have so far. We will need some help

going forward if anyone would like to volunteer.

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Photo Contest winner.....
By einsteins @ 7:15 AM :: 142 Views :: 1 Comments ::

COngratulations to Jason (Glaspie69) whos Coco worm photograph is the winner of our May photo contest.

Great Picture Jason!

As the winner of the May Photo Contest Jason will receive a $25.00 Gift certificate to Dr. Fosters and Smith.
and of course....Bragging rights until the next contest.

The next Photo Contest will be in August....The theme will be announced a short time before the contest begins.

Thanks to all who have entered our last 2 contests we have seen some great photos from all of you!

Your B.O.D.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Photo Contest Voting is now Underway!
By einsteins @ 10:38 AM :: 119 Views :: 0 Comments ::

Members.....Please be sure to stop by and vote for your favorite photos in our photo contest.
So far we only have a few votes in! Lets show some support for all the great pictures in the contest!
Voting is open through 2am on Saturday the 31st.

Good luck to all the participats!!

Friday, May 23, 2008

2 days left to get your photos entered in the MAY Photo Contest!
By einsteins @ 11:51 AM :: 95 Views :: 0 Comments ::

Just a reminder to everyone that there are 2 days left to get your photo entries submitted for our MAY Photo Contest!

Remember also that voting starts immediately after the entry period is over.
So even if you didn't get a photo entered in the contest, you can vote on who the winner should be...

Good luck to everyone!!

Friday, May 09, 2008

May 10th Tank Tour
By Steph1643 @ 7:24 PM :: 105 Views :: 0 Comments ::

:: Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Area, Tank Tour

Join us tomorrow for our Riverside/Cedar Rapids Tank Tour! Schedule

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Waterloo BBQ May 17th
By xroads @ 6:33 AM :: 121 Views :: 0 Comments ::

:: GIRS Events

We will be having a BBQ on the evening of May 17th @ Davids house in Cedar Falls.

Bring your own meat, drink, and a dish & we will have a nice dinner & talk some reef.

RSVP in the Waterloo Forum so David knows how many cars will be parked in his yard.

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

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Photo Contest Voting Now Active....
By einsteins @ 11:55 AM :: 143 Views :: 0 Comments ::

We have had a great turnout for our Q1 Photo Contest....

Please stop by the Contest page and vote for your favorite photos.
Remember.....You can vote for as many photos as you like but you can only vote for any one photo one time.

Thanks to all who entered the contest, I must sat there are some impressive photos entered!!

Its now up to the club members to decide the winner.......Stay tuned!!

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Contest has been adjusted....You now have until Friday 21st at midnight for entries...
By einsteins @ 5:26 PM :: 90 Views :: 1 Comments ::

I apologize for my mistake on the photo contest dates....I have made the adjustments to the contest and everyone now has until midnight Friday 21st to get your entries in...

Voting will begin immediately after the entry deadline is past....

Once again I apologize for the issue and I hope this has not caused anyone to much grief!

If you have any questions please post them in the thread in the photo forum.

Again my apologies....

eins

Monday, March 17, 2008

Time is running out!!! Get your photos entered in the contest!
By einsteins @ 4:13 PM :: 100 Views :: 0 Comments ::

We are down to the last few days for entries into the photo contest.
Entries will not be accepted after midnight on Friday, so get those pics polished up and get them entered!

Voting will start right after the entry deadline has passed so even if you didnt enter a photo, you can still stop by the contest and check out which photos you want to vote for.
Lets have a big turnout for voting and show support everyone who entered.
Remember.....You can vote for as many photos as you like but you can only vote for any one photo once!

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