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The Winter Meeting of The Washington Area Marine Aquarist Society (WAMAS) will be on Saturday January 18, 2003 from 1:30-5p.m. in Vienna, VA (immediately outside Washington, DC)

This meeting will focus on Aquarium Lighting with special guest speaker Sanjay Joshi. In conjunction with his presentation, we will also be having a Reef Light Expo with Icecap, Sunlight Supply, Fulham, and others.

Along with lots of frag swapping, a great raffle, and Dr. Mac's traveling coral store, this is sure to be a meeting NOT to miss!

For further information on WAMAS and the Winter Meeting visit our web site http://www.wamas.org/

Who: W.A.M.A.S. (Washington Area Marine Aquarium Society)
When: January 18th, 2003 (Saturday)
Time: 1:30 P.M. - 5 P.M. (EST)
Where: Knights of Columbus
Vienna, Virginia
Cost: Members - Free / Non-members - $6.00

Special Guests:

- Sanjay Joshi (featuring a presentation on Metal Halide Lighting)

- Fulham (a ballast manufacturer) http://www.fulham.com/

- Icecap, Inc. http://www.icecapinc.com/

- Sunlight Supply http://www.sunlightsupply.com/aquarium/index.shtml

-Dr Mac of Dr. Mac & Son's Corals

Special Raffle of Lighting equipment from:

- Special raffle items by Icecap, Inc. (full metal halide lighting system)

- Bulbs from HelloLights http://www.hellolights.com

- Many other awesome items!

Miscellaneous
Light refreshments and snacks will be provided.

Directions:
The hall is located at 214 Lawyers Road NW, Vienna, VA

Here's a map from Mapquest
The map link

Please park across the street or in the Post Office parking lot.

Craig Kuhn
WAMAS Membership Director
 

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In addition to the awesome stuff listed in meeting announcement, we just got this:

Donation from Premium Aquatics

QUANTITY ITEM CODE DESCRIPTION PRICE EACH AMOUNT
1 10K-175WATT 10K 175watt ushio metal halide bulb 0.00 0.00 T
1 CSL-1X96EL CSL ELECTRO-LITE 1 X 96WATT BALLAST WITH END CAPS 0.00 0.00 T
1 MISC 10K 250WATT AQUALINE BUSKET HQI DOUBLE END BULB (13K SPEC) 0.00 0.00 T
1 10K-250HQI USHIO DOUBLE END - GERMAN HQI 250 DE BULB 0.00 0.00 T
1 20K-150HQI GERMAN HQI 150 20K DOUBLE ENDED - ushio 0.00 0.00 T

Special thanks to all the vendors who have donated equipment for this meeting. Please support them!

I'll keep everyone updated.
 

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I'm looking forward to it! Not from the area, but I'm going to come down for the weekend just to be there. Certainly worth $6.

Rick Dickens
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Fine Rick, I'll give you a hugh and maybe grab your a....s :lol: How is that for excited?? :eek: I am glad you can join us and welcomed. Hope you ahve a good time!!
 

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Cool, Rick will be at the meeting. That will make 2 of you fine folks from Reefs.org that I will have had the chance to meet in person (James W. being the other one).

Chucker, when should we plan for a visit from you? :lol: Last i checked, you can get a flight from Albany, NY to BWI on Southwest for $39 each way.

Craig
 

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I think to meet Chucker you'll have to attend IMAC. Now I just hope he's told his new bride that he's going.

MC
 

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Complete list of Raffle items-

Summary of raffle items-
from premium aquatics-
1 10K 175watt ushio metal halide bulb
1 CSL ELECTRO-LITE 1 X 96WATT BALLAST WITH END CAPS
1 10K 250WATT AQUALINE BUSKET HQI DOUBLE END BULB (13K SPEC)
1 10K-250HQI USHIO DOUBLE END - GERMAN HQI 250 DE BULB
There are also 5 $10 gift certificates!!!

from Icecap
150W 10K bulb
150W ballast
3" fan

From Champion-
2 moonlight setups

Member donation-
1 DIY 150W Hqi setup. with 1 150W 20K DOUBLE ENDED - ushio Thanks CBO and Prevyet!

From Hellolights
55 Watt PC kit= straight pin
55 Watt PC kit- square pin
(not sure what is coming with them)

From Sunlight:
Mystery.....We'll just have to see what Brad Brings!

We want to break the raffle down as follows- tickets priced according to tier

Tier 1: HQI metal halide setups (2)
Tier 2: PC ballasts, moonlights, and extra bulbs
Tier 3: Gift certificates and frags

Tickets will likely be $10, $5, and $2 (with something like 3 for price of 2, or along those lines).

We will have a seperate area for the raffle items and ticket sales.

I recommend people bring lots of cash to this meeting. There are some truly spectacular raffle items. Where can you get a full MH setup for only $10?? Or a moon light for $5? :cool:

The WAMAS Officers
 

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