President Aline Sinclair
Vice President George Wright
Secretary Matthew Begaud
Treasurer Mark Coleman
Librarian Kevin Sorensen
Editor Cassandra Greer
Membership Warren Smith
Sydney Liaison Joshua Stewart
Counsellor Gus Sowmi
Counsellor Colin Baldry
Counsellor Joe Cefai
Counsellor & Library assist Joe Dalli
Counsellor Daniel Galea
Counsellor Rob Kerr
Counsellor Bill Drew
Thank you to all who attended our AGM and participated in the election of a brand new committee for the 2006-07 period.
The committee met for the first time last night to commence planning our brand new year and we have set the wheels in motion already, as to how we are able to better serve the membership over the coming months.
Exciting news for all you cyber crazies the NSWCS’s website should be updated real soon so you can access all our upcoming events from there as well
What’s happening at the September meeting?
When: 7:30pm Saturday 2 September 2006
Where:Nuwarra Public School, Mckay Ave Moorebank
What’s On:
Magazine
The Cichlid Circular will be available for pick up
Survey results
68 members completed the survey handed out last month - results will be available for viewing.
Talk
Matthew Begaud has finally been persuaded to talk about his automatic water changer and a glimpse of the new fish room Matthew says that this has reduced water change day from 6 hours down to 1.5 hours for 60 tanks. So if you want to find out more come along.
Breeders Awards
September is our awards month - those of you that have placed will need to attend to receive your trophies
Auction Lots
Gus Sowmi will have auction lots for the October Major Auction available for pickup for those that have placed their name on the list. Those that require lots please contact Matthew Begaud on 0414 70 90 35.
Raffle
September is Giant Fish Raffle Month so come along for a chance to win a great selection of rarer and not so rare specimens. The generosity of donations by our retailers and our members make this bi-annual event a success every year. If you have any fish that you would like to donate to the raffle please bring them along on the night.
Lucky Door Prize
Financial members who sign in by 19:30 will receive a Lucky Door Ticket on entry.
Trade Table
Bill and Lena will be only too willing to assist you with the purchase of all your dry goods needs.
Library
By popular demand our collection of books are returning for your enjoyment and education during the meeting and for borrowing should you wish to. The committee has decided to trial this for the months of September and November to guage it’s popularity and will review at year end.
Supper table
A time to network, suppertime is made even better with the array of sandwiches and biscuits, tea and coffee, provided by the committee for your enjoyment and a gold coin donation to the club.
Mini Auction
The not so mini, mini auction will be there for your buying pleasure. All items to be submitted for the mini auction must be booked in between 18:45 - 19:30. All lots must be adequately marked with the name and number of fish, plus the reserve price if any.
Member’s Draw
As there was no winner last month the prize has been added to and carried forward - you have to attend to win.
Table Show
We look forward to your submissions to the table show - some great prizes and a ribbon for 1st, 2nd and 3rd to be won -so prepare your display fish and set the wheels in motion for a move towards Club Champion in November. These shows give participants an opinion on the quality of their fish and give all members the opportunity to see a examples of the wide variety of fish bred by fellow members in the Society.
On behalf of the committee, we look forward to seeing you all in September.
Aline Sinclair
President
NSWCS
Shopping List
Barbed x Threaded Elbow Male 19mm X 20mm BSP
PVC Cat 6 Cap 25mm
PVC Cat 21 Faucet Tee 25mm X 25mm X 20mm
Electrical Conduit 20mm
Refilling system
Pump or Powerhead, Bigger is better
19mm Antelco “Green Back” Valve or 13mm Antelco “Green Back” Valve
Irrigation pipe to suit your vales & Elbows & Tees
Extras
20mm Bending Spring, Teflon Tape, PVC Glue, Hacksaw,
Clear PVC Primer(Acetone will do), File, Tape Measure
If you need more information please visit
For a full description please visit
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Happy Water Changing
Matthew Begaud
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1000 lots of fish & aquarium products
WHEN:
Saturday 7 October 2006
WHERE:
Nuwarra Public School McKay Avenue, Moorebank
TIME:
2:00pm
Everyone Welcome
Well it’s that time again our October Major Auction is only a month away
Here is your chance to sell those fish that you have raised and make room for some more, the auction is open to both Members and visitors
When:
Saturday 7 October 2006
Those who have secured their lots book in time is between 12:00pm and 1:15pm - All Lots have been issued.
Auction starts 2:00pm
Where:
Nuwarra Public School,
Mckay Ave
Moorebank
You can download the rules here http://www.nswcs.org.au/content/.
Entering Lots:
Don’t forget to pack 8 bags per foam box and number them from 1-8. This will ensure our auction steward will select lots in the correct order so that equity in our auction process can be achieved. There will be a 2 stage scrutineering process adopted at this auction. Your bags will be checked and their contents scrutinised for correct identification and health of the fish. Due to their special needs large fish are not to be placed in buckets but should be double bagged in suitable large bags and fish known to be aggressive in nature bagged individually. In the second stage your paperwork will be checked off and your fish moved to the holding area.
Please help us out and ensure that all ‘book in’ sheets are completed using both the scientific and common names (you may access a species list from our Website. Although the site is a work in progress the species list there may assist you with this task). This allows your fish to be entered into the database and if available a photo will be displayed. This is important not only for the sellers but also for the buyers wanting to see what a fish typically looks like.
Time will be saved if the correct procedures are taken from the start, otherwise you will have to correct the problem before the lots will be accepted and this may delay the start of the auction. The welfare of the livestock is paramount for the club, remembering that we would like the best conditions possible over a day that may see the fish bagged for 15 hours or more.
Remember if you are selling fish please do not feed them 24-48 hours before bagging them. Also remember to add some Prime or an equivalent and if at all possible please use O2.
Viewing
There will be no viewing of the lots this year due to the mishandling of fish in previous auctions and for the welfare of the livestock in general. There have been a considerable number of complaints regarding this matter. The auctioneers will be only to happy to describe the lots for you as they come up, a photo wherever possible will be displayed during the auction and the runners can show you the fish throughout the process as well We know that you will understand our reasons for not allowing this practice to continue
Who can sell fish?
Only financial members with allocated lots may sell their fish at our Major Auctions. Unfortunately new members joining on the day are unable to sell any fish, but are most welcome to grab a bargain
Bidders cards for visitors will incur a $2 fee.
Raffles
We have three raffles planned for the day starting with $100 worth of auction money to spend as you wish - this will be drawn prior to the commencement of the auction so make sure you purchase a ticket on entry.
Great prizes to be won throughout the day with some surprises this year as well
Food and Beverage
An array of special auction food and drinks to sustain you throughout the day and night
Bagging Station
If you need to rebag your purchases you can do so for $1 at the bagging station. Bill and Lena will be manning the O2 and bagging station for the auction so will be unable to meet your trade table needs in October. They will however be trading as usual at the November monthly meeting.
Remember
The auction will start at 2pm sharp at Nuwarra Public School, McKay Ave. Moorebank, and is for fish, or aquarium related products only.
All items to be auctioned must be booked in between 12:00 noon and 1:15pm
All lots must be adequately marked with the name and number of fish, plus the reserve price if any.
Fish lots that are not labeled with the correct name of the fish or without a name will be immediately passed in.
Tape over labels on bags with wide clear tape and add lot number with permanent marker.
Multiple bags to be placed inside a larger bag or securely taped around as well as across from the top to bottom of bags using wide clear tape ..not household sticky tape.
All bids will be in whole dollar units. Bids will be in minimum amounts of $1 increments from $1 to $20. $2 increments from $20 to $50. $5 increments beyond $50 and $10 bids after $100.
There is a limit of 5 lots of the same item for fish and a limit of 3 lots of the same item for dry goods, regardless of size or age. (Plants are considered as dry goods at auction)
Fish must be properly bagged. A charge of $1 will be payable where it is necessary to add oxygen or to re- bag the lot. If anybody is interested in assisting the committee on the day, please make yourself known to us. Without the help of our volunteers the major auctions would not be as successful or enjoyable as they are for both members and visitors and of course your committee. The committee looks forward to seeing you all on the day Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wish to know more about this special day for the NSWCS either through this site or http://www.nswcs.org.au/content/.
To all that travelled from near and far to attend our bi-annual major auction, our heartfelt appreciation for making our day the amazing success that it was. As the first major event of this year’s Committee it was a measure of our capabilities to work as a team, not only on the day but in all of the preparation in the preceding weeks leading up to the event. Your committee arrived, bright and early, cream filled lamingtons, data projectors, screens and pies and many permanent markers to name a few items, in tow. We should have known that even the few late stragglers booking in fish would not delay the start, and at 2:02pm, the two minute delay a computer glitch, it was underway. By 3:30pm the hall could not contain all our members and guests anymore and they went spilling out the doors. One of the auctioneers recounts that there was a bidders card attached to an arm flashing in and out from one of the exit doors but that was all he could see. At around 10:30pm I had a rare moment to look around the room and reflect these images. I saw my tired, but still smiling team mates with almost as much energy as at the start, every seat in the hall still filled and then some, Andreas and his wife Sharon, with committee member Joe working tirelessly behind the computer screens, an almost empty stage filled with empty styro foam of the hours passed and old friends and new, some that had travelled far and still had far to travel after it would end - and I too smiled.
Some of you may find the following statistics interesting and for some eye opening at what we were able to achieve. 184 visitors came through our doors
12 signed up as new members
14 members renewed their membership
just under 800 (795) lots were auctioned in under nine hours 9 lots were donated by a brand new rock and wood importer Rock and Timber Aqua Deco our 7 (see their ads in this month’s mag) existing sponsors were responsible for the raffles being a success 1 special auction day sponsor Pretty Fancy Fish donated three fry savers and all of the 1418 jelly beans for our guessing comp
at 3:30pm there was almost 280 people in the hall and hanging out the doors
19 committee members ran the day
12 volunteers helped them
300 BBQ sausages were sold and/or eaten by the committee
150 pies were consumed
200 lamingtons went the same way
yes it was a seller’s market (for a change) the average cost per bag was $27.30 we had 4 raffles
a guessing comp a children’s colouring in contest
the auction closed at 11:00pm – woohoo!!!
In response to all that have contacted me despairing on too many yellows and bristlenose - this is a chorus we hear every year - and it will be sung in the future as well. Our hobby demands them and breeders respond loud and clear. I too would love to see a rarer sample, but it is not what drives us all. I started typing all the names of those that helped but feared that I would leave someone out so on behalf of the committee thank you to all that prepared, assisted on the day and before, and those that attended. The success of the auction would not have been possible without your presence, hard work and dedication, your invaluable contribution serving to make the 2006 NSWCS October Major Auction a celebration of our hobby and an event to remember by Aline Sinclair
When: 7:30pm Saturday 4 November 2006
Where:Nuwarra Public School, Mckay Ave Moorebank
What’s On: Pick up your quarterly Cichlid Circular - our new Editor has worked tirelessly to be able to get it out on time.
Logo Competition entries - we have quite a few now for you to look at
Christmas with a Twist update
The Table Show at the November Meeting is the Club Champion Night. These shows give participants an opinion on the quality of their fish and give all members the opportunity to see a examples of the wide variety of fish bred by fellow members in the Society. All points are doubled on Club Champion night.
Talk: The presence of a number of new members nessecitates the need for an instructional DIY event. We have made November - Novice DIY month but do not let that deter those that know how to we need your expertise in the hall to answer all those questions that our newbies may have and you can always use the time to do what you do best chat amongst yourselves and catch up on all that fish news If you have always wanted to know why we eat so much ice cream this is the place to be. You will have a choice of 4 independant stations all instructing on making an individual item for your fish. If you miss one or two of them do not worry we plan on running a second DIY night on our calendar.
DIY Stations
Gravel Filter
Fry Saver
Egg Tumbler
Tank Construction
And all the wonderful, usual stuff:
Raffle
Lucky Door Prize: Financial members who sign in by 19:30 will receive a Lucky Door Ticket on entry.
Trade Table: Bill and Lena will be only too willing to assist you with the purchase of all your dry goods needs.
Library: By popular demand our collection of books are returning for your enjoyment and education during the meeting and for borrowing should you wish to.
Supper table: A time to network, suppertime is made even better with the array of sandwiches and biscuits, tea and coffee, provided by the committee for your enjoyment and a gold coin donation to the club.
Mini Auction: The not so mini, mini auction will be there for your buying pleasure. All items to be submitted for the mini auction must be booked in between 18:45 - 19:30. All lots must be adequately marked with the name and number of fish, plus the reserve price if any.
Member’s Draw: As there was no winner last month the prize has been added to and carried forward - you have to attend to win.
Table Show
Grand Champion Night: Double Points !!!!!
We look forward to your submissions for the table show - some great prizes and a ribbon for 1st, 2nd and 3rd to be won - so prepare your display fish. These shows give participants an opinion on the quality of their fish and give all members the opportunity to see a examples of the wide variety of fish bred by fellow members in the Society.
On behalf of the committee, we look forward to seeing you all in November.
Aline Sinclair
Your Committee would like to invite you to an evening of everything Christmas on us!!
Saturday 2nd December 2006 5:00pm
Nuwarra public school McKay Ave Moorebank
Santa (gifts to all children who attend under 10 yo) face painting and kids entertainment yummy food & cold drinks hampers and other prizes to win
But wait…….we promised a twist
Carols by the fish tanks. A table show of the committee’s favourite cichlids to delight you
Over 20 tanks on display prizes for member’s choice and more
ho ho ho can’t wait to see you all
This is a financial members only function
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To NSWCS financial members ONLY
Your Committee would like to invite you to an evening of everything Christmas on us!!
When:
Saturday 2nd December 2006 5:00pm
Where:
Nuwarra Public School McKay Ave Moorebank
What:
Santa (personalised gifts to all children who attend under 10 yo)
Face painting and games
Kids petting zoo to delight the little ones (brush, feed and cuddle the furry baby ones)
Yummy Christmas fare and cold drinks to consume
Hampers and other prizes to win
But wait…….we promised a twist
Carols by the fish tanks. A table show of the committee’s favourite cichlids to delight you
Over 30 tanks on display
Prizes for member’s choice and more…………………………………….
ho ho ho can’t wait to see you all
Please Note: This is a financial members only function
Taste of things to come:
What’s happening at the January (6/1/07) meeting?
Talk
Anthony Ramsay - Interzoo and German Aquariums
What’s happening at the February (3/2/07) meeting?
Talk
Dr Michael Cannon - Fish Health from a Vet’s Perspective
More details closer to the dates.
Aline Sinclair
President
NSWCS
When:
7:30pm Saturday 6 January 2006
Where:
Nuwarra Public School, Mckay Ave Moorebank
What’s On:
The committee has voted and the winning entry for the Logo Competition will be announced at the start of our 25th year. Slide show of our Christmas with a Twist event
IMPORTANT:
First run of auction lots will be released for our March Major Auction - to ensure that you receive some please attend and place your name on the list
Talk
Ex club President Anthony Ramsay, of Auburn Aquarium, will be presenting an overview of Interzoo and sharing with us some of the German Aquarium Stores that he visited on his recent trip to Germany.
And all the wonderful, usual stuff:
Raffle Lucky Door Prize
Financial members who sign in by 19:30 will receive a Lucky Door Ticket on entry.
Trade Table
Bill and Lena will be only too willing to assist you with the purchase of all your dry goods needs - I have been informed that HBH Algae Wafers are back in stock
Library
By popular demand our collection of books are returning for your enjoyment and education during the meeting and for borrowing should you wish to.
Supper table
A time to network, suppertime is made even better with the array of sandwiches and biscuits, tea and coffee, provided by the committee for your enjoyment and a gold coin donation to the club.
Mini Auction
The not so mini, mini auction will be there for your buying pleasure. All items to be submitted for the mini auction must be booked in between 18:45 - 19:30. All lots must be adequately marked with the name and number of fish, plus the reserve price if any.
Member’s Draw
As there was no winner last month the prize has been added to and carried forward - you have to attend to win.
Table Show
On behalf of the committee, we look forward to seeing you all in January.
Aline Sinclair
President
NSWCS
