pillowfish
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It's that exciting time of year again, the members' auction!!! If you've attended in the past you know the fun, if it's your first time you don't want to miss out on the bidding shenanigans and some really unique items. You never know what is going to pop up at the auction or who! This years' auction will be held on March 25th Sunday - Noon-4 PM at the Framingham Lodge of Elks.
I have sent out some PM's directly to members that use our forum to market their extra corals and livestock, and also to those members that have been generous enough to donate to the club in past auctions, but I figured I'd put out this general request here as well as we do rely on the entire membership to make this happen.
We have many exciting events planned for the club for this year as you can see from the 2012 calendar but as with most things this requires having the funds available to make these activities possible such as bringing in some excellent new speakers, DIY meetings, junkyard wars, cook-outs, a possible family day event and of course the daily running of the forums, forum updates, VB mobile, etc. ALL proceeds from the auction will/always go to funding the club's many activities.
Livestock Donations:
It's time to dig into your frag collection or start fragging and find the unusual stuff that will generate a lot of interest at auction. Corals, fish, or invertebrates will all be accepted, but please make sure what you donate is something that there will be a market for. Large, non-reef-safe fish, or some invertebrates might not sell well.
Equipment Donations:
New or used reef equipment will be accepted. We are going to keep it to equipment for the hobby though. If possible please try to clean up the equipment to make it presentable, and make sure you supply accurate information about the equipment (eg. needs new pump, runs fine, tank leaks but...).
We will soon have an auction forum set up to show off all the donations we have received so far and will continue to update the forum until the day of the auction. Please do note that most items are donated the day of the auction so come to the meeting so you don't miss out!!
Please send your donation info and photos (photos not required but VERY helpful!) to [email protected]
Please include in the email...
Your Real Name
Username
Item donated
Photo of the item (again, not required, but big bonus!)
Thanks to all in advance! This auction is always a great time and this years' has the potential to be a great one...but only with your participation. This is where you guys come in, albeit from donations or spending your hard earned cash in a fun bidding war over some fabulous items for your tank!!
What are you doing still reading....time to start fragging!!
I have sent out some PM's directly to members that use our forum to market their extra corals and livestock, and also to those members that have been generous enough to donate to the club in past auctions, but I figured I'd put out this general request here as well as we do rely on the entire membership to make this happen.
We have many exciting events planned for the club for this year as you can see from the 2012 calendar but as with most things this requires having the funds available to make these activities possible such as bringing in some excellent new speakers, DIY meetings, junkyard wars, cook-outs, a possible family day event and of course the daily running of the forums, forum updates, VB mobile, etc. ALL proceeds from the auction will/always go to funding the club's many activities.
Livestock Donations:
It's time to dig into your frag collection or start fragging and find the unusual stuff that will generate a lot of interest at auction. Corals, fish, or invertebrates will all be accepted, but please make sure what you donate is something that there will be a market for. Large, non-reef-safe fish, or some invertebrates might not sell well.
Equipment Donations:
New or used reef equipment will be accepted. We are going to keep it to equipment for the hobby though. If possible please try to clean up the equipment to make it presentable, and make sure you supply accurate information about the equipment (eg. needs new pump, runs fine, tank leaks but...).
We will soon have an auction forum set up to show off all the donations we have received so far and will continue to update the forum until the day of the auction. Please do note that most items are donated the day of the auction so come to the meeting so you don't miss out!!
Please send your donation info and photos (photos not required but VERY helpful!) to [email protected]
Please include in the email...
Your Real Name
Username
Item donated
Photo of the item (again, not required, but big bonus!)
Thanks to all in advance! This auction is always a great time and this years' has the potential to be a great one...but only with your participation. This is where you guys come in, albeit from donations or spending your hard earned cash in a fun bidding war over some fabulous items for your tank!!
What are you doing still reading....time to start fragging!!
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