THE NEXT MEETING OF

ASSOCIATED KOI CLUBS OF AMERICA

Will be held Friday, NOVEMBER 9, 2001

AT 7 P.M.

At the

QUAKER CITY FEDERAL SAVINGS LOAN

1701 N. Euclid Street

Fullerton, CA

AGENDA

October AKCA Meeting Minutes

October Financial Statements

Committee Reports

AKCA Contact Reports

Proxy Call Questions

Old business

New Business

January, 2002 Meeting Date (11th)

Refreshments for January Carole Elliott

OFFICERS

Chairperson Larry Leverett (909) 781‑3887

Vice Chairperson Doug Dahl (714) 731‑5610 e‑mail: judgedahl@hotmail.com

2002 Seminar Chairperson Mark Whalen (714) 775‑7011

2002 Host Club Chairperson Sheila Jackson (510) 724‑4428

Secretary Carole Elliott (714) 968‑5624e‑mail koicarole@earthlink.net

Chief Financial Officer Carl Caddies (562) 943‑8197e‑mail caddies@koiusa.com

AKCA Minutes of October 12, 2001

Officers Present: Directors Present: Guests:

Chair: Larry Leverett Judy Caddies (Nishiki) Mark Whalen (OC ZNA)

Vice Chair: Doug Dahl Lisa Barnett (Nishiki) Spike Cover (OCZNA)

Secretary: Carole Elliott Burt Ballou (OCZNA, 6 clubs) Tom Graham

CFO: Carl Caddies Bob Finnegan (SoCal, etc)

Joyce Glenn (Ikiru Hoseki, etc)

(Please note that clubs that AKCA Board members represent will NOT be listed individually except in the case of their primary club)

CLUBS THAT NEED TO PAY THEIR DUES!

Cherokee Strip Water Garden Society, Chesapeake & Potomac Koi & W/G Society,

Gulf Coast Koi Society, Idaho Water Garden Society, Koi Keepers Society of P.R.,

Michigan Koi & Pond Clubs, Missouri Water Gardening & Koi Assoc.,

Niagara Frontier Koi & Pond Club, Ohio Koi Club, Piedmont Koi & Water Garden Club,

Prince George Koi & Garden Club, Saline County Water Garden Club,

Sierra Koi Club, St. Johns Koi & Water Garden Club, Valley of the Sun Koi Society

More than 90 Days Past Due

Welcome to AKCA!

Water Garden & Koi Society of Alberta

Rep: Carol Walters ... 26 Richlyn Estates, Sherwood Park, AB, Canada T8C I B2 ... (780) 922‑4141

Alt. Rep: Arnold Zoschke .... Box 604, Thorsby, AB Canada T0C 2P0 .... (780) 789‑3845

The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. by Larry Leverett. There are 104 member clubs.

MINUTES: Motion: To accept the minutes of September 14, 2001 with the following corrections: Several typos; under Financial report, $1,132.91 for KOI USA incorrect; should read $1,325.54. under Doug's report; the word blue should read club. Motion by Bob, 2nd by Joyce. Approved

SEPTEMBER FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Carl stated that extra bills have come in from the 2001 Seminar; the Seminar will probably go into the hole (probably several hundred dollars). In the event a Seminar goes into the hole, AKCA pays for any outstanding bills/loss. KOI USA had a net income, for year to date, of $13,701.99. The pond construction guide price will probably go up to $5.00.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

KOI USA: Joyce reported that they are interviewing a second person for marketing KOI USA. He lives in New Jersey and just today received their packet for his evaluation. Tom is gearing up for next year's Buyer's Guide and is in the process of contacting advertisers. They are getting Jan/Feb magazine ready to go now.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: Spike said that they are making progress, although not as much as he had hoped for. They are working on updating the koi health adviser (KHA); sent out mailings.

He is talking with Gary Chin about the Seminar and handing out certificates there. A number of goals have been completed. Registrations will be closed at the end of Oct. Next month, Spike is hoping to get a water quality section on the internet up and running. Chris Neeves is working on the filter. We should have 90 people for the first class. He is also working with Debby Young for a closed web board for questions and answers. He also showed those present a new book, Diseases of Carp, by Hoole, Bucke, Wellby, and Burgess. Motion: To purchase of 100 of Nick Saint Erne's books at a 50% discount off list price at an approximate cost of $5,000. Motion by Burt, 2nd by Bob. Approved.

MEMBERSHIP: Doug stated that a new club, the Water Garden and Koi Society of Alberta, has submitted their application, check, roster and he has also talked with them; everything is OK. Motion To approve Water Garden and Koi Society of Alberta as an AKCA member club. Motion by Doug, 2nd by Burt. Approved Doug has also verified that all clubs have gotten their guides and minutes. Doug has made corrections to the club kit.

JUDGING: Bob stated that they are busy; have worked hard on the Seminar. They will be having Kodama as a speaker.

SPEAKERS BUREAU: No report.

SPEAKERS GRANT: Larry stated that he received a letter from Northern Midwest ZNA & Indiana KC requesting a speakers grant. We will need to contact them to inform them that they need 6 clubs participating in order to receive this grant.

GUIDES: Judy stated that two clubs sent us cards/letters thanking us for the guides. Fred Vogel, of Shasta and Praireland both sent in cards thanking us for the great health guides.

Clubs who have NOT sent in their club rosters (will not get guides until sent):

Austin Pond Society, Greater Boston Koi Keeper Society, Greater Louisville Koi &

Goldfish, Indiana Koi Club, Inland Empire WG & Koi Society, Klahanie Koi Club, Moto Kara Koi

Kai, Mountaineer Koi Club, North Texas WG Society, Northern Lights Koi Club,

Olympic Koi Club, Santa Clara Valley Koi & WG Club, Showa Koi Club,

Washington Koi & W/G, ZNA Potomac, ZNA So Cal

SEMINAR REPORTS:

2002 SEMINAR: Mark stated that several ideas have helped move the Seminar forward. Prices have been determined for the costs of the 3 tours: San Francisco, wine tour, and dealer tour. Norm Call is doing the pins; we need 500 pins. Most committee heads are in place and beginning the rigorous tasks that need to occur. Several new sponsors are being considered including one of the major airlines. A schedule has been produced by Carolyn Van Hoeck for the speakers with tentative times; they need to plug in the people doing the speaking. Mark and Carl will fly to San Francisco the weekend of the 274h to meet with the committee heads and establish what help AKCA can give them. Georgia Vonk suggested setting up a speaker's fund to help underwrite the cost of speakers at Seminars. Discussion.

2003 SEMINARS: Doug has done a template for timelines, including setting a budget as well as the completion of a registration form. This has never been done before, to this extent, and was very impressive. It should be of tremendous help to any club(s) organizin a Seminar. It was done chronologically and by committees.

2004/2005 SEMINARS: Open; Spokane is considering hosting; Valley of the Sun is also interested.

REPRESENTATIVE CONTACTS:

Written report submitted by Burt: Arthur Manaker‑ of Nature's Coast K WGC‑ said that their 1st koi

show was a success; at a nursery; had 10 tanks and around 50 koi. The Grand champion was a kohaku of Johnnie Foster's. Chris Schroettinger, of Central Florida KC, said that they had their Seminar at Volusia Agriculture Center on water quality and fish health by Dr. Allan Riggs. Norbun Watson, of Warner Robins said that their pond tour went very well; had 150‑200 attendees; got good radio coverage for it and also had cable stations and newspapers. They are giving proceeds to the Red Cross relief fund. Jackie Welch, of Oklahoma KC, said that a number of them are going to the San Antonio show this weekend. Will have elections at their next meeting. Debby T. Young, of Southern Arizona KC said that they are getting ready for their show on Nov. 9th getting more new tanks. Carl Fridenstine, of Santa Clara Valley Ko , said that they are going to put on a koi show in March at the San Francisco Flower Show at the Cow Palace. They got many new members from their pond tour; election of officers is Oct. 12 th Holiday banquet is Nov. 16th at a local restaurant in San Jose area. Shiela Jackson, of San Francisco Bay KC, said that all committee heads for the Seminar have been appointed except the raffle committee. Sent registration form to Cindy Graham; will get pricing structure to Carl Caddies. Peter Enfield, of Pacific Wonderland ' said that they had a demonstration on how to build a bead filter out of a 55 gal. Barrel on its side at their last meeting. He created a strainer in his vortex using 64 micron mesh and a pulsating sprinkler he modified. He has written an article for KOI USA; planning Xmas party; had election of officers.

Written report submitted by Carole: Florida Koi& Water Garden Society just had their second anniversary part at the home of Lillian Wolfe and John Calder. There were over 60 people present for the barbecue, door prizes and Aqua Doc and Blackwater brought some beautiful fish and sold them at great prices. Jan Jordan, of Mid‑Columbia K&PC said that they have picked the members that will be their KHA's (Jan White, Carmen Stafford, plus two alternates ‑. Officers for the coming year, 2002, are running unopposed: Ron Boedeker, President, Bill White, Vice President, Harland Borcherding, Treasurer, and Phyliss Hirschel, Secretary. Jan will serve as Past President on Board. They had a very successful Pond Tour the first part of September; tickets were a sell out. Richard Adema, of Canada KC said that they had a koi sale/auction (mainly goldfish) on Sept. 15th of approximately 200 fish. They are getting ready to shut down ponds. Had a meeting on which plants need to be taken out of the ponds over winter. Planning for their Xmas dinner; elections in Nov. Larry Bortner, of Chesapeake & Potomac, said that most of their members have dropped out. He is working hard on keeping the club going; someone expressed interest over the internet. Ile Southwest Koi & Pond Association just had a meeting where Mike Martinez gave a very informative presentation on water quality. Elections are coming up; planning for annual holiday social gathering that will be held at the State Line Restaurant. They will have their November meeting at the El Paso Zoo. So Cal Koi Club recently went to the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific; tour was incredible, especially the sea otters and sea horses. They also took a behind the scenes tour in which they saw the quarantine tanks for new fish as well as the filtration system for the entire aquarium.

Written report submitted by Doug: All koi clubs Doug contacted extended their heartfelt sympathy for those who lost their lives or loved ones on Sept. 11, 200 1. Gary Chin, of Camellia KC, said Dr. William Cox of the DFG gave an excellent update on the status of the local koi virus. They recommend other clubs in California have Dr. Cox come and speak on this subject. Larry Gill and Gary Chan will speak about "How to Buy Koi" at the October meeting. This program will include live koi to be selected and distributed to club members for a selection and growing contest. Their club is working hard with the San Francisco KC on the 2002 AKCA Seminar. Art Lembke reports Mid Atlantic KC is settling down following Koi America which brought the club 100 new members and made money. Koi America had nearly 300 fish with an attendance of over 40000 people. Club local Chapters are having their fall picnics now and are enjoying a deserved rest. Koi America vendors were very pleased with the results. The Olympic KC reports their clubs Sept. luncheon with Kalhanie KC at the home of Leon Lopez. Was a real Jamaican cuisine delight. The club newsletter included a list of poisonous plants to have around a koi pond, basics of biological filtration and a discussion on stocking levels for healthy ponds. The October meeting will be held at Ed and Ann Fujimoto's in Kingston. Ray Jordan, of Texas K&GFS, said they were busy preparing for their koi show October 13/14 and expected a good turnout. This is the first time they have sold out all of their tanks for an English November Meeting; their club is taking a field trip to Brett's Koi Farm to watch the tosai (I year baby koi) harvest and culling. Ron Goforth, of the Moto Kars Koi Kai club in Texas, reports they added 100 Japanese koi terms including the ability to hear the proper Japanese pronunciation onto their website MKK.com.org which is linked to the AKCA website. They plan to add more terms later. David Smothers, of North Carolina K&WGS, reports their Sept. meeting was a tour of a members home and gardens with a discussion on quarantine time and procedures for new koi. Their members are looking forward to the koi show in Charlotte in November. They are glad to see their club news in the KOI USA Club section and feel it will bring new members to their club. Ginger Duncan, of Las Pampas K&WGS, in Texas told me their club of 18 families used profits from a recent pond tour to purchase eye glasses for a needy, little girl and were about to use the remaining profits to help the elderly with medicine and food. What a charitable thing to do and an inspiration for all of us. Their club also built a water fountain for their local college last year. Susan Kandt, of Kansas Pond Society, reports their members lost no koi this spring and summer following some losses during the last hard winter due to improper care. They will have another discussion about proper koi and pond care going into this winter. Their membership is growing and they are already starting to plan for the Wichita Garden Show in Feb/Mar. Bob Passovoy, of Northern Midwest ZNA, thanked AKCA for the clarification on the bylaws regarding Dealer participation in clubs. It was very timely because October is election month for club President, Secretary, Exec Committee Chairperson and for 4 Board Members for their club. Doug will contact the following clubs next month: Ventura KC, Tulsa Koi Society. Doug tried but was unable to get return messages from the following clubs: Lone Star KC Austin KC & Austin Pond Society, Blue Water Pond Club, Mendocino Coast, & Klahanie KC. Better luck next month.

Written report for Bob & Joan Finnegan : Charles Phelps, of Greater Louisville, said that everything is OK; Bob & Joan will Judge their koi show next May. Lester Berkow, of Tropical KC, said that everything was OK. Ron Bain, of Forest City Pond Club said that they have 68 members and are getting more each meeting. Mona Coleman, of Northern Nevada said that their club is very active. On Oct. 13th their club will go to Monterey, CA for 2 days to visit the Big Fish Aquarium and to take in the sights. They will have a Seminar with Dr. Johnson as their guest speaker/teacher. This will take place next spring. So Cal Koi Club went to the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific. Last month we had a meeting at a members house; he has a 70,000 gal. Koi pond in Newport Beach as well as a vineyard. Frank LePome, of Sierra KC said that everything is OK. Some club member's are going koi shopping in the hill in Japan (Oct. 21‑27). Bob tried but was unable to get the following clubs: Rocky Mountain KC, No. Florida KC, Northwest K&GF and Indiana KC.

Written report submitted by Joyce: Robin Scott, of Atlanta KC ' said that their club has rescheduled their show to the last week in October. They h very successful pond tour on the first Saturday of each of the months of May, June, July and August. Ten to fifteen ponds were featured each time and it ranged over a 12 county area, so they were able to view everything from 300 to 40,000 gallons. Carol Jones, of Florida West Coast, said that she has been getting the minutes; have also received their health guides. Vergil Hettick, of ZNA So California, said that the big auction at CSULS Japanese Garden will be on Nov. 18th Visitors/volunteers are welcome from 8:00 a.m.

and the auction begins at 12:00 p.m. Once again they will have a wide range of koi from the

Garden pond, as well as member's koi. All fish will be identified as to the source at the beginning

of the bidding. There will be no minimum bids. John Dixon, of Prince George, said that not all

their club members agree with the increased AKCA dues. John will talk to the members when he

returns from Vancouver. John Olsen, D.V.M., of Tampa Ba , said that elections were held

recently and Mike Singleton is the new AKCA Director. They had their first Koi and Vendor

show. It was initially going to be a club show but was opened up to other participants and

publicized to the public as planned, to help generate new members. It was held at the ranch of one

of the members, Richard Schmidt. There were approximately 250 attendees, 87 fish entrants

placed into 15 categories. The Grand Champion was a Showa, size 3, owned by Ruth Nichols,

and will be the club's entrant for AKCA Koi of the Year 2002. Judges were Dr. Lester Berkow,

AKCA Judge, and Joe White, ‑ AKCA Candidate Judge. They collected $250 that will be sent to a

relief fund for the victims of the World Trade Center. Their web site has been revitalized and can

be found at www.tampabaykooi.org Jack Chang wanted everyone to know the All Japan

Koi Show (ZEN) is Nov. 3rd and 4th. It will be held at the Tokyo Dome

Written report submitted by Larry Barry Berger, of Greater Boston Koi Keepers, said newcomers met at his house in October and traded stories and pond pictures and discussed pond building. Many had heron problems this year so anti‑predator tactics were a common goal. Barry is also participating in the KHA program with AKCA. Shelly Klinger, of Central Illinois Water Gardeners, said they will be holding elections on Saturday, October 13th Prior to the election, Tim Getz, from Getz Greenhouse in Eureka, Ill, will speak on closing down ponds for the winter. Alice Ames, of Santa Fe Pond Society & Koi Appreciation Club, said they are going to the Texas Fancy Goldfish and Koi show and will bring their first friendship award to hand out. Judy Endsley, of Ohio Koi Club, said their August meeting was a picnic at Bill and Marge Grovers where they honored their Koi Person of the Year, Hollie Suggs and the owners of the Koi of the Year, Ron and MaryAnn Bergman. Donna Woods, of the Gulf Coast Koi Society sent their membership list in so they could receive the AKCA Health Guides for their members. Ledeane Paden, of Prairieland Pond (a new AKCA club with 161 members) said their next meeting will be an annual cookout and they have 220 sign ups. This summer they helped design and build a pond water features at the Glen Oak Zoo in Peoria, 111. Darlene Jennings, of Mid‑Michigan P&WGC said their August meeting was the hottest they ever had, but their hosts Mike and Diane Husted provided plenty of cold drinks to help them through the meeting. Cathy Barnard, of the Gulf Coast Koi Society said she and Donna Wood will enter koi at the Atlanta show. They hope to get the Grand Champion trophy.

PROXY CALLS FOR DECEMBER/JANUARY

Check list for clubs who haven't paid dues or sent in roster ... remind clubs!

What club wants to host the 2004 & 2005 Seminar?

OLD BUSINESS: None

NEW BUSINESS: None

Motion to adjourn at 8:42 p.m. Motion by Joyce, 2nd by Carole. Approved

Respectfully submitted,

Carole Elliott

Secretary