AKCA Minutes of September 10, 2004

 

Officers Present:                                Directors Present:                                             Guests:

Chair: Joan Finnegan                               Burt Ballou (OC ZNA +)                                            Kelly Houston

Vice Chair:  Ed Salinas                   Larry Leverett (Inland)                                  Spike Cover

Secretary:  Carole Elliott                      Bob Finnegan (Louisville)                                            Joyce Glenn

CFO:  Doug Dahl                                  Louie Hernandez (SoCal ZNA)                                     

                                                                Harlan Glenn (San Diego)                                   

                                                                Lisa Barnett (Nishiki)

                                                                Bruno Kudrecki (Koi Kichi & WGC)

                                                                               

Board Highlights:

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The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Joan Finnegan @ 7:00 pm.   We have 103 clubs.     

 

v      MINUTES:

Motion:  To approve the minutes of August 13th with the following correction:  2007 Seminar to be hosted by Valley of the Sun club and jointly hosted by them and Southern Arizona Koi Association.  Motion by Joyce, 2nd by Larry.  Approved. 

 

v      AUGUST FINANCIAL STATEMENT/FINANCE COMMITTEE:

Doug reported that the current net profit for the 2004 Seminar is $17,524 with all known bills paid; host club share is $7,010.  A Finance Committee meeting was held with the following results: (1) Fidelity Mutual fund penalties were identified and decision made with help of Jim Reilly to leave the fund for the next year or so to let the penalties expire and not transfer to another Fidelity fund or sell; (2) Annual fiscal plan was reviewed for bank and investment accounts; (3) $40,000 transferred from Union Bank to B of A and will expect to do so again in January, 2005; (4) Expect $50,000 will have to be moved from bank accounts into investments next June; (5) $40,000 moved from Money market into a 18 month CD; (6) $40,000 moved from Money market into a 36 month CD; (7) $36,000 in Corporate Bonds will come due thru end of 2004; (8) continue to work secure website thru Echo for both Bookstore and Seminar registration accounts.  2.29% fee expected from Echo plus $14.95 per account per month; and (9) CPA Review this year will be a Compilation with footnotes plus a Management letter and will cost $2,200.  Doug met with both CPAs to work taxes, annual review and resolved issues on bookkeeping in Quickbooks.  Errors were made in last year’s annual review and taxes 2 & 3 years ago according to our CPAs.  This is driving up the cost this year to clean up our annual review.  The problems are the selection between  cash or accrued basis.  There was also one mismatch in data from the old Quickbooks to the new Quickbooks file last year not caught in the annual review.  Mandy completed the annual bookstore inventory.  There are 59 net items less than Quickbooks predicted but most items quantities increased rather than lost quantity so the inventory one of the years is in question.  Doug doesn’t know what to make of the data.  We lost 113 Atlanta pins, 93 Health Guides, 76 Pond Guides but gained 27 PKK1, and 20+ of most pins.  We have a list of damaged items including 32 Koi ID posters.  Quickbooks has been adjusted to the new inventory quantities.  Mandy turned in her 60 day notice; have to identify a new Bookstore person quickly so he/she can be trained.  Mandy said she did not have the time anymore to do the work.  Harlan indicated that his temp secretary would be an ideal person as she is already on site; he will check with her and report back to Doug.  Year to date net income is $10,047.15.  Doug also reported that KOI USA advertising brings in about $50,000 per issue.  Motion:  To accept the financial report.  Motion by Lisa, 2nd by Joyce.  Approved.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

 

v      SCIENTIFIC:  Spike stated that he received an email from Andy Goodwin regarding being behind on his deadlines.  Andy stated that they have acquired a new PCR instrument that will run

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v       a super-sensitive assay recently developed by Dr. Hedrick; has taken a little time to acquire all of the needed chemicals and to make sure that Dr. Hedrick’s assay worked in their hands.  In a telecom with Bran Ritchie, Bran stated that they are closing in on a serology test that will screen for fish that have been exposed to KHV and have developed antibodies that are still present in the fish.  He thinks the test will be ready soon and people will be able to start sending samples (blood plasma) to his lab for testing.  Bran estimates that lab testing of blood plasma will be in the $20 range (if plasma is sent).  This promises to be our best test yet to determine if a given fish (or a given lot of fish, if sampling is done) has been previously exposed to KHV.  It can also be used in research to prove that fish are survivors when looking for all the other things we need to determine about this virus, e.g., parameters to cause the virus to come out of dormancy and again become infective.  Spike stated that about ˝ of the KHA Program’s goals were missed including the expense report.  Joan stated that Jim Reilly didn’t have a report this month for the AKCA-KHV Project.  It was also stated that the CPAs insist that we have duplicate bank statements; can’t have a separate set of books. 

 

v      PUBLICATION:    Ed handed out a draft Business Plan for KOI USA that we went over item by item; recommendations were made.  He also stated that we need a features editor.  Discussion of photos, particularly photos that go on the cover of the magazine.  It was suggested that we develop a list of people who are great photographers who know how to properly photograph koi and possibly have a referral service to clubs of individuals in or around their area.  Marketing was discussed; Joan’s daughter would be willing to do research on past subscribers to see why they are no longer taking our magazine and report back.  Discussion on developing a survey; are written surveys effective??  Need to determine why we aren’t keeping our subscribers and why we are keeping them.  We also need a plan for what we want on the website.  Discussion about getting our magazine placed at dealers.  Perhaps we develop a poster to be placed at dealers and offer some incentives to dealers who get people to subscribe to the magazine. 

 

v      MEMBERSHIP:  Doug stated that we currently have 103 member clubs.  October 1st will be the final date for clubs to renew their membership.

 

v      JUDGING:  Bob said that judging is going smooth.  Tampa, Fla. Will have their show in spite of the hurricanes.  They will be working on next years koi shows.

 

v      SPEAKER’S GRANT:  No report.  

 

v      GUIDES:  No report.

 

v      INSURANCE:  Burt stated that directors/officers errors & omissions policy was paid for the year.

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SEMINAR REPORTS:

 

v      2005 TULSA SEMINAR:  Ed stated that they got a partial budget in to Doug.

 

v     2006 NIAGARA SEMINAR:  Doug reports they are on track and on schedule.

 

v      2007 Seminar:  We don’t have hotel information as yet; there are a number of hotels that can meet our needs.

 

 

 

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v      Future Seminars:   Piedmont and No. Florida would like us to keep their proposal for the 2008 Seminar.  Las Vegas and San Diego would like us to keep their proposal for the 2009 Seminar.  Please note that we are open to other proposals for both years; contact either Burt or Doug.  It was also agreed by the board that we would vote on a host club for each Seminar in June when the Seminar date is three years away; the 2008 Seminar host club will be chosen June of 2005.

 

REPRESENTATIVE CONTACTS:

 

o         Written report submitted by Doug: Janet Vukovich, of Central Calif. KC, reports they are planning their koi show Oct 9/10 at the Fig Garden Village.  Judges will be Art & Nicole Lembke and Debby Hester.  The show will include a public raffle of items.  John Hawley, of First Coast K&WG Club, reports their club luau was a success and they are continuing to plan for their 1st Koi Show October 16th.  Virginia Joiner, of Lone Star ZNA KC, reports their pond tour was a great success with 24+ ponds.  Their club has had a very active set of lectures this year so far.  Their last meeting was a Gatsby party, just for fun.  At the next meeting they will discuss a potential koi show next spring and also KHV issues.  No problem with any ponds in Houston.  Dr. James Hooper, of Mendocino Coast Koi Club, reports they are working on getting a speaker to use their AKCA Speakers Grant.  Dr. Hooper will show a video he took while at the Hawaii AKCA Seminar to club members at the next meeting.  The club had a local pond tour in July.  Dr. Hooper had a trout pond wiped out with a trout disease he suspects was carried in by a blue heron that visited 2 weeks earlier.  He asks if AKCA would try to convince Fish & Game that herons are spreading KHV and no longer should be considered endangered and against the law to kill.  Dr. Hooper also suggests AKCA consider late Sept. or early Oct. for the AKCA Seminar to obtain better weather since many schools are year round anyway.  Pam Francis, of Michigan Koi & Pond Club-SE, reports their July meeting featured a presentation on Pond Design 101.  This lecture was scheduled due to new club members being obtained during their pond tour in June.  They videotaped this lecture and will have it available for future use.  50 club members attended a mini tour/progressive dinner in August.  At each pond, the owners explained their pond systems and how they were built.  Following dinner they visited a member’s pond under construction.  Their September meeting is scheduled to discuss pumps, filtration and pond closing followed by a pot luck supper.  The October meeting is the fall social with nature and garden tour and harvest dinner and their November meeting is the year end social.  Susan Reed, of Middle Georgia WGC, reports their club is having an open photo contest for their first koi show on March 18-27, 2005.  Any koi hobbyist (not a dealer) can enter and you do not have to be a club member.  Dr. Lester Berkow has agreed to judge the photos to pick the winners.  For information, contact Robert Reed @ (478) 827-0570.  Dot Wilbanks, of Moto Kara Koi Kai, reports Ron Goforth’s only sister recently passed away so they cancelled their club meeting since Ron is the teacher for the club. (Our sympathy goes out to Ron and his family.  Koi clubs make us like family)  Melinda Christopher, of Olympic K,G&WGC, reports they just finished their pond tour in August and it was successful partly because it brought new club members.  Geoffrey Huntley, of Piedmont K&WG Society, reports they are working hard on the Charlotte Koi Show the first weekend in November.  They would like to see 300 koi entered this year.  They also have speakers, raffles, a large vendor tent and a koi auction.  Really a one stop event if you are in the area or want to fly in for the show.  In August they held a social pot luck.  The club voted to extend their offer to host the 2008 AKCA Seminar since Phoenix won 2007.  Their September club meeting will feature a speaker from South Africa Koi Keeper in South Africa.  The Pioneer Valley WG&KC newsletter reports their guest speaker for August spoke on Fish Health During the Long Hot Summer.  The speaker for September will talk on Wetland Buffer Gardens.  Dorothy Connors, of Rhode Island & SE Massachusetts KC, reports they held their first official meeting to introduce their club officers, introduce members, announce membership in AKCA and to discuss the club by-laws.  The next 4 club meetings have been scheduled at members homes.  They have started to create their club website.  One of their club members has enrolled in the KHA class.  The club has offered to assist the Pioneer Valley club with their koi show next year.  They received their AKCA books and Guides.  John Collier, of Tulsa Koi Society, reports they are hard at work planning the 2005 AKCA Seminar.  The seminar budget was approved and registration information sent to KOI USA for the Jan/Feb issue.  In July, a presentation was given with photos taken at the 2004 AKCA Seminar in Hawaii.  In August the club held their annual picnic and then drove to a local breeder for desert.  The lecture planned for the September meeting is on koi nutrition.  The Ventura KC newsletter reports Doug Dahl gave an informative lecture and slide presentation on backyard koi breeding at their August meeting.  The lecture clearly explained why some koi are so expensive and the point that breeding koi can be expensive was made.  Howard Oxman was presented the club Koi Person of the Year Award at the meeting for his tireless effort on the club newsletter.  The September meeting will be held at a Santa Barbara home with an 18,0000 gallon koi pond, a foam fractionator, aquatic garden stream, low fish

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o         load and great plumbing design.  Doug tried to contact the following clubs with no response:  Austin Koi & Goldfish Club; Austin Pond Society; Blue Water Pond Club; Dai Ichi KC; Las Vegas Koi Club; Mid Atlantic Koi Club; Nashville Pond Society; and, Valley of the Sun KC.

 

o         Written report submitted by Bob:  So Cal Koi Club held their September meeting @ the facilities of Japan Koi Online where Taro panned some fish with judging discussion following.  Will be having a joint Xmas party with Nishiki Koi and OC ZNA.  Tim Chaney, of Great Pond & Koi Society West Mich, said that everything is OK.  Charles Phelps, of Greater Louisville K&GFS, said they will have a field trip to a botanical garden at the end of Sept.; club membership is way up after a successful koi show.  Anne Miller, of North Florida Club, said that everything OK considering the weather; the koi show is still on.  Mona Coleman, of Northern Nevada Pond Club, said that everything is OK; getting ready for winter.  Tim Gilbert, of Rocky Mountain Koi Club, said their koi show was a big success; now starting another year.  Lester Berkow, of Tropical Koi & Watergarden Club of South Florida, said their area did pretty good weather wise; 60% were out of power.  Bob tried but was unable to reach Northwest K&GFC, Western Tennessee, and Indiana K&WGC.

 

o        Written report submitted by Burt:  John Hathaway, of Pacific Wonderland, reported that on August 28th members had a private informal gathering with Greg Speichert, publisher of Water Gardening Magazine.  They had a very large turnout for this informal meeting which was very informative for their members.  Their regular September meeting, held at Wayne King’s home, focused part of the business agenda on how PWKC could support KHV research; ideas on fundraising were discussed.  Henry Culpepper, of Orlando Area K&PC, said that most of the club members did OK from both hurricane Charley & Frances; only one koi lost.  Ruth Nichols, of the Tampa Club, lost her home due to a fire caused by her portable generator and had no homeowner’s insurance.  Henry’s club started gathering donations for her & the first check to her was for $11,000.  Contributions were from all over, not just Florida.  Her koi were saved but she lost her 3 cats.  At their last meeting, Mike McMahon did a slide presentation of his trip to England & the BKKS show.  The club voted to be a partner in the Central Florida Koi Show for March 11-13 in Orlando @ the Holiday Inn; fundraiser got $1,200 from just the club members for Ruth Nichols.  Johnny Foster, of Nature’s Coast K&WGC, said they are still without power from Frances; problem is high winds & a lot of rain for 2 days; their koi seem OK so far.  Their last meeting was postponed a week because of Charley; went to a ginger farm in Gainesville; had over 20 members attend & had a picnic.  Still planning their koi show on 10/23 & maybe go to the Tampa show on 9/26.  Norbun Watson, of Middle Georgia Koi Society, said there has been a lot of rain; trees down everywhere & no power in many areas.  Members are chartering a bus to the Atlanta Koi Show on 9/18, then they will have a winter pond tour on 12/4.  Their next social is 9/25.  Kenneth Wong, of Dallas Koi Kichi Group, said that some members went to the Oklahoma Koi Show; their next meeting next Sunday about quarantining; everything is quiet.  Jesus Brito, of Oklahoma KC, said the koi show went well.  Don & Gene, from Texas, won Grand Champion & all the top awards; had the most vendors they ever had; also had the best quality of koi in several years.  22 entrants from all over; next meeting is the mud pond pull @ Chuck Downs.  Lucia Rose, of San Francisco Bay KC, said the koi sale & auction @ Peters & Sons will be Sept. 25th.  Last meeting was a barbeque with a lot of new members; next meeting will have a speaker from UC Davis.  Linda Montgomery, of Cascade K&GFS, said they had their barbeque picnic; starting planning for PNKCA Seminar ’05 as they are hosting it; also planning Xmas party in January.  ZNAOC’s last meeting was @ the Ballous; Gloria Ballou was scheduled to speak on water plants but the business part of the meeting was about their upcoming koi show in October and took up too much of the meeting time.  Debby Young, of Southern Arizona KC, said they had a big rain storm that took out part of their backyard & a tree.  The club is preparing for their koi show Nov. 11-13; have revised their by-laws.  Carl Fridenstine, of Santa Clara Valley Koi, said they had a field trip of 35 members to Santa Cruz for a pond tour; got a full slate of proposed officers for election in Sept.  Had a speaker from UC Davis that spoke on KHV; he is a grad student & he was an excellent down to earth speaker.  Burt tried but was unable to reach Koi & WGC of No. Texas, Florida East Coast and Southern Koi Association.

 

o        Written report submitted by Carole:  The newsletter from Niagara Frontier K&PC reports that this month Mike Masterson, from Masterson’s Garden Center, will be doing a talk on pond closing; will go over all the steps needed to make that transition needed into the winter months.  They will also have a display at the Fall Garden Faire @ the Cornell Cooperative extension, Roycroft campus in East Aurora on Sept. 19th.  They are the sponsor of the Botanical Gardens pond.  Sept. will be the last auction of the year; will have their Giant Auction next summer.  Jerry Woodbury, of Miami Valley WG, said they have been providing talks to the public regarding propagating lilys.  In the upcoming months they will be electing officers & providing more public talks about preparing the pond for winter.  In August they had one of their favorite speakers,

 

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o        Marvin Duran who did a talk about “Sex around the garden”, an informative talk about the propagation of plants.  In Sept. they will set up an information booth at the Urbana Shrimp & Fish Festival.  Bill Bedwin, of Northern Lights Koi Club, reports that all is well in Alberta.  They are getting very close to winter and time to bring in the koi.  Bryan Bateman, of Midwest Pond & Koi Society, said they had their show 2 weeks ago and it went well.  They had 126 koi entered.  This past weekend they held their annual kloi auction; auctions over 100 koi.  Their volunteer appreciation dinner is the 2nd weekend of November.  Kathy Bergh, of Puget Sound KC, said they had a great BBQ/social, a successful koi show, and manned an information booth at a Japanese Cultural Event.  Their president stepped down but their vice-president stepped right in and is doing a wonderful job.  Jan Jordan, of Mid-Columbia Koi & Pond Club, said that they just had another successful pond tour; potluck and worker’s tour of the ponds.  Carole tried but was unable to reach Bakersfield K&WGS, Central Alabama K&WGS, High Desert Koi Fanciers, Southwest Koi & Pond Assoc., and the Water Garden Club of So. Texas.

 

o        Written report submitted by Spike:  Tom Ayers, of Tucson KS, said that they don’t meet again until October @ his home.  Bob Brudd, of Northern Midwest ZNA, said that they have set up their 3rd annual koi show that took place Sept. 11-12th.     Garry Chin, of Camellia KC, said their August general meeting was the club’s annual koi auction.  In September the club will be having it’s annual potluck.  Their upcoming koi show will be @ Green Acres Nursery in Roseville on Nov. 6-7th.   Ray Jordan, of Texas Koi & Fancy Goldfish Society, said they are busy working on the 13th Annual show which is this month.  All signs are pointing to this being their best & most attended; pre-show publicity has been going fantastic; expect a major article in the San Antonio newspaper about the show to be published the weekend before their event.  They are also having the military bloodmobile from Brooke Army Medical Hospital there taking blood donations for our troops in Afghanistan & Iraq.  Donors will receive a gift certificate for a Whisky Barrel Garden from Water Garden Gems.  They are almost sold out of show vendor spaces; only one still available.  They will also have an arts & craft show with special items for sale during their event.  Dan Phillips, of North Carolina K&WGS, reports things are going well.  They will be printing their first club Newsletter; had their club logo custom embroidered for t-shirts and 30 shirts were ordered by NCKWS members.  Their August meeting was held at the home of Lisa Warren after a reschedule to hurricane Charley; Sept. meeting will be held at Dan Phillips.  In November they will be judging their first of two milestones (most growth) in their tosai grow out contest.  Their 3rd annual koi & pond photo contest will take place in November and judged by Galen Hansen; hope to have 100 entries this year. 

 

o        Written report submitted by Larry:  Ladean Paden, of Prairieland K&PS, said they will end its 3 part series on Sept. 11th.  Huge thanks to Doug Dahl for letting them use his presentation.  Many new pond owners required a quick learning curve that this presentation covered.  They end the series with plants in and around your pond.  Election of officers in October and end of the year is in sight.  A new president is in training.  The information AKCA has made available for her has made her job a lot easier.  Huge thanks to Larry for his advice and guidance thru difficult times.  Shelly Klinger, of Central Illinois Water Gardeners, said they will meet Sept. 11th at the home of Beth Smith.  Their guest speakers will be Julie Johnson & Ed Hernandez.  Julie is the current water garden manager @ Casey’s & Ed works @ Casey’s as well.  They will speak to the group about fish, algae problems and general pond fall shutdown.  Kathy Barnard, of the Gulf Coast Koi Society, reports there is nothing new to report.  Sandy Fisher, of the Mid-Michigan Pond & Water Garden Society, said their Sept. meeting will be at Cindy Winters and the guest speaker will be Ginny Knag; her topic will be using Michigan’s wild plants in and around your pond.  She noted that their pond tour was a huge success with many members helping to make it fun and successful.  No reports from Ohio Koi Club, St. Louis Water Gardening Society, West Plains Water Gardening Society, Madison Area Pond Society or Cherokee Strip Water Garden Society.  

 

o        Written report submitted by Kelly Houston:  Inland Koi Society’s next general meeting is Sept. 26th at Mystic Koi in Upland.  Host are Sandy & Bill Debrosky; son Sean will speak and have a question and answer period.  Their pond tour will be June 26th, 2005.

 

o         Written report submitted by Joyce Glenn:  Bob Waag, of Florida West Coast, described his area as a war zone after the two devastating hurricanes.  If all stays calm, they will hold their club swap meet this Sunday.  The meet has already become relocated because the original site was ravaged by the storms.  Apparently all his koi are staying at the bottom of the pond; he does have netting to keep the herons out.  Club members have been using emergency fish kits (temporary ponds) to help.  Leroy Taba, of Hawaii Goldfish & Carp

 

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o         Association, said that the Hawaii United Okinawan Assoc. Festival over the Labor Day weekend at the Kapiolani Park was a very successful event for the club.  About 35,000 to 40,000 people showed up.  Their booth got moved around but they had one of the best setups ever and the club is looking forward to next year when they can make it even better and draw more attention to the organization.  Dave Peebler, of Koi Club of Kansas, sent the club newsletter.  In it was an article about koi teeth along with a photo.  It appears they lose them periodically and they are replaced with the fish’s natural growth.  Their theme for their next meeting is Italian gourmet meal and to get into the spirit of things, they are wearing togas.  Joyce tried but was unable to reach Atlanta KC, Charleston Showa KC, Washington Koi K&WGS and Tampa Bay K&WGC.

 

o        Written report submitted by Bruno Kudrecki:  Koi Kichi & WGC reports that at their August meeting they had a great meeting with lot’s of food and friends; their guest speaker was Tom Holder, of Koi Care Kennel.  He spoke about aeromonas, how and why it attacks our koi.  They discussed and all agreed that a fundraising auction for the AKCA KHV research project would be a great way to contribute to this cause.  They will ask all the local clubs to join us in an effort to help raise funds.  Nancy Morales was presented the AKCA Koi Person of the Year award; she works very hard for the club. 

 

o        Written report submitted by Louie Hernandez:  ZNA So Cal’s last meeting was hosted by two of their newer members, Bob & Mary Magiona @ their home in Palos Verdes Estates.  After a continental breakfast, over 40 of their members were treated to a house, garden, and pond tour; the Magionas treated them to a delicious Sushi lunch after the general meeting.  In November they will have their annual koi auction at Cal State University Long Beach.  They have meetings planned thru March, 2005. 

 

o        Written report submitted by Harlan Glenn:  Chuck Poppe, of ZNA Potomac, reported that their clubs annual koi show will take place on Sept. 11-12th at the National Arboretum.  Linda Solis, of Koi Club of San Diego, reported (via the club newsletter) that the club hopes to put in a request to hold the 2009 AKCA Seminar in San Diego.  They were disappointed in learning that the 2007 Seminar was given to the Valley of the Sun Koi Club in Phoenix.  The club 2005 koi show is planned for February at the Del Mar Fairgrounds the same weekend as the Spring Home & Garden Show.  This means that a lot more people should be there.

 

o        Written report submitted by Scott Zehm:  Richard Adema, of Canada Koi Club, reports their club had their pond tour and barbeque last month.  They had 6 ponds on the tour.  The tour was for club members and members from the Dai-ichi club to see.  Their next meeting will have an open discussion session.  Bobby Putnam, of So. Carolina K&WGS, reported that their August meeting was held at the home of Peggy & Bill Isaacs with Chris Mills, from Emperor Aquatics, as their guest speaker.  He gave an excellent talk on UV lights.  Everyone enjoyed seeing Bill’s large fish, ponds and filter systems.  Their September meeting will be held at the home of Gary & Anne Marie Andrews; their speaker for that meeting will be Ken Rust from Absolute Aquatics.  Their membership is growing and the interest and the Koi & Water Garden are certainly growing in their area.  Scott tried but was unable to contact North Texas Water Garden Society and Eastern Iowa Pond Society.

 

o        Written report submitted by Phil Hunter:  Linda Siler, of the Springfield K&WGS, reports that the August meeting was held at the home of Gail & Sheila Hinshaw.  The meeting was an open forum with questions and answers about pond care, filters, algae control and fish care.  In September the meeting topic will be filter construction and how to hide the filter.  Ralph McGowan, of the Inland Empire Water Garden & Koi Society, reports that the club held its 5th annual Koi show on august 28th & 29th at the Spokane Fair & Expo Center.  He also reported that Roy Jordan, lifetime member, newsletter editor, and board member passed away.  Roy will be missed by all who ever had the pleasure of meeting him.  Judith Minor Roberts, of the Mountaineer Koi & Goldfish Club, reports that the club’s 2nd Annual Koi Show was held on July 27th.  Charles Phelps was the Judge.  The club also had a pond tour featuring seven member ponds.  The August meeting was held at the home of Eugene & Rose Holt.  It was the awards dinner for the koi show.  Greg Bates, of the Capitol Area K&WGC, reports that the club’s annual pond tour was held on July 24 –25th.  The tour was pushed back one week this year so as to not compete with the Lansing Area Garden Tour.  Clubs with no reports this month are:  Shasta K&WGC, Dayton KGFC, and the Gainesville Koi, Goldfish & WGC.

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PROXY CALLS FOR OCTOBER

§         Is there someone in your club who is a professional/amateur photographer who can photograph koi??

§         What is your club going to do for the AKCA-KHV Project funding???

§         Is someone in your club interested in becoming KOI USA features editor??

 

OLD BUSINESS:  

 

Ř       Letter!  Burt received a letter from Peter Enfield; he was surprised & grateful for AKCA’s offer; reiterated that he donates his wonderful plaques because he enjoys doing it.  Hasn’t made a decision as to which Seminar he plans on using our offer.

 

NEW BUSINESS: 

 

Ř       Credit Card machines:  Doug checked into getting a new credit card machine; cost would be $1,500 apiece.  At this price he is not in favor of purchasing them; will use old machines and cross out cardholders’ numbers in the records.

 

Motion:  To adjourn the meeting 9:30 p.m.  Motion by Lisa, 2nd by Bob.  Approved

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Carole Elliott