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Announcing *** NECA's Spring Tropical www.northeastcouncil.org Next NEC Event: th Second Quarter NEC BOG Meeting: May 4 @NOON (Crowne Plaza Hotel, Cromwell, CT) 2014 NEC CALENDAR April 21 BAS Spring Breeder’s Auction (link) Sept 26 CNYAS Annual Auction (flyer) 5-7 TFSRI Show & Auction 27 NECA Spring Auction (flyer) 14 3 Q NEC General Meeting (CC) May Oct 4 2 Q NEC BOG Meeting (CP) 10 BASNY Giant Fall Auction 9 BASNY Giant Spring Auction (flyer) 11-12 NJAS Fall Workshop 18 OVAS Auction & Bowl Show (flyer) 17-19 NEW 2014 Killifish Convention 23-25 AKA 2014 National Convention (link) June Nov 1 2 Q NEC General Meeting (CC) 1 BAS 1st Al Faul Tropical Fish Show (link) 6-8 TFCB 25th Anniversary Event (flyer) 2 BAS Shop Hop (link) 28-29 NEFGA Fancy Guppy Show (flyer) 2 ACLC Annual Auction (flyer) 16 4 Q NEC BOG Meeting (CC) July Dec 12-13 PVWG& K 21st Annual Pond Tour 7 4 Q NEC General Meeting (CP) Aug 6 GCAS Silent Auction 9 3 Q NEC BOG Meeting 5PM (CP) 10 NEC Summer Auction *NEC meetings are held at NOON (unless otherwise noted) (CP) – Crowne Plaza Hotel (CC) – Conference Call The NEC does not coordinate dates for club events, but does publish this monthly calendar for your convenience. Prior to selecting a date for your club’s next event, please check the NEC calendar for availability, and then notify me of the new date immediately at [email protected] or by phone @ 914-433-2556. Page 1 of 41 President’s Message Hello Everyone, Well our 39th annual convention is now behind us. Leslie and her team put on another great convention again this year. I would like to personally thank her and her team, the attendees, sponsors, vendors, and most of all, all the members that volunteered during the weekend. Planning has already started for the 40th convention and I would hope to see at least 2-3 members attending on average from each of the 28 clubs (soon to be 29). Folks, the convention is put on for our membership, in order to keep on holding the convention, we need our members to support us by registering. The auction was well attend and I thank you for that... Many NEC board members lead by example and support as many member club events as we can during the year, all we ask in return is please help us by supporting the NEC. Please get out there and support our sister clubs, you'll have a great time doing it, really! Linda Giza has been appointed chair of the nominating committee this year. Linda and her team will be canvasing for candidates for the board (officers and members-at-large). If you are interested, please contact Linda at [email protected]. If approached by Linda or one of her committee members, please give it serious consideration. If you have questions regarding the positions and duties, please contact Linda or me. It's a good experience and the environment is now more progressive due to the hard work of the current board. Just a reminder, any organized aquarium club or society can now apply for membership in the NEC. They should send an email to president@northeastcouncil for additional information. Also, NEC club dues are owed. Several reminders have been sent. Thank you to those who have paid. Question(s) should be directed to Joe Dinho. Clubs with outstanding dues have/will be contacted again. Clubs not paying their dues by March 1st are considered delinquent and “not in good standing” with the NEC. If clubs are having difficulties, please contact me directly... NEC meeting dates for 2014: General: 2Q – June 1 (CC) 3Q – Sep 14 (CC) 4Q - Dec 7 (CP) – Annual, Elections Page 2 of 41 BOG: 2Q – May 4 (CP) 3Q – Aug 9 (CP @ 5pm) 4Q - Nov 16 (CC) * (CP) – Crowne Plaza Hotel *(CC) – Conference Call Note: the above dates may change if conflicts are encountered; meeting confirmation and information will be published in the newsletter President’s message. The next NEC Board Meeting will be a held on Sunday May 4, 2014 at 12 NOON. This meeting will be held at the Crown Plaza. The next NEC General Meeting will be a held on Sunday June 1, 2014 at 12 NOON. This meeting will be a conference call. Details will be sent prior to the meeting. Items to Remember: 1. Send your club contact updates to Barbara Romeo at [email protected] 2. Newsletter events to Barbara Romeo at [email protected] 3. Website news & events to [email protected] 4. Speaker list updates to Linda Giza at [email protected] 5. If your club is looking to schedule a conference room at the Crowne Plaza, please contact Leslie Dick at [email protected] Please feel free to contact me with questions or suggestions; it's best to contact me by email at [email protected], you can also call me at 1-845-896-4793. Joe Masi NEC President 04/13/14 NEC Convention Update Thank you to everyone who made our 39th Annual Convention a success! Our speakers’ presentations were well attended, the vendor room was busy, and all our volunteers were incredibly helpful. Page 3 of 41 Thanks to all our sponsors and donors, led by Amazonas Magazine’s Hospitality Room, FishMart’s donation of fish for our Sunday Auction, and Wet Pet’s sponsorship. It was wonderful to see many return attendees as well as new faced during the weekend. Of the 29 member clubs in the NEC, 22 of them were represented this year. Betty Mueller Honor: The NEC awards and Betty Mueller awards were presented during the convention. Congratulations to Richard Pierce, who received the 2014 Betty Mueller Award during the Saturday banquet. Very well deserved, Rich! The Exhibition Competitions awards, the BAP awards, the Photography Contest awards, the Article competition awards, and winners of the NEC Fish Show were all presented during the weekend. Exhibition Competition-Bill Gill, Chair: *1st Place - Leslie Dick - DAAS 2nd Place - George Goulart - TFSRI 3rd Place - Judy Weinberg - TFSRI Junior - Michael Nadeau - TFSRI Most Club Entries - TFSRI * Entered all NEC shows this year. Page 4 of 41 BAP Awards-Rich Pierce, Chair: First Place: Dave & Janine Banks Second Place: Bill Cole Third Place: Leslie Dick Club with the Most Points: The Tropical Fish Club of Burlington Club with the Highest Number of Participants: Tropical Fish Society of Rhode Island Bill Cole was recognized as achieving the level of Master Breeder Level 2 Leslie Dick was recognized as achieving the level of Breeder. Photo Contest-Rich Pierce, Chair Class 1 - Individual Fish / Fish Identification – Advanced Class 1st Place: Jenn Lee (Tanichthys albonubes) 2nd Place: Guy Van Rossum (Lyretail Swordtail) 3rd Place: Jenn Lee (Aequidens sp. “Electric Blue”) Class 2 - Individual Fish / Fish Identification – Open Class 1st Place: Kirk Amidon (Cyphotilapia frontosa) 2nd Place: Kirk Amidon (Enantiopus melanogenys) 3rd Place: Joann Ziegler-Caputo (Corydoras sterbae) Class 3- Underwater Life (Group or Tank Photos) – Advanced Class 1st Place: Guy Van Rossum (Pearl Gouramis) 2nd Place: Guy Van Rossum (Chilatherina bleheri) 3rd Place: Guy Van Rossum (Melanotaenia bosemani) Class 4- Underwater Life (Group or Tank Photos) – Open Class 1st Place: Jenn Lee (Thorichthys meeki) 2nd Place: Jenn Lee (Mikrogeophagus altispinosis) 3rd Place: Angie Gotta (Jewel Cichlid with fry) Class 5-NEC Activities People Pictures 1st Place: Dave & Janine Banks (Videographer) 2nd Place: Guy Van Rossum (Workshop) 3rd Place: Guy Van Rossum (Dick Moore & Greg Steeves) Page 5 of 41 Articles Competition- Artie Platt, Chair: Humor Author Club Place Livin’ the Dream David L. Banks Jr TFCB 1st Do Cichlids Like Cheerios Chuck Davis NJAS 2nd Junior Chameleon Aquarium Fish Emma Adelmann LIAS 1st The Big Bad Tiger Barb Emma Adelmann LIAS 2nd Cherry shrimp Emma Adelmann LIAS 3rd Breeding Never Too Old Don Maloney NAS 1st Labidochromis Joanjohnsonae Jeffery George GSAS 2nd Breeding a Real Jewel Jules Birnbaum GSAS 3rd Open Class The Dangers of breathing bags John Todaro BASNY 1st After the Storm Paul Loiselle NJAS 2nd It’s About the People Janine Banks TFCB 3rd Continuing Column The Practical Plant Izzy Zwerin BASNY 1st Shrimp Brad Kemp BASNY 2nd The View Margaret Peterson LIAS 3rd NEC Fish Show-George Goulart, Chair: Cichlids (Sponsored by NECA): 1st: Teleogramma brichardi, Jim Cormier (1-1) 2nd: Microgeophagus ramirezi, Bill Cole (1-4) 3rd: Paratilapia polleni, Judith Weinberg (1-5) Catfish (Sponsored by Claudia Dickinson): 1st: L-128 Blue Phantom Pleco, Leslie Dick (2-2) 2nd: Pseudopimelodus sp zungaro, George Goulart (2-1) Page 6 of 41 Goldfish & Koi (Sponsored by Aqua-Life Central): 1st: Ranchu, Judith Weinberg (3-2) 2nd: Red & White Ryukin, George Goulart (3-1) Open (Sponsored by Al Wagonblott): 1st: Sailfish Tetra, Crenuchus spilurus, Karen Haas (4-3) 2nd: Nannostomus espei, George Goulart, (4-1) 3rd: African Butterfly Fish (Male), Judith Weinberg (4-4) Livebearers & Guppies (Sponsored by NELA): 1st: White Swordtail, Xiphophorus sp, David & Janine Banks (5-1) 2nd: Skiffia sp Sayula, Leslie Dick (5-4) 3rd: Skiffia “Black Beauty”, Richard Pierce (5-5) Killifish (Sponsored by SNEKA): 1st: Fundulus cingulatus, Bill Cole (6-5) 2nd: Aph. gardneri, Rick Burt (6-6) 3rd: Pachypanchax patriciae, Leslie Dick (6-3) Bettas & Other Antabantoids (Sponsored by NJAS): 1st: Ctenopoma, Judith Weinberg (7-3) 2nd: Ctenepoma weeksii, George Goulart (7-2) 3rd: Betta splendens, Double Tail, Super Delta, Patricia Parent (7-1) Page 7 of 41 Planted Tank (Sponsored by NJAS): 1st: Amanda Wenger (8-1) 2nd: Michella Knott (8-3) 3rd Richard Pierce (8-2) Best of Show (Sponsored by Central Mass Aquatics): Killifish -Fundulus Cingulatus-Bill Cole Reserve of Show (Sponsored by TFSRI): Open-Sailfin Tetra, Crenucnus spilurus-Karen Haas Page 8 of 41 40th Annual Convention: Plans for our 40th Annual Convention are already underway! Please plan on joining us next spring as we celebrate this convention milestone.
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