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January 30, 2005
- The first meeting of NELA commenced at 1 PM at the home of Rit Forcier.
- In attendance were Larry Jinks, Frank Neil, Rich Pierce, Chuck Pixley, Rit Forcier, Will Fontaine, Ted Guglielmo, Rick Rego, Linda Giza and David Giza
- After a welcome from Rit and brief background on how NELA was formed,discussed also the need to form this new club.
- Our hopes are that we host the 2006 ALA convention in NY area.
- Some of the 25 members(at the start of the meeting count)mentioned were Tim Brady and Ted Coletti.
- First item of business was to discuss the proposed constitution that was handed out be Rit.
- Going over the Const. And bylaws-
- New elected NELA Officers voted in by members were:
- Board Chair -Rit Forcier
- Treasurer-Rit
- Int.Secretary-Linda Giza (possibility of using a different person each meeting)
- NEC Liaison-Linda Giza
- Board member /Convention Coordinator-Ted Coletti
- Breeder Program Chair - Rick Rego
- If the club were to dissolve any funds remaining would be donated to the Vern Parrish Fund of the ALA.
- Dues were decided upon as followed:
Regular membership: $10.00
Senior (age 60+) $5.00
Junior ( under15 or full-time student) $5.00
With Honorary Memberships also available
- Treasure's Report
- As of the start of the meeting there was $120.00 in the check book.
- A sign up sheet was sent around the room for volunteers for the auction, everyone signed up.
- Rit mentioned the fact that the Chairman's Award at the 2004 ALA convention was won by a young (14 year old) lady from Ohio named Megan Fraley.
- There was an announcement of the forthcoming events including the NEC Weekend Workshop, Norwalk Auction, PVAS, NJAS and RI auctions and the Koi and Goldfish Show in August.
- There was a brief refreshment break, (thank you Mrs. Forcier it was great)
- And then a mini auction was conducted by auctioneer Rick Rego.
- Mini Auction brought another $156.00 into the treasury.
- Thank you House of Fins (Greenwich, CT) and Tropical Fish Society of RI for your generous donations.
- Linda Giza will be looking into buttons for the club for advertising.
- Rick Rego will check into ALA hats.
- Given the hour, the slide program was postponed until the next regular meeting.
- The next special meeting will be on March 19 at noon at the NEC weekend workshop.
- Meeting adjourned at 4:30PM
Report submitted by Linda Giza, Interim Secretary
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