Wisconsinites - question for you

RipariumGuy · 02-16-2011, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by defiesexistence

What if we stopped trying to cover the whole state, and made a SE area society, and a northern area society, that were sister groups?

That is do able I would think. Someone should contact the Madison group and see what they think. Maybe they could be the southern group and we could create a new northern one? Hydrophtye (a Madisonian) is a part of it I believe.

defiesexistence · 02-17-2011, 03:38 PM

How about a SW, a SE, and a N? With one big meeting/plant swap once a year for at least the SE and N, if Madison (SW) doesn't want to join?

DiscusLoverJeff · 02-17-2011, 04:21 PM

If you decide to have your club in the Kenosha/Milwaukee area, I would not mind the drive from Gurnee, IL if I would be welcome? I would love to get more involved in the plant world to go along with my discus.

I want to know everything about aquarium plants and how take care of them from the experts opions.

defiesexistence · 02-17-2011, 04:43 PM

Yeah, Gurnee's not too far away, maybe hour and a half at most. If it's convenient for you, why not?

And we most certainly are not experts, but we are learning

Right now, we can only make the tiniest scratch in the surface.

RipariumGuy · 02-25-2011, 07:36 PM

I think we should shoot for about 25 members state wide before we can really get things going. How many do we have so far?

defiesexistence · 02-28-2011, 04:48 PM

Roughly ten, some of which are maybes.

**macclellan** · 02-28-2011, 04:51 PM

That's great that you guys are forming a union. How nice of your governor to allow that.

RipariumGuy · 02-28-2011, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by macclellan

That's great that you guys are forming a union. How nice of your governor to allow that.

Lets not take this the political route. Please.

defiesexistence · 02-28-2011, 05:56 PM

I'd like to dub this a politically neutral club, if you all don't mind. Means we stay out of it, no opinions one way or the other, no endorsement of political ideas/candidates/bills/etc. Fish and politics are simply separate. Agreement?

RipariumGuy · 02-28-2011, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by defiesexistence

I'd like to dub this a politically neutral club, if you all don't mind. Means we stay out of it, no opinions one way or the other, no endorsement of political ideas/candidates/bills/etc. Fish and politics are simply separate. Agreement?

Any ideas on how to spread the idea of a club around?

**macclellan** · 02-28-2011, 06:13 PM

Just a joke guys.

Take a deep breath.

defiesexistence · 02-28-2011, 06:35 PM

^ Sorry! I'm not bashing you, but similar items would come up in the future anyhow, so better to address it now, and have 'an ounce of prevention'. I was meaning to say something about neutrality before; I should have already. Again, my apologies.

Jake, do you want me to ask on APC about whether Wisconsin wants a club? And maybe print out a small sheet with (the club's) email on it (leave it at fish stores) to see if people in WI would be interested in a club? (I think that no matter what we do, it'll be small to start, and it'll be easier to recruit if we actually have a club going on than take a sort of poll about whether people would be interested to join)

RipariumGuy · 03-01-2011, 01:47 AM

Sure! I am a member there as well, so I could probably help out. I am leaving TPT soon, so I will not be able to talk about this here. I agree that we will have to start small. Not sure how we are going to go about our first meeting if we are so spread apart. I know that I will not be able to drive far, as I don't have a car or a license. (Yet!)

DMent · 03-29-2011, 04:53 AM

Just replied at APC also, but count me in! And let me know if there is any way I can help...

defiesexistence · 03-30-2011, 06:44 PM

Hey, welcome to TPT, DMent! Fancy meetin' you here

You just stick in ideas whenever. I'm a believer in bouncing ideas off one another until something works, and works well, and fresh input is a big help. Any rational ideas will be considered, logic helps, along with any useful tidbits of information (like right now, we're looking at legalities. You can suggest names too)

02-17-2011, 03:38 PM	#32
defiesexistence Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lost in thought Posts: 816	How about a SW, a SE, and a N? With one big meeting/plant swap once a year for at least the SE and N, if Madison (SW) doesn't want to join? __________________ But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know. ~Alan Watts I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines. ~Henry David Thoreau

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02-17-2011, 04:43 PM	#34
defiesexistence Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lost in thought Posts: 816	Yeah, Gurnee's not too far away, maybe hour and a half at most. If it's convenient for you, why not? And we most certainly are not experts, but we are learning Right now, we can only make the tiniest scratch in the surface. __________________ But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know. ~Alan Watts I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines. ~Henry David Thoreau

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RipariumGuy Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin Posts: 3,614	I think we should shoot for about 25 members state wide before we can really get things going. How many do we have so far? __________________ "My next hobby is going to be tearing up $100 bills while simultaneously banging my head against a wall and flooding my basement." "Ask not what the hobby can do for you, but what you can do the the hobby" - ScapeFu The Jake-arium Wabi-Kusa Pimp #3

02-28-2011, 04:48 PM	#36
defiesexistence Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lost in thought Posts: 816	Roughly ten, some of which are maybes. __________________ But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know. ~Alan Watts I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines. ~Henry David Thoreau

02-28-2011, 04:51 PM	#37
macclellan H+ (View User Tanks) PTrader: (208/100%) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxkilla Posts: 5,060	That's great that you guys are forming a union. How nice of your governor to allow that.

02-28-2011, 05:56 PM	#39
defiesexistence Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lost in thought Posts: 816	I'd like to dub this a politically neutral club, if you all don't mind. Means we stay out of it, no opinions one way or the other, no endorsement of political ideas/candidates/bills/etc. Fish and politics are simply separate. Agreement? __________________ But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know. ~Alan Watts I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines. ~Henry David Thoreau

02-28-2011, 06:13 PM	#41
macclellan H+ (View User Tanks) PTrader: (208/100%) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxkilla Posts: 5,060	Just a joke guys. Take a deep breath.

02-28-2011, 06:35 PM	#42
defiesexistence Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lost in thought Posts: 816	^ Sorry! I'm not bashing you, but similar items would come up in the future anyhow, so better to address it now, and have 'an ounce of prevention'. I was meaning to say something about neutrality before; I should have already. Again, my apologies. Jake, do you want me to ask on APC about whether Wisconsin wants a club? And maybe print out a small sheet with (the club's) email on it (leave it at fish stores) to see if people in WI would be interested in a club? (I think that no matter what we do, it'll be small to start, and it'll be easier to recruit if we actually have a club going on than take a sort of poll about whether people would be interested to join) __________________ But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know. ~Alan Watts I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines. ~Henry David Thoreau

03-01-2011, 01:47 AM	#43
RipariumGuy Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin Posts: 3,614	Sure! I am a member there as well, so I could probably help out. I am leaving TPT soon, so I will not be able to talk about this here. I agree that we will have to start small. Not sure how we are going to go about our first meeting if we are so spread apart. I know that I will not be able to drive far, as I don't have a car or a license. (Yet!) __________________ "My next hobby is going to be tearing up $100 bills while simultaneously banging my head against a wall and flooding my basement." "Ask not what the hobby can do for you, but what you can do the the hobby" - ScapeFu The Jake-arium Wabi-Kusa Pimp #3

03-29-2011, 04:53 AM	#44
DMent Newbie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: West Allis, WI Posts: 3	Just replied at APC also, but count me in! And let me know if there is any way I can help...

03-30-2011, 06:44 PM	#45
defiesexistence Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lost in thought Posts: 816	Hey, welcome to TPT, DMent! Fancy meetin' you here You just stick in ideas whenever. I'm a believer in bouncing ideas off one another until something works, and works well, and fresh input is a big help. Any rational ideas will be considered, logic helps, along with any useful tidbits of information (like right now, we're looking at legalities. You can suggest names too) __________________ But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know. ~Alan Watts I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines. ~Henry David Thoreau

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