Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)
Hi,
John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.
I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.
With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.
I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.
If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.
I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.
I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.
Thank you
Darragh Sherwin
EVENT. HSI Show and Tell. 16th October 2011
This is interesting Ian,
the last one was excellent so here's hoping the part 2 will be even better.
Cheers. The last one (which was actually the first we'd done of that thing) was a really good success.
This one had been in the planning for ages, but there were delays in having the venue confirmed (hence, not much notice to do what had originally been planned.....a 2-day event).
The actual venue itself is very important in all this, and a pub would not necessarily be the right choice.
I am hoping that I would be allowed to bring along a few Mudskippers (maybe) or other amphibious fish, or maybe event dart frogs.
Now, if I were able to exploit total freedom of being a chairperson, then I might even bring along my guitar and amp and do a full extended concert version of Pink Floyds "Comfortably Numb" as a side show. !! But alas, that would be pushing ones remit
ian
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Copy and paste the following into an Internet browser
maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&sa...99&z=14&layer=c&pw=2
The link will take you to a web-page that allows viewing of text directions, or local map, or street view.
It is recommended to switch on ‘Large Map’ for alternate routes.
1. Head to Junction 12, M50.
2. At junction 12, exit toward Knocklyon/Baile Baodáin/Ballyboden
3. Turn right at Ballycullen
4. At the roundabout 1, take the 2nd exit onto Scholarstown Rd
5. At the 2nd roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Templeroan Lodge
6. Continue onto Templeroan Close
7. Continue onto Taylor's Ct
8. At the 3rd roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Edmondstown Rd
9. Turn right Destination will be on the left (stone wall gated entrance)
Note a key landmark is the Merry Ploughboy Pub. The pub is within ½ mile of the school.
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A bit of an update on some of the short talks/special spotlight that will be given during the day:
Some of the speakers are by younger members, so it would be good to see some support for their talks.
As a note, without giving names away, at least 3 people on this list are members of this forum and members of the ITFS (I suspect a 4th person is also a member on this forum, but I know if definitely a member of the other fish keeping forum)
(not in any particular order)
1. Keeping and Maintaining large Constrictors in Captivity
2. Tarantulas as pets - a Woman's Story
3. Sexing Tarantulas and Tarantula Natural History
4. A Quick Guide to Field Herping
5. Herpetology Conservation Work in India
6. Captive Husbandry of Iguanas and the use of "Free Roaming"
7. Husbandry of African Clawed Frogs
8. Air Breathing Fish
9. Captive Care of Australian Water Dragons
10. Herpetoculture- a Young Keepers Perspective
There may also be an additional talk on
The Abandonment of Turtles into Irish Waterways
These talks will be scheduled over the course of the entire the day. A schedule will be posted in the near future.
Some of these talks will feature demonstrations with animals or the use of animals as props
As you can see it's going to be quite a day
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