MASNA Live Interview with new BOD members, Ret Talbot on Hawaii, and MACNA wrap-up

October 2011 - MACNA wrap-up, MASNA BOD, & Ret Talbot on Hawai'i

http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74311/TS-549252.mp3

I was honored to be voted in as the new Vendor Relations on the MASNA Board of Directors for 2012. Check out this interview with 4 new MASNA BOD members (including yours truly). Get MASNA Live podcasts and become a member of MASNA today!


Why should you join MASNA?

"MASNA is a non-profit organization composed of marine aquarium socieities and individual hobbyists from North America and abroad, totaling several thousand individuals.  

MASNA's goals are to:

• Educate our members with online and published material, the MACNA conference, and other sanctioned events
• Assist in forming and promoting the growth of clubs within the hobby while ensuring a sustainable future for the marine environment
• Support the efforts to eliminate abuses in collecting and transporting marine organisms through education, assistance and encouragement
• Encourage the ethical growth of the marine aquarium hobby and support captive breeding/propagation efforts

MASNA operates from a central Board of Directors elected each year by the delegates from the member societies at the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America, (MACNA).

In our efforts to ensure a sustainable future for marine environments and the marine aquarium hobby. MASNA provides its members:  

• Access to a speaker database
• A quarterly newsletter
• An annual conference (MACNA) and logistical support for host clubs
• Material resources to help conduct club business and found new clubs
• A large repository of educational resource materials
• Partnerships with funding and conservation organizations, fellowship opportunities, volunteer activities, and a scholarship fund
• Links, partnerships and resources to existing breeding and aquaculture facilities and organizations
• An extensive bookstore and merchandise store with discounts for members
• Practical tips for saving the world’s oceans from within the hobby and through personal action
• A collective voice in national and international initiatives
• Strategies, resources and online materials to improve husbandry, aquarium keeping and reduce mortality
• Large resources for conservation related activities and information"