USA Catfish Convention 2008

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » 20 Jul 2007, 17:26

On behalf of the Potomac Valley Aquarium Society, I am pleased to announce:

All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2008:
Expedition Amazon

Join us for a journey through the Amazon Basin as we experience the home of neotropical catfishes, and much, much more...

Speakers currently scheduled:

Julian "Jools" Dignall
Hans-Georg Evers
Lee Finley
Devon Graham
Wayne Leibel
Ingo Seidel

October 16-19, 2008, Laurel, Maryland

If you've been to one of our conventions, you can expect the same great hospitality that you've enjoyed before but with a brand new format and features.

If you've heard about our events but haven't been, we believe this will be the finest yet!

Save the date, details will be posted as they come available.

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 20 Jul 2007, 17:37

Post by **Barbie** » 20 Jul 2007, 17:59

How do I pay and sign up before Mr. Rinaldo there?

I'm definitely going! Don't tell the hubby please, I'm sure it will take some convincing, hehe.

Barbie

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » 20 Jul 2007, 19:02

Dave,

We'll keep the beer cold for you.

Barbie,

Just tell him it's a business trip to cherry pick Julie's fish room. And to make sure Dave's beer is cold.

pturley · Post by **pturley** » 21 Jul 2007, 19:23

Great to hear.

Count me in...
But was there any doubt?

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 22 Jul 2007, 08:34

I was really sore to miss the last one, but I will certainly be at this one for obvious reasons!

Jools

Post by **Coryman** » 22 Jul 2007, 19:50

Firmly logged in my diary.

Ian

Post by **Barbie** » 23 Jul 2007, 09:12

Would it be too soon for Julie and I to check into being officially "Hospitality 2 (Too)"?

Barbie

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 23 Jul 2007, 18:24

I'm just coming for the beer & pizza. Everything's half price in the states for us right now.

Jools

PS I really am kidding, the last one was great and this one sounds even better.

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » 24 Jul 2007, 01:37

Barbie, the party will follow you and Julie no matter what we do...

Ian, we'll see you in Barbie and Julie's room. Again.

Jools, pizza and beer you can find easily enough. Just follow Ian.

Julie · Post by **Julie** » 24 Jul 2007, 20:04

Barbie, I sure hope that I don't have to make the trip to the Poconos next year again!!! That made my trip less than fun... and was sooo hard to kick everyone out at 3am so I could catch a little sleep

But I do remember our room being the most fun room at night... and usually the last to close!

Really looking forward to meeting the people I haven't had a chance to meet yet. Last year was so awesome to meet Ian in person finally, along with many others like Dave *waves* and re-meet Paul whom I'd already met at a previous OCA. And Frank... and Stephan... and Adrian... and Jason, and soo many others!!

Andrew,
I thought I heard you say at the end of it all last year.. "no, no... never again!!!" as you went screaming down the corridor

swisstropicals · Post by **swisstropicals** » 26 Jul 2007, 20:02

Great Andrew,

I am looking forward to the event. Thanks for inviting my friends Ingo and Hans.

Stephan

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » 27 Jul 2007, 17:44

Paul and Stephan, glad to hear the Midwest contingent checking in! We'll look forward to seeing both of you.

We appreciate that all of the speakers we invited so far are willing to come, Hans, Ingo and Jools especially since they'll be traveling the farthest to join us for the weekend.

Taratron · Post by **Taratron** » 28 Jul 2007, 03:37

I'd absolutely love to come!....where will this be held, and anyone know about the price of rooms in the area?

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » 31 Jul 2007, 15:32

The convention will be in Laurel, Maryland which is in between Washington, DC and Baltimore. Rooms shoudl be around $100/night but that will be finalized shortly.

kribensis · Post by **kribensis** » 18 Aug 2007, 02:31

All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2008
October 16-19, 2008, Laurel, Maryland

I want to let everyone know that I and my wife will be there in 2008. We enjoyed spending time with Ian, Adrian, Emily, Andrew, Barbie, Julie, Pat and anyone that I forgot. We enjoy this event because it is very handicap friendly. I want to thank the Potomac Valley Aquarium Society and the Holiday Inn staff for making the All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2006 such a great success. We enjoyed all of the great speakers from all over the world. I love hearing directly from people that are deeply involved in our hobby. This convention does an excellent job of promoting the Tropical fish hobby. We want to also thank all of the supporting businesses and individuals for their help in making this convention possible. I have enjoyed attending both the 2004 and 2006 convention in Laurel, Maryland. We have found by attending these conventions that everyone is like a big family.

I wanted to end on a happy note, that we enjoyed all of you that knocked on our door in 2006 thinking we were the hospitality suite. This minor event allowed us to make many new friends. We can tell anyone that is reading this post that you will greatly enjoy the upcoming

All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2008

. We would also recommend that you reserve your rooms early, because of the conventions past excellent success the rooms will fill up fast. Check out Potomac Valley Aquarium Society website http://pvas/index.htm for the latest details of the link to the

All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2008

website.

Eugene and Callie
Darlington, Maryland

reticulata · Post by **reticulata** » 15 Sep 2007, 07:14

Very pleased to see a catfish convention in 2008. Especially after raising guppys for 30+ years and becoming addicted to corys and plecos two years ago. Very cool. Oh by the way the convention link does not appear to be working.

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » 18 Oct 2007, 02:32

Making progress:

Gotta have a cool logo to have a convention...

amergim · Post by **amergim** » 20 Oct 2007, 17:23

I'm in... I enjoyed '06 way too much to miss '08> I better start making some room in my tanks

marge618 · Post by **marge618** » 23 Oct 2007, 17:32

amergim wrote:I'm in... '08> I better start making some room in my tanks

That's the best idea I have heard so far. Second is 'make reservations early'. See you at the convention!
Marge

lotsoffish · Post by **lotsoffish** » 23 Oct 2007, 22:19

If all you nutcases are going I might as well join you all.

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » 24 Oct 2007, 01:11

That's the spirit! Nutcases are encouraged to attend.

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 24 Oct 2007, 01:14

Andrew wrote:That's the spirit! Nutcases are encouraged to attend.

Post by **Coryman** » 12 Jan 2008, 20:17

Andrew,

How are the arrangements for the convention working out?

The Catfish Study Group's UK event will be upon us in just over a month and is promising to be the best one yet. Once that one is over I shall be preparing for the trip over the pond.

Ian

Post by **corybreed** » 14 Jan 2008, 00:08

Andrew,

I can't believe we are talking about the 2008 Convention. Time sure is moving quickly. I am putting the dates on my calendar. As always, let me know if I can help in any way.

Mark

Kets · Post by **Kets** » 24 Jan 2008, 01:00

Is this a public event?

andywoolloo · Post by **andywoolloo** » 24 Jan 2008, 05:13

how do we find out where it is and when? or is it private?

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 24 Jan 2008, 14:43

andywoolloo wrote:how do we find out where it is and when? or is it private?

Kets wrote:Is this a public event?

It's open to the public.

Here is the page, with more info about registration fees, etc to come soon!

USA Catfish Convention 2008