some slight confusion about amda and mac...

[Anonymous]

does the amda have an official stance on whether they're pro, or anti mac, or partially pro, ar anti?

i'm asking in lieu of what transpired in a conversation between an amda bod member and myself last nite

 

[MaryHM]

Unless the AMDA BOD has issued a statement otherwise, here is the offical AMDA stance on MAC:

http://www.aquariumcouncil.org/subpage. ... &section=3

 

[naesco]

It has always been my understanding that AMDA and its memberseip fully supported MAC.

I have not read anything to the contrary

 

[MaryHM]

That's because you weren't privy to the behind the scenes discussions between the AMDA BOD and membership.

 

[naesco]

That's because you weren't privy to the behind the scenes discussions between the AMDA BOD and membership.

Why would the discussions have to be behind the scenes

 

[mkirda]

Why would the discussions have to be behind the scenes

For the same reasons most meeting's discussions by a private group are not not made public...

 

[Anonymous]

That's because you weren't privy to the behind the scenes discussions between the AMDA BOD and membership.

Why would the discussions have to be behind the scenes

there are many things that happen behind the scenes within and between any organization(s), naesco


i know you know that,- well, if you don't at your age you're in big kaka :lol:

so what's the real purpose of yer question? :wink:

 

[MaryHM]

You see, Wayne, the name of the organization we're discussing is the American Marinelife Dealers Association. It's an association made up of a Board of Directors and a membership. It's not a public organization- it's a private one that you have to pay dues to join. Discussions between the BOD and the membership do not have to be public. As an attorney, I shouldn't have to explain this simplest of concepts to you.

 

[clarionreef]

Wayne,
Our board meetings become a public record on the website.
We had a posting last week called;
AMDA Distributes Netting...
iT WAS A GOOD WAY TO REVEAL WHAT WE WERE DOING AND WHERE WE WANT TO GO...BUT some dialogue from the audience got outta hand and the next thing I know, we got locked!
You wouldn't know anything about that would you?

Have our abundant posts been couched in difficult to understand terms?
I think we are forthright and perhaps too much so.

At MO in Hawaii we often spoke at breakfast [ie. behind the scenes] or ...in the hallways and did not even feel obliged to tape it to reveal all here so as to not appear conspiratorial.
So...what do ya wanna know?
Steve
PS. Perhaps we need to do some things in secret, but I can't think of any right now.

 

[MaryHM]

Our board meetings become a public record on the website.

The last one I can find was November 2002.

http://www.amdareef.com/

 

[Anonymous]

It has always been my understanding that AMDA and its memberseip fully supported MAC.

I have not read anything to the contrary

:lol: :lol: :lol: You must not be reading what some of the "members" have been posting then. The president sure doesn't support them, nor do many of the BOD's.

 

[smpoylp]

Anyone want to spend thier energy and time on other subjects that can help the hobby. Gosip is the root of all evil. Time has past and so has this.

 

[JennM]

Well then feel free to start a new topic.

It's a legitimate question, since many of us are Marinelife Dealers...

Jenn