Richard Posted November 18, 2002 Report Share Posted November 18, 2002 Hi there... I am interested in joining a club... I am located in chch... so I guess the Canterbury club will be the one for me. I am just trying to get more info however... is there ONE club for the whole of NZ like the FNZAS where everyone joins? Or does everyone belong to a local club? and all these local clubs make up the FNZAS?? What is involved in joining a club? Fees? What activities are there? Just curious... are there regular meetings or activities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted November 18, 2002 Report Share Posted November 18, 2002 The FNZAS is made up of clubs around NZ. I think there are only two clubs that are not members of the FNZAS. Each club has their own subs, meetings and activities which vary from club to club. There is a club in Canterbury but it seems to be almost in recess at the moment with very few members. You can either join them (they meet in Sydenham Community Centre 23-25 Hutcheson St. the 3rd Wed of the month at 7.30pm) or start a club yourself. I have been trying to encourage a few ChCh Fishroom members to start another club. You have so many fish shops in ChCh there must be a lot of fishkeepers there. There are 8 ChCh members of this board I know of. Why don't you get together? I am only too happy to help any new club get off the ground. If you then decide you wish to affiliate your club with the FNZAS it is just a matter of applying to them. If they accept (they haven't turned anyone away yet) you pay $5 capitation per member and a $25 Year Book levy and that's it. You then get free editions of the NZ Aquarium World magazine and a Year Book which lists all clubs and their members within the FNZAS, among other things. The FNZAS has annual conferences at Queen's Birthday weekend. Next year my own club in Blenheim is the host. The year after that it has been suggested a week in Vanuatu would be nice. We would get cheap bulk discounts and would probably be cheaper for the South Island contingent to fly to Vanuatu than it would be to get to Auckland. If you click on the FNZAS logo at the top of the page it will take you to the rest of The Fishroom. You will find a list of all the clubs and their contacts here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted November 19, 2002 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2002 Interesting... would be good to have an active club here in Christchurch... I will think about it... maybe when I have a little more free time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatman Posted November 19, 2002 Report Share Posted November 19, 2002 A chirstchurch club, YES, thats what we need, ill put my hand up as a founding member. Any more takers ?? contact me [email protected] Terry follow the link to pic of a couple of my tanks, the pics are large and will take time to load. http://www.globe.net.nz/~biteme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted November 20, 2002 Report Share Posted November 20, 2002 Indeed, I would certainly be interested. However Marlborough would always be my first home club since the members have helped me sooooooooo much and been soooooooo supportive. Even tho it is too far away for me to attend meetings. So yes yes yes to a Christchurch club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted November 21, 2002 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2002 cool... I am interested...and would help out... but we would need more interest... i am sure there are enough ppl around canterbury though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted November 21, 2002 Report Share Posted November 21, 2002 All you need to do is to put up posters advertising your proposed club. Local supermarket notice boards, vet centres and pet shops. Put an ad in the paper. Arrange to get a group of interested people together and get yourselves interviewed by the local free paper (if you have one) or as a special interest story in the daily paper. I am happy to design and print posters for you (I do it for a living) when you know when and where you will meet. Our club started with an ad in the local paper asking for those interested in starting a fish club to ring the given number. The person then contacted all those who replied and said we will meet at our house at this address at this time on this day - and that was the beginning. Get yourselves organised, don't sit back and wait for someone else to do it. If I can help in any way, either practical or suggestions etc, don't hesitate to ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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