If you want to let people know about an upcoming speaker at your club, send me the information and I will post it.

If you are interested in having me (Ron Coleman) speak at your club, send an email to me at rcoleman@cichlidresearch.com.

I have three current talks

"Costa Rican Cichlids: Life in the Fast Lane" (PowerPoint or Slides)

"From the Mountains to the Sea -- Costa Rican rivers" (Mpeg video and Powerpoint)

"Brazil 2003" (Mpeg video and Powerpoint)

and I am putting together a talk on southern Mexico (Oaxaca and Chiapas). Ask if you are interested.

I am a member of the American Cichlid Association Speaker Program, and you can find out about having the ACA help sponsor my talk at your club.

In the past I have spoken at the American Cichlid Association Convention (1995), Mid-Atlantic Cichlid Keepers (MACK), California Association of Aquatic Show Tropicals (COAST), Ohio Cichlid Association, Greater Chicago Cichlid Association, Greater Pittsburgh Aquarium Society Inc (GPASI), Greater Portland Aquarium Society (GPAS), North Jersey Aquarium Society (NJAS), Southern California Cichlid Association (SCCA), Chicago Cichlid Classic (2000), Sacramento Aquarium Society (SAS), San Francisco Aquarium Society (SFAS), Pacific Coast Cichlid Association (PCCA), Cichlid Society of Southern California (CSSC), Canadian Cichlid Association (CCA), Silicon Valley Aquarium Society, the Winnipeg Aquarium Society, the Ohio Cichlid Extravaganza and the SAS FinDig.

Recent talks....COAST (California Organization of Aquatic Show Tropicals), March 4, 2007; Pacific Coast Cichlid Association March 10, 2007; Greater Portland Aquarium Society, March 24, 2007; Greater Chicago Cichlid Association, Cichlid Classic, May 22?, 2007; ACA All-Stars Live II, July 7, everywhere! (TropicalResources.com); American Cichlid Association 2007 Convention, Sacramento, July 19, 2007.

 

My next scheduled talks will be....

Local Club News...

Pacific Coast Cichlid Association

Next PCCA meeting will be Saturday, March 8, 2008
Paul Loiselle will be speaking on "Madagascar Update"
General PCCA info and upcoming speakers  

Sacramento Aquarium Society

Next SAS meeting will be Saturday, April 5, 2008.
Jeremy Bolanos will be speaking on "Successfully breeding Betta splendens"

SAS meetings are held on the first Saturday of the month at The Round Table Pizza at 9500 Greenback Lane (intersection of Greenback Lane and Madison Avenue). Meetings start at 7:00pm SAS info

The 2008 ACA Convention will be held July 19-22, 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Other Club News...

 

Ohio Cichlid Extravaganza

The Ohio Cichlid Extravaganza 2007 was held November 16-18, 2007 in Strongsville, Ohio at the Holiday Inn Select. Put it on your calender for next year... its a great event!

Speakers, show, auction Contact: Marc A. DeWerth at madbigfoot@aol.com

 

National News...

American Cichlid Association -- Annual Convention

The 2008 ACA Convention will be held in Atlanta, Georgia.

The 2007 ACA Convention was held July 19-22, 2007 in Sacramento, California.

The 2006 ACA Convention was held July 19-23, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. Speakers included: Jos Snoeks, Phil Willink, Uwe Romer, Juan Miguel Artigas Azas, Ad Konings, Dick Au, Wayne Leibel

The 2005 ACA Convention was held July 21-24, 2005 in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. Speakers included Dick Au, Laif DeMason,Willem Heijns, Spencer Jack, Al Klee, Ad Konings,Wayne Leibel, Ric Perez, Howard Schmidt, Jack Wattley

The 2004 ACA Convention was held July 22-25, 2004 in Denver, Colorado. Speakers included Mike Wise, Don Conkel, Anton Lamboj, Ray Lucas, Chuck Rambo, Oliver Lucanus, Ad Konings and Alf Stalsberg. 

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