Inland Empire Reefer roll call

mattyzang

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Emac909 said:
I would love to get things up and running. I’m going out all my cards out on the table.

I put around $500 in my own money to get people to show up. But the last 2 meeting we got a total of 5 people showed up. It feels like if I wasn’t dropping $200-$300 on a raffle prize no one is willing to show up. I was hoping Saturday afternoons were going to be a great time for meetings, idk maybe I’m wrong.

Yes I understand free shit gets people to show up. But sorry to say but I wish IEMAS was as big as SCMAS so we can have great raffle prizes. I believe we would be stronger in numbers and participation could help build numbers.

I’m very open to ideas and suggestions

But can’t lie. I felt a bit of a failure when in the last meeting it was Art Plata and my self.
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sorry to hear man

idk what other people were up to, but the meetings just happened to always coincide with me being out of town. i go camping a lot during the summer, once or twice a month usually, so if memory serves that was what i was up to. if i was in town i would've been there. i think one overlapped with RAP too?

i don't go for the raffle prizes (i don't think i've ever won anything ever) so idk what draws people in. maybe a good speaker? topic? idk. certainly seems like there would be enough reefers in the general IE area to get a group together consistently. maybe monthly is too much? maybe once every other month
 
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well I've only been reefing since 2020 and I'm learning from everyone along the way.

I've been busy and been unable to show up these past few months. I attend and try to talk to people about their system and what makes them successful.

If people expect raffles maybe have everyone contribute into a pot monthly and only those who contribute get to win. Drawings every 6 months or 1 year???

Maybe have meeting once a qtr or every other month?

I would like to attend soon so I can attempt to donate some frags (green gonis/ golden rod)
 
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I'm down to meet. I've been in and out of the hobby for years. Cant make myself permanently quit for some reason, just started my nano tank. What I have noticed is that the forums are somewhat of a ghost town nowadays. I would start out an FB group or something similar to get the IE reefers engaged.
 
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G-Tank said:
I'm down to meet. I've been in and out of the hobby for years. Cant make myself permanently quit for some reason, just started my nano tank. What I have noticed is that the forums are somewhat of a ghost town nowadays. I would start out an FB group or something similar to get the IE reefers engaged.
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The club has a Facebook page that has been up for 11y now.
 
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Emac909 said:
I would love to get things up and running. I’m going out all my cards out on the table.

I put around $500 in my own money to get people to show up. But the last 2 meeting we got a total of 5 people showed up. It feels like if I wasn’t dropping $200-$300 on a raffle prize no one is willing to show up. I was hoping Saturday afternoons were going to be a great time for meetings, idk maybe I’m wrong.

Yes I understand free shit gets people to show up. But sorry to say but I wish IEMAS was as big as SCMAS so we can have great raffle prizes. I believe we would be stronger in numbers and participation could help build numbers.

I’m very open to ideas and suggestions

But can’t lie. I felt a bit of a failure when in the last meeting it was Art Plata and my self.
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Honestly, I don’t show up for the “free shit”. I show up for the social interactions and tank discussions.

I do enjoy giving away free shit though.
 
Grayston

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I’m in… let’s meet. Looks like we span from Temecula to Redlands? There can we meet that is mid point? Perris? Riverside? Any volunteer reef store? Was there or is there a previous club? Thoughts?
 
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The IEMAS meetings have been held at Reef Lounge Norco. These meeting are only as good as we make them. Participation is key. @emac can confirm, but think we decided every other month.
 
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LesPaulPlayer73 said:
The IEMAS meetings have been held at Reef Lounge Norco. These meeting are only as good as we make them. Participation is key. @emac can confirm, but think we decided every other month.
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Do you have an idea of how many members and what was the attendance like? That’s great👍🏼
 
Grayston

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I believe there are few things that limit participation. I agree not all come for the free stuff and many would like to share. At the end participation comes down to distance and day
if week. Riverside is quite extensive. I recently participated in a San Fernando meet was amazing but 1.5 hr drive. Would plan for it once a month (7-8 gallons of gas). But rather have local going. I’m off Cajalco and 215fwy

Not sure if we can have a poll for a time on Sunday? And Location? Would it make a difference in participation?
thoughts?
 
Grayston

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I’m in, when? Where? Let’s meet end of April
2023?
Im ok with Sundays before lunch as most people are busy Saturdays and forget Friday traffic.
Tks
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