{"id":6251,"date":"2024-01-12T10:07:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T15:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/?p=6251"},"modified":"2024-01-12T10:07:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T15:07:54","slug":"january-22nd-meeting-and-potluck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/january-22nd-meeting-and-potluck\/","title":{"rendered":"January 22nd &#8211; Meeting and Potluck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Happy New Year!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are looking forward to a fun night on Jan 22nd.<\/p>\n<p>We will be having an after holiday potluck dinner. Hopefully we can get a bunch of people to bring a little bit in to try. Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/forum\/index.php?topic=63488.msg348616;topicseen#msg348616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up here<\/a> with something you would like to bring, whether it is homemade or store bought, the more the merrier.<\/p>\n<p>With our dinner, we will have our very own OVAS President, Errol Choo, doing a talk called &#8220;Planted Tank 101&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there will be some prizes, and who knows what other fun surprises that we may have up our sleeves.<\/p>\n<p>Jody<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Meeting Location\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/J.A.+Dulude+Arena\/@45.4038304,-75.7250252,17.58z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4cce06be3ccc7775:0x1c44e9f0e6540ea6!8m2!3d45.3746497!4d-75.7465381\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.A. Dulude Arena<\/a><br \/>\n941 Clyde Avenue, Ottawa, ON<br \/>\n(It is near the former Canadian Tire building on\u00a0Carling Ave.)<\/p>\n<p>Starts at 7:00 pm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other fishkeeping notes!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Dates to remember:<\/em><br \/>\nMon Feb 26th, Meeting<br \/>\n<strong>Sat Mar 16th, Giant Auction<\/strong><br \/>\nMon Mar 25th, Meeting<br \/>\nMon Apr 22nd, Meeting<br \/>\nMon May 27th, Meeting<\/p>\n<p>OVAS\u00a0memberships can be renewed for the\u00a02023-2024\u00a0season at monthly\u00a0meetings or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/about-ovas\/membership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ONLINE<\/a>.\u00a0 Last season memberships expired on September 31, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Consider listing your aquarium\u00a0items for sale in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/forum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OVAS Classifieds<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>This is a FREE event sponsored by the Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society. Anyone with an interest in aquariums and related hobbies is welcome to attend. OVAS presentations are a great place to meet other aquarium hobbyists, exchange ideas and learn more about fish and aquatic plant keeping.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsor<\/strong>\u00a0discounts for members:<br \/>\nPonds &amp; Aquaria<br \/>\nBig Al\u2019s *<br \/>\nCritter Jungle *<br \/>\nLa Niche &amp; Moi *<br \/>\n<strong>* 10% discount<\/strong>\u00a0for aquarium-related goods and livestock. Please see the sponsor for restrictions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy fish keeping!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/\">www.ovas.ca<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OttawaValleyAquariumSociety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">facebook.com\/OttawaValleyAquariumSociety\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ovas_ca\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instagram @ovas_ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year! We are looking forward to a fun night on Jan 22nd. We will be having an after holiday potluck dinner. Hopefully we can get a bunch of people to bring a little bit in to try. 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