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What's New |
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| August 20, 1999 | The show results are in! Click here to see the show results. The show results for both class awards and specialty awards are now listed on the Awards page. The auction results are in too!Click here to see the entire auction results table. This table takes a very long time to load. The results are also on the AKA's web site, www.aka.org, in a searchable database, which is much faster. |
| May 18, 1999 | The Hilton is booked solid!
Yikes! What a crowd! As an alternative, try the Oak Lawn Holiday Inn (approx. 6 blks. east). 4140 West 95th Street Also, the following number, 312/297-0090, will connect to four hotels; Courtyard, Sleep Inn, Hampton Inn, and the Fairfield Inn. These hotels are all at 67th and Cicero Ave., which is 4 blocks south of Midway Airport and 2 ? miles north of the convention site. There is a free, on-demand shuttle service that will take you to and from Midway airport. We are working on transportation options to the convention site, but have nothing definite at this time. Please pass this info on to non-Internet attendees if you know they're looking for a room yet. Also, don't forget our Classifieds service to aid potential room mates. Sen me an email at william_vannerson@ama-assn.org if you have either space available in your room or if you do not have a room and are still looking.
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| April 23. 1999 | The show rules, including auction
rules, fish sale rules, and printable registration forms for both, are now
available. Click here to go to the Rules section. |
| We've added a sample gallery of a few
of Ken McKeighen's awards that will be given away this year to all winners. Click here to see some of his beautiful work! |
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| April 15, 1999 | Dr. Brian Watters has modified the content of his presentation in order to broaden the topic. As he describes, "...I will
talk on 'New and Rare Nothobranchius' and include accounts of recent collections of new species and
populations, including those I have collected recently in South Africa."
Click on the title or here for
details. Also, Roger Klocek will be modifying his topic as well to include more information on other species as well as the native pupfish conservation effort. Watch here for more details soon. |
| April 5, 1999 | Download the convention poster (76KB Adobe Acrobat file) from the ChiKA Library to help promote the convention at club meetings and in your local pets store. |
| March 25, 1999 | Convention Classifieds! Looking for a convention roommate? See our classified page on how you can find someone to help share the costs of a room during the convention. |
| March 5, 1999 | On-line registration via the AKA's secure server is open! Click here to register on-line with your Visa or MasterCard credit cards. |
| February 12, 1999 | The ChiKA convention committee has been
busy at work during the darkest days of winter. So there's a lot of new
announcements! There are also a few gaps of information that need to be filled in.
We decided to publish these pages "as is" in order to get the bulk of the
information out to you as soon as possible. The "gaps" will be filled in
and updated as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.
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| November 20, 1998 | Three speakers have confirmed: Roger Klocek, Director of Conservation, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL., Andre Schonewille, Holland, and Dr. Brian Watters, Dept. of Geology, University of Regina, Canada. |
| November 16, 1998 | Awards Announcement Ken McKeighen has been commissioned to paint the awards for this year's convention. Many of you who have seen his wonderful work over the years know that his awards are prized possession in a winner's fishroom. So start making your plans now! Also, Ken is planning on painting for living full time in 1999. His new web site will be up around the first of the year. We'll post and announcement and have a cross link when it's live. Sites of Interest
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| October 9, 1998 | Registration information on the convention site hotel at the Oak Lawn Hilton.
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| June 1, 1998 | Most of the information below is not available at this time. Periodic messages will be posted to both the Killies List and the KillieTalk internet email lists. Email Bill Vannerson if you would like to receive update notices and are not a member of either list. We will compile an email distribution list to make update announcements or special notices. |
Registration |
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| Registration for this year's convention is $20 each person. This includes access to Saturday's fishroom sale, all speakers and Sunday's auction. Saturday evening's award banquet, featuring the affable Charley Grimes as banquet speaker, is a separate $30 per person charge. You can register one of three ways. | |
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Speakers |
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This year's line up has something for everyone. Scan programs by subject or by speaker.
Banquet |
Charley Grimes brings his renown wit to the evening
as our banquet speaker with a reminiscing of thirty plus years of killie keeping and
killie keepers. Click here for program details & speaker biography |
General Killie Keeping |
Al Castro reminds everyone, beginners and experience
pro's, on the basics that lead to success. Click here for program details & speaker biography |
Fundulopanchax |
Nevin Aspinwall will cover the results of his four
month stay in the Cameroon's. Click here for program details & speaker biography |
Nothobranchius |
Dr.Brian Watters will be talking about new and rare
Nothobranchius species/populations including those collected during his most recent field
trips to Tanzania and South Africa. Click here for program details & speaker biography |
Natives |
Roger Klocek will be bringing us up to date on the Shedd Aquarium's latest field work regarding
the Desert Pupfish of the Dominican Republic, as well as an update on the Pupfish
Conservation program. Click here for program details & speaker biography |
Lampeyes |
Andre Schonewille will provide care and breeding tips
for these sometimes difficult jewels. Click here for program details & speaker biography |
| S.A. Collecting | Andre Schonewille will relay his experience like no
other on his most recent foray into Brazil. Click here for program details & speaker biography |
Nevin Aspinwall |
"Killie Collecting in Cameroon: Concerns For the Future" Nevin will cover the results of his four month stay in the Cameroon's, where he has been working for the past few months where he studied the population variation in Fundulopanchax mirabilis moensis and Fundulopanchax mirabilis mirabilis. He also managed to collect and bring back numerous new locations of killies. Click here for program details & speaker biography |
Al Castro |
Speaking of Killies "This program is both a back-to-basics program and a reminder that all killifish are not created equal and that a "trick" that works with one species does not necessarily mean that it will work for all species." Click here for program details & speaker biography |
Charley Grimes |
Banquet Speaker - 30 Years of Killie Keeping: A Fond
Retrospective, in Perspective "Thirty plus years of killifish keeping and collecting and killies are still my favorite fishes. And being around killie keepers is still as much fun as I can have and not get in trouble with my wife." Click here for program details & speaker biography |
Roger
Klocek
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Desert Pupfish of the Dominican Republic "The arid areas [of the Dominican Republic] harbor pupfish in some very unique habitats." Click here for program details & speaker biography |
Andre Schonewille
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Lampeyes "Batteries not included" More info coming soon! Brazil 1998 (or how to get famous in 3 weeks !!) More info coming soon! Click here for program details & speaker biography |
Dr.
Brian Watters
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New and Rare Nothobranchius This will be an illustrated talk about recently introduced and rare Nothobranchius species/populations including those collected during recent field trips to Tanzania and South Africa. Click here for program details & speaker biography |
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Hotel |
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Oak Lawn Hilton.The Hilton is booked solid.Please see "What's New" above for the latest information on alternate lodging.This year's convention will be at the Oak Lawn Hilton hotel. Be sure to ask for the special show rates of $97/night (plus tax). Reservations must be made at least 30 days before the convention in order to guarantee the show rate. 9333 South Cicero Avenue Four miles from Midway Airport and 15 miles from downtown, the Oak Lawn Hilton is conveniently located in southwest suburban Chicago and is accessible to the Tri-State Tollway via 95th Street at Cicero Avenue. Hotel guests are picked up curbside at Midway Airport and delivered to the Oak Lawn Hilton by a courtesy shuttle, or guests may arrive via car or taxicab from the O’Hare International Airport 40 minutes away. The convention reservation form DOES NOT register you at the hotel. You must make separate arrangements. Also, the Hilton on-line reservation system will not apply the special show rate so you must call the 800 number to get our rate.
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Convention Classifieds |
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| Looking for a convention roommate? See our Convention Classifieds page on how you can find someone to help share the costs of a room during the convention. | |
Travel Assistance |
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| Anyone looking for assistance in making travel connections to
AKA Convention '99, contact Sunrise
Adventures at this web address http://www.travelnutz.com/akapage.htm
or call Tom Grady at (518) 483-2668. (Our travel
agency is owned and operated by a killinut!) NOTE: Tom is an AKA Life Member. This information is place here as a result of Tom placing an ad in the convention program. If you an AKA member and have a business or a service you would like to promote to convention attendees, please contact Bill Vannerson at 312/419-3775 or a william_vannerson@ama-assn.org for more information. |
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T-Shirts |
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| T-Shirts with the official convention logo will
be available for early ordering in both a men's and woman's scoop neck style for $15
each. Each will have a beautifully rendered 7-color reproduction of image seen at
the top of this page. This is a must have in any serious killifish keeper's
wardrobe, whether you can attend the convention or not. Click here to view an image of the T-Shirt! Place your orders along with your registration form pick up at the convention. Use the registration form to order shirts even if you cannot attend. Orders for non-attendees will be filled following the convention in the order in which they are received while supplies last. |
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Show Staff |
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| Co-Chair | Brad Higgins (SLUMLORD98@prodigy.net)
& Chuck Stiefel (USAFSP1@aol.com). |
| Registration | Arlene Mysliwiec (magilla@interaccess.com) |
| Publicity | Tim Gagne (tgagne@tfp.com) |
| Speakers | Scott Davis (unclescott@prodigy.net) |
| Fish Room Setup | Michael Stoecker (michael.stoecker@us.nestle.com) |
| Saturday Fish Sale | Darlene Weisman (Jweis34863@aol.com) |
| Auction | Phil Schneidewind (Phils50@juno.com) |
| Awards | Bill Vannerson (william_vannerson@ama-assn.org) |
| Facilities | Ken "Magilla" Mysliwiec (magilla@interaccess.com) |
Local Sites |
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| This section contain an assortment of local Chicago establishments that visitors might be interested in seeing while in town. Send a message to the web master (william_vannerson@ama-assn.org) if you have your own special recommendations you would like to see added. | |
Rules |
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| Here are the show guidelines
for the show fish competition and auction, and the fish sale
rules of operation. There are also forms for advance registration of both show fish and fish for Saturday's fish sale,
in both HTML format for printing and in Acrobat PDF file format for download and printing . |
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Show Classes |
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Show ClassesHere are the official 1999 convention classes. Contact Bill
Vannerson at william_vannerson@ama-assn.org if you are interested in sponsoring a class. Class sponsorship is
$35. 1. North American 2. Rivulus 3. South American Annuals 4. Nothobranchius 5. Fundulopanchax except Paraphyosemion 6. Fundulopanchax Paraphyosemion 7. Fundulopanchax sjoestedti 8. Aphyosemion, Mesoaphyosemion except
Calliurum types 9. Aphyosemion, Mesoaphyosemion 10 Aphyosemion,.Chromaphyosemion 11 Aphyosemion,.Archiaphyosemion 12. Aphyosemion,.All others 13. Epiplatys 14. Other African & Eurasion 15. Matched Breeding Pairs 16. Photography 18. Slides 19. Artistic Rendering |
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Show Results |
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The show results are in! |
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| Click here to see the show results. The show results for both class awards and specialty awards are now listed on the Awards page. |
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Auction Results |
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The results are here!Click here to see the entire auction results table. This table takes a very long time to load. The results are also on the AKA's web site, www.aka.org, in a searchable database. |
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Images |
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| All of you Killie Shutter bugs attending the show are welcome to send in photos and images from the convention for posting here on the web site. Just make sure that you have permission from anyone in the photo before hand. | |
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