OVAS GIANT AUCTION today – March 4th, 2012

I think that King Neptune would have been happy with the way that the day turned out!

Time to mark the calendar for the next Super Encan de S.A.M. in Montreal – Super Encan de S.A.M. in Montreal –
SUPER ENCAN OUVERT À TOUS – Le prochain SUPER ENCAN de la S.A.M. aura lieu le 29 avril 2012 au 75 Sir-Georges-Étienne-Cartier à Montréal à 12 h (midi).  Si  vous éprouvez des difficultés avec le pré-enregistrement des lots ou pour toutes questions sur le super encan, écrivez à: <info@aquasam.qc.ca>

Wondering what the past auctions might have looked like? Take a look at our MPT blog entries for 2010 and 2011.
Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society Giant Auction 2010
Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society Giant Auction 2011

If you missed the February OVAS meeting, some of the public aquariums in the slide part of the presentation were:
The Tennessee Aquarium – Chattanooga, Tennessee (Aquarium website link) (blog entry)
The Vancouver Aquarium – Vancouver, B.C. (Aquarium website link) (Blog entry)
The Audubon Aquarium of the Americas – New Orleans, Louisiana (Aquarium website link) (Blog entry)
The Porte Dor̩e Aquarium РParis, France (Aquarium website link) (blog entry)
The Quebec Aquarium (Aquarium du Québec) – Sainte-Foy, Quebec City, Québec  (Aquarium website link) (blog entry)
The Mandalay Bay Casino Aquarium – Las Vegas (Aquarium website link) (blog entry)
Marine Science Center – Ponce Inlet, Florida (Aquarium website link) (blog entry) .

Time to mark the calendar for the OVAS 2012 ANNUAL GIANT AUCTION – likely the first Sunday of March 2013 and don’t forget to get your tickets for the OVAS Earth Day event on April 22, 2012. Click image for larger view of poster.

Can’t wait until another auction, consider attending a local aquarium society meeting. Click on the links below to find out more about who these abbreviated fish folks are or do 🙂

OVAS – this one is easy to guess if you were at the auction. Club meetings are held the fourth Monday of the month at J.A. Dulude Arena, 941 Clyde Ave, Ottawa, ON K1Z 5A6 with the exception of December, July and August. Meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. and usually run about two hours. UPDATE: July 2012 – Effective Fall 2012 the club meetings will be held at a new location: Tom Brown Arena located @ -141 Bayview Rd, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4M3 More info re the move and the September events see here: OVAS move.

SAM in Montreal Réunion mensuelle: Les réunions générales se tiennent le troisième mardi de chaque mois à 8:00h au CRCS Saint-Zotique, 75 Sir-Georges-Étienne-Cartier, Montréal. Il n’y a pas de réunion en juillet et août. (location)

The Montreal Aquarium Society – MAS in Montreal Meetings are held at 8:00pm on the second Wednesday of each month,
except for July and August. They are held in the hall of: The Church of St. Columba, 4020 Hingston Avenue, Notre Dame de Grace (NDG), Montreal, Quebec. (location)

MAST in Toronto – MAST in Toronto Meetings: Every second Wednesday of every month (except July and August). Meetings are from 7:30pm – 10:00pm at the Hillcrest Library (south edge of Pickle Barrel Mall), 5801 Leslie Street (halfway between Finch and Steeles Avenue East), Toronto, Ontario. (location)

Toronto Willowdale Aquarium Society – Toronto Willowdale Aquarium Society : Monthly club meetings, except for July and August, are held at the Earl Haig Secondary School, 100 Princess Avenue, North York. Just east of Yonge and Empress intersection, a five minute walk from the North York Centre Subway Station. (location)

A.R.A.Q. in Quebec City: Lieu des réunions : Salle communautaire de l’Église Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin, au 2125, rue Louis-Jolliet, à un coin de rue de l’intersection de l’avenue Myrand et du chemin Ste-Foy, près de l’Université Laval. (location)

Hamilton & District Aquarium Society – Hamilton & District Aquarium Society: Their Spring auction is on Saturday March 17th, 2012. Get further info from their website: http://hdas.ca/

Salt or Fresh – Your choice! Have a great day with a fish!

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