Perhaps another phone call is in order to Houston! MACNA never provided a hard line connection for us. Randy Reed who was a RAG SPONSOR paid the bill and provided the hard line internet connection. It was worked out through MACNA, Reed Mariculture, and Myself. The biggest atrocity is they did not even get a mention in the show booklet or anything for providing the internet for the show. I personally walked around to every booth on Sunday and whom ever was not busy with an attendee, I talked to and let them know Reed Mariculture paid for the internet connection everyone was using. OH, btw, before we can even provide internet, we have to be invited to the show, so that is a mute point.

Now, I do not know who paid for my room, but I sure didn't and it was ready when I got there on Thursday afternoon. I wonder how that is possible since I never gave them a credit card.


Everyone is talking about doing the math so lets do some math. 800 attendees is 800 people.
100 vendor booths 2 show passes per booth(we will not even count the only 1 pass for extra booths for double and triple booths) that is 200 people.

Total of 1000 people. If the banquet is costing $50,000 then your serving each person a $50 meal. I will personally go out on a limb here and say if you contacted the local Timberlodge or Outback, you could get a significantly better meal catered in to the show for less than $50 per person. I believe this number is excesssively exaggerated.

Now keeping with the 1000 people theme, you would have coffee service on Saturday and Sunday Mornings. That would be $10,000 per time. Thus it would equal out to $10 per person for coffee and a danish?

All these places you have signed up . . . don't you usually have a banner up for them on the site? I know Dennis at IMAC had our initial one up within hours. Currently there are 10 banners on the MACNA site, of which two are Anthony Calfo's who is also in charge this MACNA fiasco.

There is one site listed with forums and a whole 408 members. I do not see any of the sites you listed earlier in this thread.

I like how here your saying 501(c)(7) but on the MASNA site it is listed as 501(c)(3) ~Thanks to Scuba for such an informative link.


Thus, I believe there to be two accurate numbers listed on your cost breakdown. That is MASNA fees and Credit card fees.

Additionally the Washington MACNA did file under (501)(c)(3) the same as you reported to file under to the MASNA board.

Steven, all these little things about this MACNA continue to pile up, what else is hidden behind closed doors.

Now, I would like to address your comment of: "Patrick, why do you so badly want to attend a show that you have repeatedly have shown an incredible amount of disdain for?

There is no need to wait for the advisory board. We are done."

Steven, RAG has always had a place with both IMAC and MACNA. It is understood that we go the extra mile to give people who do not attend the show a little bit of a teaser with the web cams and ongoing chat room during the show. If you look at how attendance numbers have grown in the last years, I would like to believe we had a part in that. Never once did I say I badly wanted to attend, it is merely tradition. After seeing how you have treated myself, the RAG membership and some of the inaccuracies you have portrayed, I do not think RAG should support THIS YEARS MACNA!

I do want to point out, that each year MACNA is hosted by a different club. Next Year neither Steven Pro, Anthony Calfo, nor Eric Borneman will have anything to do with MACNA. Perhaps next year RAG will be invited to attend with open arms as it has in the past.

Let me end up with saying, Steven would you pay any of your clients to let you come and take care of their tanks? Most likely not. Then why should RAG pay you to advertise your show, promote your show, and foster good will to your show? You will not do it, but you expect us to?

Steven, I wish you and your family a healthy and happy new year.