NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

The next General Membership Meeting will be held on Sunday,

August 15th, 2010 at 9:00 pm Eastern US Time, in the TAS Chat Room.

 So Mark Your Calendar and Plan on attending!!
Hope to see you all there!

July 22 - 25th, 2010

Milwaukee, WI.

Our First TAS Sanctioned Angelfish Show

A Big Thank You to

 Mark Barnett

of Aquabid.com, for Sponsoring our Show!

Live Friday Night Chat Sessions 9 PM ET Open to all. Got questions? Problems? or maybe just need a live person to talk with about Angelfish.

***Photo Contest***

May/June 2010

will be for

"Any Platinum type Angelfish"

Good Luck to all entrants!

Attention Please New Members: To View Current Contest Photos you need to sign in here, look at all the pictures, make your Numbered choice. Then sign into the Forum Here to Vote.

Have you previously

registered on the TAS Official Forum? If Not, you will need to do it now and wait for Forum Administration to authorize your New Forum Account before you can vote, this may take a few days so do it as soon as possible to avoid missing out. Once registered and signed onto forum you may vote. The forum Poll will only allow each member one vote, and it can not be changed so please make your choice carefully.

Good Luck to all!!

OUR HONORARY MEMBER:

Dr. Joanne Norton
We at TAS wish to recognize Dr. Joanne Norton as our honorary member. Between May of 1982 and March of 1994, Dr. Joanne Norton published 18 articles in Freshwater And Marine Aquarium (FAMA) magazine. Today, Dr. Norton's work is recognized by Angelfish breeders as a significant accomplishment in Angelfish genetics. Her work will forever remain the foundation of TAS.

CALCULATOR GUIDE:

TAS Standards Committee has published a How-To Guide for Using the Calculator which employs the standards for genetic notations. The calculator is available to Members Only.

TAS WISHES TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK:

Richard Brice - Our founding President
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Raffaele Bufo - for hosting the angelfish society's website and supporting the angelfish community in regards to the original angelfish forum.
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Tom Krehel - for the layout and design of the original TAS website and also for his personal contribution that made available the works of Dr. Joanne Norton to TAS members; and also for his effort and support in maintaining the original site and its server.
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Michelle Ricketts - for the layout and design of the former TAS website and also for her personal contributions that assisted in making available the works of Dr. Joanne Norton to TAS members.
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Mike Weigand - for his support to the angelfish community in regards to the TAFII forum and the work on the genetics calculator. ***********************
Sabás Escobar Zayas - for the design of the current website (2009). ***********************
Don Mitchell - for his work on the construction, development and continual support of the current TAS Website.