Houston Plant Fest 2009 - Nature Aquarium Society of Houston (NASH)

Paul Higashikawa · 12-27-2008, 01:48 PM

Houston Plant Fest 2009

I felt the need to make a separate post so it will be easier for everyone to see the details. Below are the informations resulted from today's NASH officers' discussion. The events are planned out so we can maximize the second weekend of April. Note that these activities are more like tentative plans but the dates are pretty much set in stone. This is so folks around the country can start making their plans to come down. So here it goes:

Date: April 9 to April 12

Thursday: Welcome visitors and gathering.

Friday: San Marcos Field Trip.

Saturday: Tour of Houston's LFS in the morning and presentation at ADG after lunch.

Sunday: Everyone goes home, hopefully happy and satisified

The details. On Thursday, people will be picked up and brought to the hotel. The hotel has an excellent rate of $70 per night and is the nice Crown Plaza situated near the central region of Houston. We will have an informal gathering at a member's place to social and mingle and basically just get to know one another. Then on Friday, we will wake up before dawn(literally) so we can spend a great part of Friday out in San Marcos doing what this trip is all about! Saturday, we will go out in the morning to tour around the aquarium stores around Houston and then head to ADG for some great presentation. Thereafter, we will go to Dan's aquarium store and have some awesome home-style barbecue for dinner! Sunday, hopefully people will have rested well and be yearning to go back home to their loving families Thus, that concludes the '09 Fest and hopefully we will be able to do one every other year!

In this event, we sincerely ask visitors to pay a registration fee of $15 and this is to help us cover the rental fee of vans and other amenities. For the most part, though, the activities and events will be pretty much supported and covered by NASH.

If you have any questions, please feel free to direct them to any of NASH officers: Kevin, Luis, Thanh, and Paul by means of PM or e-mail.

***Officers, if the any of the above info is inaccurate or need to be changed, please let me know so I can go and edit the original post without adding clutters.

Tex Gal · 12-27-2008, 02:22 PM

You might want to post in this thread how to pay the registration fee of $15. Also, by what date do you need to know who is coming for this registration?

Jdinh04 · 12-27-2008, 03:11 PM

Sweet! Sounds like fun! now lets hope my schedule works out

Paul Higashikawa · 12-27-2008, 08:46 PM

Very good points and indeed you are right! My fiance reminded me the very same issues as well. And we will address all that ASAP; no later than next week. This post is merely to let people know that the dates have been set in stone and will not change. But yes, once the officers have convened with all the fine details, I will make the updates in the original post

So once again, the fest will be on the Second Weekend of April.

davemonkey · 12-29-2008, 06:11 AM

Got it marked on the calander. Can't wait to hang out with fellow hobbiests and enthusiasts this Spring!

-Dave

krisw · 12-30-2008, 08:02 PM

I'm definitely planning on being there. Thanks for organizing this NASH!

TNguyen · 12-31-2008, 05:46 AM

Looking forward in having another good meet.

ingg · 01-06-2009, 08:39 AM

Fly into Hobby?

Houston apparently has more than one airport?

davemonkey · 01-06-2009, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ingg

Fly into Hobby?

Houston apparently has more than one airport?

Houston Hobby Airport is on the "SouthSide".
Bush Intercontinental Airport is on the "North".

-Dave

kwc1974 · 01-06-2009, 10:22 AM

Yes
Houston has two Major airports as listed by Dave. Hobby is mostly there for Southwest, whereas Intercontinental is for is for Continental. Of coarse other air carriers fly in and out of these two airports but that can give you a idea of why the division and which one to fly into. Also Houston is big so two airports help out in that aspect as well.