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As some of you may know, I have been threatening to turn BAYMAC over to BAR for some time now. In fact, it was my plan all along, well, pretty much all along 
BAYMAC got it's start with a call from Max Tran (formally Mermaid Aquatics & The Aquarium Showroom - founder & owner) that he wanted me to put on a reef conference and he had a free venue I could use. I didn't bite, sounded like volunteer work not only with out a team (it was, and is, and that's why it works) but I lacked the vision at the time. It took a few more calls for me to realize what I could do. I could start an event that would showcase Cali reef businesses, bring the clubs together and get new people into the hobby. With free admission I knew I could hit all three of those points. I called Max up and within a month BAYMAC was on. The next one didn't wait a year, I wanted to adjust the calender to be in Spring, not fall. When it came time to plan BAYMAC2010 I found out we no longer had the same venue. I pretty much tossed in the towel but with friendly verbal abuse... I mean, with the MAJOR support of the BAR BOD, BAYMAC2010 not only found a new home, it met it's soon to be host. This was perfect for me, BAYMAC could go on and BAR would get a bigger taste of what it takes. BAYMAC2010 was a total success and BAR really delivered (as did all the volunteers). I knew then it was only a matter of a year or two that BAR could do BAYMAC on it's on. BAYAMC2011 hasn't even taken place and all ready BAR has shown me I really it can handle the event and more.
Next year I will still help book the event and take care of some of the details, but BAYMAC after this event if officially 100% a BAR production. I hope to see it grow into a multi day conference attracting people from all over the US and beyond.
Thanks for all your support BAR, with out you and Max Tran BAYMAC would never have been
BAYMAC got it's start with a call from Max Tran (formally Mermaid Aquatics & The Aquarium Showroom - founder & owner) that he wanted me to put on a reef conference and he had a free venue I could use. I didn't bite, sounded like volunteer work not only with out a team (it was, and is, and that's why it works) but I lacked the vision at the time. It took a few more calls for me to realize what I could do. I could start an event that would showcase Cali reef businesses, bring the clubs together and get new people into the hobby. With free admission I knew I could hit all three of those points. I called Max up and within a month BAYMAC was on. The next one didn't wait a year, I wanted to adjust the calender to be in Spring, not fall. When it came time to plan BAYMAC2010 I found out we no longer had the same venue. I pretty much tossed in the towel but with friendly verbal abuse... I mean, with the MAJOR support of the BAR BOD, BAYMAC2010 not only found a new home, it met it's soon to be host. This was perfect for me, BAYMAC could go on and BAR would get a bigger taste of what it takes. BAYMAC2010 was a total success and BAR really delivered (as did all the volunteers). I knew then it was only a matter of a year or two that BAR could do BAYMAC on it's on. BAYAMC2011 hasn't even taken place and all ready BAR has shown me I really it can handle the event and more.
Next year I will still help book the event and take care of some of the details, but BAYMAC after this event if officially 100% a BAR production. I hope to see it grow into a multi day conference attracting people from all over the US and beyond.
Thanks for all your support BAR, with out you and Max Tran BAYMAC would never have been
