• January -   Bowl Beautiful & Guppy
• February -  Barbs, Rasboras & Danio
• March -      Goldfish & Koi
• April -        Sharks, Cats & Loaches
• May -        Natives, Plants & Old World Cichlids
• June -       Angels, Killies & Oddballs
• July -        No Bowl Show

Here are the updated Rules and Participation Forms for the EIAA  Horticultural Award Program.  Click on the title of this article, then on the attachments at the end of this article.

F.A.A.S. (Federation of American Aquarium Societies) has notified us that four writers for the Eastern Iowa Aquarium Association's Fin Flap newsletter have won 2006 FAAS Publication Awards.  Congratulations go to:

• Carol Sindelar for her second place winning entry in Best Show Article Category, titled: "The Show, The Entries and The Winners"; 
•  Joy Twentyman-Crock for her 2nd place winning entry in Best Articles on Plant Maintenance, Cultivation and Reproduction Category, titled: "So You Want a Planted Aquarium Part 1: Introduction, Difficulty, Level, Container and Substrate";  
• Jo Meade for her 2nd place winning entry in the Best Spawning Article more Than 1000 words Category, titled: "Spawning Arius Jordani";
• Marti Horan for her First place winning entry in Best Spawning Article Under 500 Words Category, titled: "Spawning Report for Ancistrus dolichopterus Long-fin Bushynose Pleco".

Marti's article can be read at http://www.faas.info/2006_publication_awards_winners.html

The Eastern Iowa Aquarium Association has a lending library of over 120 books. Our books cover almost every topic from Fish Anatomy and Fish Diseases to Raising Discus, Garden Ponds, Cichlids, Killifish, Catfish, General Fishkeeping, and approximately 25 Marine books. Members may check out these reference books and magazines by contacting Carol Sindelar.
To read the list of books, click on the title of this article: The EIAA Library Book List.

Then click on the attachment below.

The Constitution of the EIAA. Includes:
the By-Laws,
APAP (Aquatic Photography Award Program)
HAP (Horticultural Award Program)
BAP (Breeder's Award Program)(See new form below)
WAP (Writer's Award Program)
Bowl Show Rules
Book Points

After clicking on the title (The Constitution of the EIAA),

Click on the attachment below to read the Constitution.
Click on the attachment below for NEW BAP form.

Ok, what are Book Points and why should we want to know.

Book points are a way for you (club members) to purchase books, fish books, for your home library.

Here is how it works. When a club member participates in any of the EIAA programs: WAP, BAP, HAP, APAP; book points are awarded according to the number of program points awarded. Example, if you write an article for the FinFlap and acquire 6 WAP points you are also awarded 0.6 book points. Every ten program points equals one book point.

When you participate in the Bowl Show each month, again you receive a book point for every 10 Bowl Show Points.

#10 - Not doing anything else that weekend.
#9 - Space on my mantel for the Spering Award
#8 - Best Convict Cichlids in the Midwest
#7 - Spilling water on someone else's floor
#6 - Dancing with Caesar the Macaw
#5 - Bettas are all dressed up with no place to go
#4 - Trophies
#3 - Beating (Beth, Dennis, Jo) in their favorite class
#2 - Satisfaction! We Did It! No one died!
#1 - Best _____ time you can have in the EIAA!

The Writers Award is a program where EIAA Club Members can earn points for Articles written by club members.

Points are awarded as follows:
1 point for each 200 words up to 5 points.
2 points for your first contribution.
2 points for not being a BAP article
1 point for each reference at the end up to 3 points.

So your first article, with three references and over 1000 words that is not a BAP article could accrue 12 points. The minimum is 3 points. Along the way, extra points are awarded for pictures and graphics.

Two things to notice, members who take on special tasks, editor, secretary, exchange editor, etc. accrue a lot of points from smaller articles because they write many, many articles for the FinFlap, a small reward for jobs done. All of the articles are on file in the WAP file should you like to refer back to one.