Fact 1
There was a lot of discussion on the main board by hobbyists about ethical things like keeping tangs in small tanks etc
Fact 2
RDO came up with the idea of having these discussions on a new board and called it the industry board and Mary Middlebrook was named Chairman
Fact 3
Mary decided that the first topic for discussion would be the USL and put forward a definition and set out differenct categories of fish.
Fact 4
Mary encouraged hobbyists with the help of some industry types to put forward as much information as they could about individual fish and their survival needs.
Fact 5
After each category discussion Mary gave a summary and listed the fish in that category which should be on the USL.
Fact 6
As the final category was finishing, Mary promised to put forward the listing of fish as the official USL (list) and present it to a meeting of industry types for their adoption ( I understood it was a group of industry types who had the power to see it actually adopted into law.)
7 (Understanding may not be fact)
This meeting (do not know the participants) took place and Mary was rebuked.
In light of the shocking AMDA information posted in another thread the following questions need to be answered immediately by Mary or whoever was at the meeting.
1. Was a meeting held?
2. Who specifically was at the meeting?
3. Was it a MAC meeting an AMDA meeting or what?
4. Was the USL raised at the meeting by Mary and was it raised and was it presented by her in a forceful manner?
5. What was the reaction to her recommendations? By Individuals? By organizations?
Those of us who spend hundreds and hundreds of hours compiling this list in good faith deserve an answer.
There was a lot of discussion on the main board by hobbyists about ethical things like keeping tangs in small tanks etc
Fact 2
RDO came up with the idea of having these discussions on a new board and called it the industry board and Mary Middlebrook was named Chairman
Fact 3
Mary decided that the first topic for discussion would be the USL and put forward a definition and set out differenct categories of fish.
Fact 4
Mary encouraged hobbyists with the help of some industry types to put forward as much information as they could about individual fish and their survival needs.
Fact 5
After each category discussion Mary gave a summary and listed the fish in that category which should be on the USL.
Fact 6
As the final category was finishing, Mary promised to put forward the listing of fish as the official USL (list) and present it to a meeting of industry types for their adoption ( I understood it was a group of industry types who had the power to see it actually adopted into law.)
7 (Understanding may not be fact)
This meeting (do not know the participants) took place and Mary was rebuked.
In light of the shocking AMDA information posted in another thread the following questions need to be answered immediately by Mary or whoever was at the meeting.
1. Was a meeting held?
2. Who specifically was at the meeting?
3. Was it a MAC meeting an AMDA meeting or what?
4. Was the USL raised at the meeting by Mary and was it raised and was it presented by her in a forceful manner?
5. What was the reaction to her recommendations? By Individuals? By organizations?
Those of us who spend hundreds and hundreds of hours compiling this list in good faith deserve an answer.
