The meeting at MACNA hosted by MASNA provided some information that I will briefly outline now and go into further discussion later;10 club Presidents and 3 MASNA Board members attended.Everyone is seeing a drastic decline in participation on both their sites and attending events. Even MACNA had a decline in attendance this year. (maybe due to the risk of flooding)The discussion included "Trying to compete with the larger websites for traffic by providing educational information seems counter productive. Many hobbyist are going to Reef Central or Reef2Reef so reference those sites on our site so new hobbyist can get that information. Use club sites for local information, tank builds,where to get items, local support like moving a tank, events, LFS sponsors, hobby related items for sale".I am not saying I agree with all of this, but it was worth hearing their frustrations and getting some ideas. DFWMAS will be working with MASNA to see how we can work together to continue this discussion and bring new ideas to support all local clubs in their mission.More to come later.I appreciate your suggestions and they will be included in our next BOD discussion and meeting.
