Hi Everyone,
Ron, I believe that you are one of our newer members and I thank for that glowing endorsement!
This spring GSAS celebrated 40 years of promoting the aquarium hobby in the Northwest, and although it is primarily freshwater focused (Puget Sound Aquarium Society (PSAS) is saltwater focused) many of our members have both. Our members, several of which hang out here on WA Fishbox, have diverse interests such as Cichlids (African and SA), Killies, livebearers (including rare types), freshwater shrimp, goldfish, live foods, fish diseases, planted aquariums, ponds, nano's, and whatever else holds water! We are certainly not all 'experts' (some of us are just starting out) but we are all enthusiastic about our hobby!
GSAS is strongly supported by most of the leading aquarium/pet stores in the greater Seattle area. Their support, along with that of our members, has allowed us to invite some of the finest speakers in the hobby for our members and guests. In the last couple of years GSAS has hosted the following internationally known speakers for presentations; if you active in the hobby then some of these names may be familiar:
Ad Konings, Karen Randall, Dick Au, Ghanzanfar Ghori, Luis Navarro, Barbie Fiorentino, Tom Barr, Gary Lange. Almost all the presentations by the individuals listed have been recorded and are available to our members through our library which contains many additional videos, books, and literature.
Check us out when you get a chance!