Always ready to participate in useful inter-club activities – social, sporting and the promotion of the clubs or the hobby in general – the VCS encourages the promotion of friendliness and co-operation between like-minded societies.

Supper is partaken of following each General Meeting – a time at which members have an opportunity to relax and talk among friends.

In the past, the occasional live-food collecting days have been organised during the year, adding yet another enjoyable activity to the calendar.

Fund-raising activities such as Mini-Auctions and Raffles are organised at each meeting to assist in covering the cost of prizes, trophies, publications, etc. Mini-Auctions are donation-based and are held monthly. Two Fish and Accessories Auctions are held each year and are very important contributors to club funds. These activities all aid in keeping the cost of our activities at a minimum.

Fish house nights are organised from time to time, and are extremely popular events.

See Coming Events.

`The Cichlid Monthly' is a medium for the exchange of information and ideas, including society information. It is published and distributed to all financial members monthly*. Visitors to the monthly meetings receive a complimentary copy.
*(In 1999 there were only nine editions published due a "short" year when all club activities were aligned with the calendar year.)

Due to web space requirements, recent editions are no longer downloadable from this site, however, an e-mail list is available to interstate/overseas parties.

Editor's Prize
This prize was created in 1989 by the Editor of 'TCM' at the time in the hope that it would encourage authors to contribute to the magazine and also to give recognition to those who go that "extra yard" (91.44 mm).

The final duty of the outgoing Editor each year is to select an outstanding article to do with fish or fishkeeping, printed in the just-completed volume of 'TCM' and award the 'Editor's Prize' (12 month's free membership of the Society) to the author. The prize is not a "best-article" award – it is strictly for original articles and is unashamedly novice-biased ie, a good article from a novice will probably trump a masterpiece by an "old hand". Due to the fact that this not a best-article award it need not be presented at all if, in the opinion of the Editor, no article meets the criteria.

Most of these books are loaned at a nominal fee, on a monthly basis - naturally there is a small penalty for late returns. Exchange magazines from both Australian and overseas societies are also available.

A BAA certificate is presented to a breeder for spawning five species, then 10, 25, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 250, etc.

See BAA Rules.

Last Updated on Friday, October 26, 2007 1:44