AKA Convention '09

Portland, Or

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The DoubleTree Hotel in Portland
From the airport you jump on a MAX train and 20 mins later it drops you off across from the DoubleTree

Text Box: The view out our 13th floor room. To the North (left) is the Mall with St. Helens in the background
Looking straight out to the East looks over the park with Mt. Adams in the background

Text Box: Through the Exec Meeting Center door on the left and down the hall the Show Fish Room
On the right in another area of the Hotel is the registration table outside the fish sale/banquet room.
With Jessica Sommers and Brian Waters wife.

Text Box: Thuan Nguyen and Max Leuterman get the computer going (left)
And some fishy characters found in the hallway (right)

Text Box: Kit Stowell, Ron Harlan, and Fritz Baisley getting bags at the fish sale (left)
Bill Gallagher, Chuck McLamb and others par rouse the 100's of bag at the fish sale.
Security at the fish sale was tight.

Text Box: The Show Fish room was busy with lookers and helpers.
Also Sandy trying to grab a few eggs :-)

Text Box: The Banquet Dinner gets started and as usual the California guys are required to wear
Hawaiian shirts.
Wright Huntley is a non-conformist.

Text Box: Arcadio Valdez with John Pitcairn, Kit Stowell, Allen Semit, and Thuan Nguyen (left)
The So. Cal. guys party on.... Fish noses were a big hit.... I Think :-)

Text Box: Then the awards were handed out, first to our new friends Brandy and Jessica Sommers
Then to numerous others with Ruud geting a 40 lb. award to take back to Europe:-)
Charlie Nunziata and Brian Waters did the presenting.

Text Box: The Sunday auction was huge (nearly 1000 items)
On the left Mary Jo, Ruud Wildecamp, John Boylan, Art and Max Leuterman.
On the right the projection screen displayed the upcoming items for those with the eye sight
to read it from the back of the room