New Standards on the way for Aquarama

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Published on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 00:44

Written by Bill Gill

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The IGEES received the following in an email today from the organizers of the 2013 Aquarama Exhibition in Singapore.  Aquarama is one of  the largest tropical fish exhibitions in the world.

"It is a universally accepted self-evident truth that there’s no such thing as the perfect competition judging criteria. But this doesn’t mean that we can’t strive to get as close to perfection as possible.

With this in mind, we’ve launched a major review programme to assess the current judging criteria used in the various Aquarama competitions and revise, update and improve them all in line with our commitment to get ever-closer to that elusive target.

We are not changing things just for the sake of changing, of course. For example, there are some sets of criteria, such as those for the Betta Category, which have been devised by the International Betta Congress and have proved their excellence over the years.  In other departments, though, experience has taught us that improvements are possible and desirable, so, wherever this has become evident, our team – led by our event consultant, John Dawes - is busy drafting, revising and deciding on changes which will undoubtedly raise the already high standards expected from our competitions even higher in 2013.

There are also several important expansions in hand, with the addition of new Classes to some of the existing Categories, the definite introduction of a brand-new competition, and the distinct likelihood of further additions over the coming months.

Some of these changes, such as those relating to the Goldfish, Guppy, Swordtail and several other Categories, consist of new Classes and criteria that will allow more commercial-grade fish to participate, thus offering potential buyers who visit Aquarama 2013 a better opportunity to assess what types and quality of fish suppliers can offer."

While the IGEES is neutral towards guppy show standards we applaud the efforts of Aquarama to expand show standards to include commercially developed guppies.  The majority of people in the hobby particularly beginners are working with these fish.  We look forward to the results of their efforts.

Boris Bruch named Director of IGEES- Europe

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Published on Saturday, 05 May 2012 17:56

Written by Bill Gill

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Friday Night on the Under the Sea Radio show it was officially announced that Boris Bruch aka "Guppy Boris"  from Germany has been named the Director of IGEES - Europe and also has been added to the IGEES Executive Board.  Boris will be responsible for coordinating IGEES activities and events in Europe as well as representing IGEES within the European guppy community.  During the show Boris announced that a guppy club from Germany is already in the process of joining the IGEES and is planning on holding the first IGEES guppy show in Europe.  According to Boris, IGEES emphasis on education and international information exchange as well as it's neutrality in regards to local and regional guppy standards make it very attractive to clubs in Europe.

Boris is the architect of the GuppyPlace, an on-line international guppy community which maintains a facebook group as well as a website and forum.

Boris joins Andrew Lim, Director of IGEES - Asia / Pacific & Bill Gill Director of IGEES - America on the IGEES Regional Directors Board.

Boris has also been named to the IGEES Executive Board  which includes Andrew Lim, Dr. B.K. Yoong, Timothy Brady, Philip Shaddock, and Bill Gill.

It was also announced on the show that the IGEES is in the process for developing a new website which will be launched in the near future.  Please check back here or visit the IGEES Facebook group for to keep up with the latest news on the International Guppy Education and Exhibition Society.