If you do that you will pretty much want to have it twice a year to help people have enough all year round. For example, I feed this food almost exclusively to my tank and my tank looks amazing. So I want to make sure I have enough of this food to last so my tank continues to look great.

Otherwise we would have to scavenge off other regions when they do their food day and honestly that will be more expensive if you don't travel to help them.

 

I first posted what I would need on Monday. My count on bags of food was about the same as many of the others you have listed. In the past we have made food together as a group for our tanks.
Learning to do it, sure that is part of it but it also has had a social social aspect, a group activity where we all got together and made food so we could feed our fish quality food at a good price and take care of our livestock as they deserve to be fed. Buying all the ingredients small scale is not cost effective that is one of the reasons why we all did it together. We have been doing this for years and it was not just on an instructional level. I have never bought GIRS food with out being there to help make it. I can go down in my count on what I will need but if we are not planning on doing this for another year to two years then the amount I requested is what I will need. I understand the problem with batch size and if that is what is the problem,then members of GIRS should make food more than once a year. Which means we should plan on two meetings a year for food making. Allowing bags of food only for those that help make it will also help keep the count down.

 

OH I completely understand where you're coming from @Turbo's Aquatics if we start needing to make 100+ bags of food we mind as well start our own LRS company If we can only make so much food per batch (say for example 80 bags) then I understand having a limit so one person doesn't end up with 20/80 bags. But at the same time I'm glad that so many people in this region are coming together to want to make and enjoy the club food.

 

I agree it is a big batch and if we need to we can put a cap on everyone's amount. What this conversation shows is that if we want to feed our fish GIRS food we will need to plan on making it more often as a group activity. We make quality food! It is a major benefit for people to be in the club and a great reason for people to join in and participate.

 

I think I will only need one bag, and should be able to come at this point.

Thanks

 

I would love to, buy the wife and I are expecting our first kid. The 13th is actually his due date. Wish I could go!

 

I am helping to make food, I requested 7 bags total......BUT I am more than happy to buy less especially if we will be making it again later this year.

 

if you guys need a extra food processor just let me no

 

Will take 1 bag

 

So what are you guys saying? I cannot have 10 bags, or more? As far as other regions, I just think it's a little far for me to travel for food... I've gotten about 10 bags (I think the last time was a 12) for the past several years because of the number of tanks/fish I have and giving food to people as one of the selling points to join GIRS.

 

No you're on the count on the front page for having 10 bags.

All that was discussed before is that if we get over 70ish bags in total then the logistics become more difficult and the meeting becomes one big production number. We want people to be able to learn about DIY food instead of just showing up and being a sweatshop laborer for a day.