Oh gosh. I, I like to feel that I’m pretty familiar with most aspects of the, of our community. Again, I always fall back to my time on the accreditation commission because several things, the, the application has covers many aspects of an aquarium’s operation. And you get to learn… Read More
As is animal wellbeing. Read More
Boy, you’d be hard pressed again. There’s, you know, there’s obviously the need to generate money for operations. And even though, you know, the gate is not a hundred percent, those coming through the door help you maintain your level of operations. But I think, you know, one of the… Read More
What do you know about the profession that you devoted so many years of your life?… Read More
I think aquariums are kind of a, it’s, it’s a wonderful cultural aspect of a community and, and it’s a wonderful opportunity to learn. Not everyone’s interested in that. I, I grant you that not everybody wants to go and look at tanks of Fish, but it’s, it’s something that… Read More
I think so. I mean, I, I, again, at the very lowest denominator, I would say they’re entertaining. Entertaining. They’re a, a fun outing for a family. But more importantly, I think I go back to Senator Carol Mosley bronze talking about, you know, cutting outta school, but going to… Read More
So I, you know, like most museums, I think an aquarium is a tremendous asset to a community, especially if it’s a give and take with that community, both the aquaquarium and the community benefit. Read More
And you mentioned that communities support and can an aquarium survive without it?… Read More
Do we still need aquariums?… Read More
And a lot of it comes down to sending them to a meeting. And there’s some facilities that kind of balk at that, well, he’s just an Aquarius, he doesn’t need to go to that. I’m like, I would counter with what of course he needs to go to that… Read More
If you’re gonna work with them, it should be a two-way street and we should both get to know each other and hopefully work well together. It just, to me, it facilitates things. It greases the wheel, if you will. Read More
Do you believe in professional growth of staff and how would you achieve it?… Read More
Oh, I strongly believe in that. It, it used to bother me if I saw an individual that wasn’t really interested in that. Again, I, I think of somebody who was long since retired, was just wonderful at Exhibitry design, set up the most beautiful aquariums, but he was just… Read More
I’m like, oh man, I’d love to. Plus I had a lot of slides, so it wasn’t a ton of work. But, you know, people always, I think, expect it’s gonna be something animal related. But, you know, there’s a lot that might require business acumen, public relations, exhibitry, you… Read More
Are there any suggestions you would have for those aspiring to make a difference in the aquarium world?… Read More
Boy, right off the bat, I think of one individual and it’s, it is, yeah, you know, you, you really have to be dedicated and, you know, I think the best way of doing that is becoming involved. And obviously you’re involved at the aquarium. You can reach out beyond… Read More
Gosh, any or all of the above?… Read More
You know, I always, when I, if I run into a student when I, when I was working and, you know, they would say their speak of their interest and it usually was husbandry, the ones that I was talking to, but it could be any facet of the aquarium,… Read More
I said, could you speak to the opportunities at a public aquarium?… Read More
What would you tell that young person?… Read More