Gene Anderson Gives Scoop on the Newest AKCA Club the North Idaho Koi Keepers
Gene Anderson, joined the crew of the Koi Club of the Air to discuss a bit about the newest AKCA club, the North Idaho Koi Keepers. “The members of the North Idaho Koi Keepers are actually all members of the Inland Empire Water Garden and Koi Society in Spokane, Washington,” Anderson said. “And the group that has formed basically came about because of wanting additional information and not being able to really obtain that without extracurricular or workshops as we call them. And so by developing those workshops we have formed a group that have become quite koi kichi and wanted to have their own identification.
What is interesting is some of the members are actually officers of the Inland Empire Water Garden and Koi Society. So we are hand in hand. We are not a breakaway group. We are here to support that group and that is evident because of the officers that belong to the Inland Empire Water Garden and Koi Society that are also members of our group.”
The style of the meeting is different than seen traditionally in the koi hobby. “I’m really interested in these workshops,” Todorsky said. “Did you have like a round robin where every week or two or whenever you would meet someone else would give a presentation?” Anderson explained how they had solicited members of Inland Empire through their newsletter who might be interested in discussing koi-related issues. “We have found that with this process as a workshop there is not one person that is standing up there as a instructor or teacher, but is only putting out thoughts and then picking up feedback from the rest of the workshop group. This has been very beneficial for all by all of us learning from each other’s experiences.”
Meeting have been held traditionally at the Anderson’s property complete with a 30 X 42’ building that houses a 22,000 gallon pond with an adjacent 16 x 20’ equipment room. Anderson jokingly calls it the Red Neck Koi Barn, but this truly a high tech redneck’s venture beautifully laid out with some of the best one could expect from tradition and technology.
“We started out with about seven people that came out to the first meeting that was held at our place that is referred to as the koi barn because our pond is a heated indoor pond. We met in February so therefore the winters in North Idaho are cold and this lent itself well to that. As the word continued to spread amongst the members of the IEWGKS that group continued to grow to the point that they actually were setting up an agenda of what the wanted.” The Northern Idaho Koi Keepers in now picking up local members and has a pioneering future ahead spreading information and sharing the hobby in an area AKCA representation is new to. For more information about the North Idaho Koi Keepers visit
www.northidahokoikeepers.com or contact Gene Anderson at
koipondman.tripod.com. Anderson will also be everyone’s point of contact for Project KHV as Ray Jordan transitions from its helm to other activities.
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12-06-2006
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