BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Meetup Inc//RemoteApi//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://ponds.meetup.com/1/calendar/ical/Geneva+Area+Pond+Clu b/ X-WR-CALNAME:Events - Geneva Area Pond Club BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Geneva Area Pond Club's free meeting on July 6 DESCRIPTION:Ponds Meetups > Geneva Area Pond Club\n\nhttp://photos1.meetups tatic.com/photos/event/c/9/f/5/event_3351701.jpeg\n\nToday's meeting will b e held beside Eric Fiechter's lovely pond in his flower-filled garden. The pond measures 6 meters by 3.8 meters\, and is a meter deep. That totals mor e than 20 cubic meters of water\, giving his fish and aquatic plants plenty of room to grow. We can look down on them all from the beautifully designe d bridge adjoining the pond.\n\nEric built his first pond 30 years ago\, wi th the help of another Geneva Area Pond Club member\, Guy Loutan. He's buil t other ponds since then\, so Eric's a good source of advice for gardeners creating their first pond. The pond we'll see on July 6 was created in the space formerly occupied by three smaller ponds. Photos of the construction are in the 'Photos' section of the club's web site. Log on to the album ti tled 'Eric Fiechter's pond' at http://ponds.meetup.com/1/photos/?photoAlbum Id=306264 to see details of the construction. You can click on each photo t o enlarge it\, and scroll down the page to see albums of other club members ' ponds.\n\nhttp://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/c/9/f/6/event_3351 702.jpeg\n\nThe main topic of discussion at today's meeting will be what to do about the frogs that discover and move into our ponds. Most water garde ners love the sounds these fascinating amphibians make\, enhancing our feel ing of being close to nature. Unfortunately\, many neighbors don't share ou r enthusiasm. When club leaders Suzanne and Peter found that frogs had move d into their ponds in Nyon\, they were pleased to provide a home for them. But complaints from a neighbor pressured Peter to catch all the frogs (most ly by hand\, for a total of 37 frogs) and move them to join other frogs in the lake in Divonne. Eric and other club members have similar problems\, so everyone at this meeting will discuss their own experiences and solutions for this situation.\n\nFull details of the July 6 meeting are at the club's web site at http://ponds.meetup.com/1/calendar/7438888. Above its descrip tion is a blue link marked 'Eric Fiechter's home and garden.' Clicking on t hat link brings up a Google map showing how to get to the meeting location. Below the map you can click on 'Get directions\,' type in your own address \, then click to get step-by-step travel directions to drive from your home to Eric's. The map and directions can be printed for your drive to the eve nt.\n\nhttp://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/c/a/2/4/event_3351748.j peg\n\nVisitors are always welcome at all these free pond club meetings\, s o invite any interested friends and neighbors to come along. They can read all about the club and how to navigate the web site's many informative page s at http://ponds.meetup.com/1/about. They can also click on the red link m arked 'Sign up' to instantly get free membership in the club. We now have 1 08 families or individuals who are current members\, and more are always we lcome.\n\nAll pond cub meetings are listed in the 'Calendar' section of the web site at http://ponds.meetup.com/1/calendar/list. Click on each event's title to read its full details\, then submit your RSVP by clicking Yes\, M aybe\, or No to indicate whether you can attend or not. Meeting hosts prepa re snacks and drinks in advance for those who attend\, so they have to know who's coming and who isn't coming. If your plans change\, you can always r eturn to the meeting's description page to revise your RSVP.\n\nIf your bus y life means you can't attend any of the meetings already on our schedule\, consider hosting a meeting on a date more convenient for you. The club alw ays meets from 3 to 6 PM on the first and third Sundays of every month. You can choose one of those free Sundays to host a meeting in your own home or garden. Hosting entails little more than providing some snacks and drinks for those who attend. To reserve your preferred date for a meeting chez vou s\, write to the club's leaders at PeterSuzanne2@hotmail.com\, or call them in Nyon at 0041 22 362 03 60.\n\nBut first submit your RSVP above to indic ate if you can attend the July 6 meeting. We look forward to greeting at th is event many of the new members who recently joined the club. Come to see Eric's beautiful pond\, and to meet his entire family.\n\nhttp://photos1.me etupstatic.com/photos/event/c/a/2/3/event_3351747.jpeg\n\nThonex - Switzerl and\n\nSunday\, July 6 at 3:00 PM\n\nPhoto: http://photos1.meetupstatic.com /photos/event/b/e/4/event_243044.jpeg\n\nAttending: 25\n\nDetails: http://p onds.meetup.com/1/calendar/7438888/ LAST-MODIFIED:20080702T062200Z UID:event_7438888@meetup.com CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20080301T144105Z DTSTAMP:20080704T231321Z DTSTART:20080706T130000Z DTEND:20080706T150000Z GEO:46.21;6.14 URL:http://ponds.meetup.com/1/calendar/7438888/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Geneva Area Pond Club's free meeting on July 20 DESCRIPTION:Ponds Meetups > Geneva Area Pond Club\n\nhttp://photos4.meetups tatic.com/photos/event/b/c/6/event_243014.jpeg\n\nToday we're meeting in Jo el and Dominique's home and garden in Pougny\, in nearby France. We'll meet beside their flowing stream and meter-deep pond\, only 40 cm of which is b elow ground level. In its 10\,000 liters of water we'll see many koi\, carp \, bream\, and one lonely sturgeon.\n\nOne reason the club meets in differe nt club members' gardens every time is the chance to examine the wide varie ty of pond designs. The fact that Joel created his pond with a 60 cm wall a bove ground level makes the design ideal for ponders who often have childre n visiting. The wall keeps overly curious tykes from leaning over too far a nd falling into the water. It also permits adults to sit on the wall to adm ire the fish and water plants very closely.\n\nWe'll see how Joel construct ed the stream with several little waterfalls along the way\, culminating in a cascade splashing into the large pond. The stream enhances the water gar den's natural appearance\, increases the water's oxygen for the fish\, and creates a relaxing sound for visitors admiring the pond. Attending this mee ting should give everyone inspiration for enhancing their own pond with suc h features.\n\nPeter and other pond experts at this meeting will describe o ther designs to make ponds safe for children\, various ways to keep herons from entering to fly off with the fish\, simple strategies to eliminate gre en-water algae and prevent its return\, basic rules for constructing cascad es and waterfalls\, requirements for placing lights below and above the wat er\, and other ideas for ponders to ponder.\n\nAll meetings are described o n the Geneva Area Pond Club's colorful web site\, at http://ponds.meetup.co m/1. There you can click on the 'Calendar' section at http://ponds.meetup.c om/1/calendar/list to see all the upcoming meetings\, in your choice of lis t-view or calendar-view. Clicking on an event's title will bring up its loc ation and full description\, with an RSVP section where you can simply clic k Yes\, Maybe\, or No to indicate if you can attend. If your plans change\, just return to that page to revise your RSVP. Visitors are always welcome at pond club meetings\, so invite interested friends and neighbors to come along.\n\nEach meeting's description includes the address where the event w ill be held\, but only registered pond club members can see the address. No n-members can instantly become members by clicking on the red link marked 'Sign up'. They can then be informed of all future meetings and get other b enefits of membership. These include the right to vote in our online 'Polls ' at http://ponds.meetup.com/1/polls to influence important aspects of club management\, and the right to host a pond club meeting in their own home o r garden.\n\nHosting a meeting involves little more than providing snacks a nd drinks for those who attend. Club leaders Suzanne and Peter always offer all the help the hosts may need\, both before and during the meeting. Host ing also gives you the opportunity to display to other club members whateve r your own pond features\, like a waterfall\, cascade\, stream\, bridge\, l ights\, pump\, filter\, fish\, plants\, etc. It's also a good way to get pr ofessional critiques of your pond from water garden experts with many ideas and years of experience.\n\nThe pond club meets from 3 to 6 PM on the firs t and third Sundays of every month. To reserve the ideal date to hold a mee ting in your own home or garden (before some other club member chooses that date)\, call Suzanne and Peter in Nyon at 0041 22 362 03 60\, or write to them at PeterSuzanne2@hotmail.com.\n\nMany sections of the club's informati ve web site are accessible by members and non-members alike. The 'Welcome' section at http://ponds.meetup.com/1 lists all the latest additions to the site\, like the newest members\, articles\, and photos. The 'About Us' sect ion at http://ponds.meetup.com/1/about with its animated graphics tells all about the club\, and explains how to navigate the web site. The 'Members' section at http://ponds.meetup.com/1/members lists the 101 families or indi viduals who are currently members of the club.\n\nThe 'Photos' section at h ttp://ponds.meetup.com/1/photos displays hundreds of captioned pictures of pond fish and pond plants to help you identify the many available varieties \, plus many pictures of club member's ponds. The 'Messages' section at htt p://ponds.meetup.com/1/messages includes offers of free fish\, plus dozens of instructional articles about maintaining garden ponds. The 'Files' secti on at http://ponds.meetup.com/1/files reprints Peter's illustrated articles that were published in the Water Gardeners International Journal\, on the Internet's largest pond web site. Enjoy.\n\nhttp://photos1.meetupstatic.com /photos/event/b/9/8/event_242968.jpeg\n\nPougny - France\n\nSunday\, July 2 0 at 3:00 PM\n\nPhoto: http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/b/e/4/e vent_243044.jpeg\n\nAttending: 18\n\nDetails: http://ponds.meetup.com/1/cal endar/7957241/ LAST-MODIFIED:20080518T091348Z UID:event_7957241@meetup.com CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20080517T170213Z DTSTAMP:20080704T231321Z DTSTART:20080720T130000Z DTEND:20080720T150000Z GEO:46.21;6.14 URL:http://ponds.meetup.com/1/calendar/7957241/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Geneva Area Pond Club's free meeting on August 3 DESCRIPTION:Ponds Meetups > Geneva Area Pond Club\n\nhttp://photos1.meetups tatic.com/photos/event/2/8/b/9/event_4210425.jpeg\n\nThe pond club's favori te meeting place is the garden of club leaders Suzanne and Peter in Nyon. T he August 3 meeting will be held on the patio and in the gazebo beside thei r water lily ponds. There we can watch twelve aquatic turtles swimming with many goldfish\, and fifteen terrestrial tortoises strolling throughout the fenced-in garden.\n\nThe formal portion of this meeting will consist of a question-and-answer period\, during which you can get advice from the exper ts on designing\, constructing and maintaining garden ponds. All attendees will contribute suggestions based on their own experiences. Discussions (ty pically in English or French) often concern how to design ponds to be safe for children\, how to select plants and fish that best survive winters in t he Geneva area\, how to protect the fish from hungry herons\, how to divide and propagate water lilies\, how to prevent and eliminate green-water alga e\, and many other topics of interest both to beginning and advanced water gardeners.\n\nOn request\, Peter can display and explain how to make the si mple devices he designed to trap and catch elusive fish\, protect baby fry from predators\, support tall water plants to keep them from flopping over\ , etc. You can also see how to construct the inexpensive biological filteri ng system he devised\, which needs rinsing only once a year. Visitors are a lways welcome at these free events\, so invite interested friends and neigh bors to come along.\n\nhttp://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/d/6/5/2 /event_1854866.jpeg\n\nFull details of the August 3 meeting are on the club 's web site at http://ponds.meetup.com/1/calendar/7990509. Clicking on the blue link marked 'Suzanne and Peter's home and garden' brings up a Google m ap showing the meeting's location. You can click on 'Get directions' below the map\, type in your own address\, then click to get turn-by-turn travel directions from your home to Suzanne and Peter's. The map and directions ca n be printed for your drive to the meeting.\n\nWhile you're on the club's w eb site\, click on its 'Calendar' section at http://ponds.meetup.com/calend ar/list to see a list of all upcoming free meetings. Click on each event's title to read its location and full details\, then submit your RSVP on that page to indicate whether you can or can't attend. Just click Yes\, Maybe\, or No\; then the meeting hosts and other club members can see who's coming and who isn't coming. Hosts have to know in advance how many snacks and dr inks to prepare for the meeting. If your plans change\, just return to the meeting's description page to revise your RSVP.\n\nIf you're not available on any of the meeting dates already listed\, you can host a meeting in your own home or garden on a date you prefer. The club always meets on the firs t and third Sundays of every month. To reserve an ideal Sunday for your mee ting (before some other club member chooses that date)\, write to club lead ers Suzanne and Peter at PeterSuzanne2@hotmail.com\, or call them in Nyon a t 0041 22 362 03 60. They always help meeting hosts before and during each event. Contact them if you have any questions.\n\nhttp://photos1.meetupstat ic.com/photos/event/d/6/5/4/event_1854868.jpeg\n\nOnly registered members o f the pond club are entitled to host meetings\, but any gardener can instan tly become a member without obligation right on the club's web site. Read a ll about the club and how to navigate the many pages of its extensive web s ite by logging on to http://ponds.meetup.com/1. If you like what you read\, just click the red link marked 'Sign up\,' fill in your name and other det ails\, then click 'Submit.' You'll be added to the list of 101 families or individuals who are current members in the 'Members' section at http://pond s.meetup.com/1/members. Members are informed of all future meetings\, and g et the other benefits of membership.\n\nBenefits include the right to help determine how the club is managed by voting on the various questions in our online 'Polls' section at http://ponds.meetup.com/1/polls. Only club membe rs can have photos of their ponds posted in our 'Photos' section at http:// ponds.meetup.com/photos. Only members can submit questions\, answers\, mess ages\, or entire pond articles in our 'Messages' section at http://ponds.me etup.com/1/messages.\n\nMembers and non-members alike can view all sections of our web site. Of special interest are Peter's many tutorial articles ab out ponds in the 'Messages' section. His illustrated articles in the 'Files ' section at http://ponds.meetup.com/1/files were originally published in t he world's largest Internet journal about ponds\, Water Gardeners Internati onal.\n\nhttp://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/2/8/b/d/event_4210429 .jpeg\n\nNyon - Switzerland\n\nSunday\, August 3 at 3:00 PM\n\nPhoto: http: //photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/b/e/4/event_243044.jpeg\n\nAttendin g: 15\n\nDetails: http://ponds.meetup.com/1/calendar/7990509/ LAST-MODIFIED:20080522T121154Z UID:event_7990509@meetup.com CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20080522T115538Z DTSTAMP:20080704T231321Z DTSTART:20080803T130000Z DTEND:20080803T150000Z GEO:46.21;6.14 URL:http://ponds.meetup.com/1/calendar/7990509/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Geneva Area Pond Club's free meeting on August 17 DESCRIPTION:Ponds Meetups > Geneva Area Pond Club\n\nhttp://photos2.meetups tatic.com/photos/event/b/c/9/event_243017.jpeg\n\nThe pond club hasn't met at Eva's home and garden since 2006\, so we're invited back for this meetin g on August 17. We'll see the three water lily ponds she devised from gigan tic plastic tubs. Examining the many different designs and materials availa ble for constructing ponds is a main reason we meet in a different club mem ber's garden every time. Seeing the variety of possibilities\, newcomers ar e inspired to install their first pond\, and oldtimers get ideas for improv ing their own.\n\nFull details of this event are on the club's web site at http://ponds.meetup.com/calendar/8152608. On that page you can let Eva know whether you can or can't attend. Just click Yes\, Maybe\, or No\, add a no te in the 'Comments' box\, and click 'Submit.' If your plans change\, you c an return to that page to revise your RSVP. Visitors are welcome at these f ree events\, so invite interested friends to come along. Please indicate in your RSVP how many guests you're bringing.\n\nBecause every meeting is in a different venue\, you'll need travel directions to drive there. Each even t's page includes above its description a blue link for its precise locatio n. Click the link to get a Google road map to the neighborhood\, which can be clicked to zoom in and out to get your bearings. To the left of the litt le map\, click the link marked 'Directions' for a larger detailed map. Type your address in the box marked 'From\,' click 'Get Directions\,' and you'l l get turn-by-turn travel directions from your home to the host's home. The maps and directions can be printed for your drive to the meeting.\n\nhttp: //photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/1/2/8/1/event_244737.jpeg\n\nThe ma in topic of discussion at the August 17 meeting will be designing and insta lling ponds. Peter and other experienced pond builders will describe the be st locations for ponds in a garden\, ideally far from any trees. Tree leave s falling into the water could produce noxious methane gas when they decomp ose\, which could suffocate pond fish. Some trees like the weeping willow h ave a mild poison in their leaves\, which could change the water's chemistr y and be detrimental to the fish. Strong tree roots might penetrate the pon d's liner and cause it to leak. The dense shade from trees would also dimin ish the number of flowers produced by water lilies and other aquatic plants that need full sun to bloom.\n\nPonds can be constructed of many materials \, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Concrete was the only po nd-building material available for centuries\, and its use required experti se and great expense. But the heaving of the earth as it contracted and exp anded in changeable weather consistently caused cracks that resisted perman ent patching. Preformed rigid plastic shells in many sizes and shapes can n ow be sunk into the ground to create a small pond. The advent of flexible p lastic liners made pond construction a relatively simple do-it-yourself pro ject at low cost. The cheaper plastics like PVC and vinyl last for several years\, but now EPDM rubber liners are the most popular. They're guaranteed not to leak for 40 years.\n\nIf children are in the family or frequently v isit your garden\, it's important to design your pond to prevent them from falling in. Peter will describe the many safety features that can be incorp orated to make your pond safe for children. He stresses the importance of k eeping children from drowning: He explains that when their bodies lie in th e bottom of the pond\, they begin to rot and that makes the water smell bad and turn black\, and all the water will have to be changed\, and it's not worth all that trouble\, so it's best not to let the kids fall in. Sometime s he can get through that whole explanation with a straight face\, but not often.\n\nhttp://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/b/9/8/event_242968.j peg\n\nMany other pond topics will be discussed at this meeting\, both seri ous and not-so-serious. These meetings are social as well as educational\, so subjects totally unrelated to ponds always come up as well. The snacks a nd drinks provided by each host invariably stimulate lively conversations.\ n\nIf you can't attend the August 17 meeting\, check out the club's other f ree events. They're always listed in the web site's 'Calendar' section at h ttp://ponds.meetup.com/1/calendar/list. Click on each event's title to read its location and full details\, then submit your RSVP. If you can't attend any of those meetings\, choose your own date and host a club meeting in yo ur own home. We meet on the first and third Sundays of every month. To rese rve an ideal date for a meeting chez vous\, call club leaders Suzanne and P eter in Nyon at 0041 22 362 03 60\, or write to them at PeterSuzanne2@hotma il.com.\n\nBut first please submit your RSVP for the August 17 meeting. Tha nk you.\n\nGrand-Lancy\, Genève - Switzerland\n\nSunday\, August 17 at 3:00 PM\n\nPhoto: http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/b/e/4/event_2430 44.jpeg\n\nAttending: 6\n\nDetails: http://ponds.meetup.com/1/calendar/8152 608/ LAST-MODIFIED:20080616T170908Z UID:event_8152608@meetup.com CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20080616T164632Z DTSTAMP:20080704T231321Z DTSTART:20080817T130000Z DTEND:20080817T150000Z GEO:46.21;6.14 URL:http://ponds.meetup.com/1/calendar/8152608/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR