Peter,
If I can help in the discussion on where to hold the next conference. My suggestion would be to hold it in Hamburg again on this next occasion and in the meantime we could all work together on another venue for the third conference. Germany is in the forefront of keeping and breeding Parosphromenus.
I did think about Dublin, however I had to quickly dismiss the thought. We just don’t have sufficient breeders or keepers in Ireland. Currently I am only aware of two people that have any Paro and one of them is myself. Two other people are extremely keen to get Paro and breed them and are currently waiting for fish.
Can I ask anyone that attended the last conference in Hamburg what the situation was for returning to the UK with fish from Hamburg? Are licences etc required? It appears from preliminary questioning that only myself (disability permitting) would be willing to attend anywhere other than the UK or Ireland if bringing back fish on the flight would cause problems. Personally I would be attending for educational reasons and returning with fish would be a huge bonus.
Having said all that, should members merely want a change of venue I’m sure I could find someplace in Ireland to hold it, but it would mean little to no fish to be bought here. No Paro set-ups to visit etc. We can only offer a friendly welcome. The expertise, talks, slideshows and fish would have to be brought with you.
An alternative that I thought of is, could someone liaise with Anabantoid Association of Great Britain and possible share a combined conference with them one year.
Bill