Other than the species maintenance program is there a way for members to trade or give away fish?

Yes, if you are a dues paying ALA member there is a classifieds section on the left hand side of the screen right under the home button. There is also a publication called the trader which comes out a couple times per year.

Okay, so ow many times do I have to join before I get to see this link? I was pretty sure I joined at the convention but I guess there was no record of that. Then I joined for sure in July and here is the paypal record 7/19/2012 Web Accept Payment Sent : American Livebearer Association USD -25.00 0.00 -25.00
ID: 89143079HX345551V
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Hi Joe,

You are all fixed up now. You now have full member access.

Your PayPal payment came through right after I returned from a week away at the ACA convention. It got overlooked apparently. Sorry about that.

However, instructions given after the payment was complete were not followed so no email was sent to me asking to be added to the members area. Doing so would have alerted me via email to add you to the members group.

As for the payment at the convention, check with our membership chair about why your payment was not received. I assume you would have been given some sort of receipt but I wasn't at the convention so cannot say for sure.

The membership chair's contact info, as well as the ALA Officers can be found on this page:
http://livebearers.org/modules/content/index.php?id=7

ALA Members Classifieds can be found here:
http://livebearers.org/modules/classifieds/

Peace,
~Troy