Re: Mexico and NEC

["David Lass" <davidlass@villasunscape.com>]

Sounds good to me. Since I finally remembered not to go to St. Thomas the
NEC weekend, I am free from Friday to whenever.
Take care.
David
----- Original Message -----
From: Karen Randall <krandall@world.std.com>
To: <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: Mexico and NEC


> At 02:17 PM 1/21/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > Hi, everyone,
> >
> > We had a great, very relaxing, mostly beach vacation in Mexico.  It felt
good
> > to spend so much time doing nothing!...
>
>
> Sounds like a great trip!
>
> >
> > As far as NEC is concerned, I think it is fine to have Claus and Lee as
> > speakers, and we could probably use a business meeting.  I don't know
how
> > many members will be there, but I think it is good to keep the
membership
> > posted as to what is going on.  On the other hand, in past years, the
more
> > informal times we have had together have also been fun.  I was hoping
for a
> > "show and tell" time when people could bring pictures and/or slides of
their
> > tanks.  Could we fit in a "show and tell time" some where in the
weekend?
>
>
> I'm sure there will be time for that too.  While I think it's great to
have an
> short _informal_ business meeting, I'm a believer in having things like
this be
> FUN times to keep people interested and coming back.  People are much more
> likely to volunteer to do some work if they perceive that it is a fun,
vibrant
> organization than if people sit around looking glum and complaining about
how
> over worked they are.
>
> Maybe those of us who are MC members who will be attending can come up
with a
> concise list of topics that we want to touch on with the general
membership in
> a positive way, then open discussion for a short period of time for
questions,
> comments, ideas, etc.  If we do it right, I think we should be able to get
> business out of the way in 1/2 hour, leaving us a 1/2 hour for show and
tell
> during our "main" meeting time.  It is also pretty common for people to
gather
> in various places for informal get-togethers after the banquet.  I'm sure
we
> can find times for that kind of sharing one way or another.
>
> Also keep in mind that depending on how many "plant people" want to stick
> around and come up to the Boston on Monday, we might be able to arrange
things
> that day as well.  George has declined our invitiation, but I think I've
talked
> Erik and Kathy into coming up and having one of them as our BAS speaker
that
> night.  I think it would be fun to take them to at least your house, mine
and
> the school to see tanks, even if we can't get to other people's houses in
the
> time available.  If we can fit it in, I think we can probably also talk
Scott
> into a behind the scenes tour for people if it's not _too_ big a crowd.
>
> Karen
>
>