Re: Huh? I don't get it.

[Neil Frank <nfrank@mindspring.com>]

From: Karen Randall <krandall@world.std.com>
>Subject: Huh?  I don't get it.
>
>At 03:48 PM 2/11/2000 -0500, D. Chang wrote a long diatribe about the NEC
>convention ending with:
>
>>If your conventions are always held in your home regions (NE,W,N) don't you
>>only see the same guys every year?


I think I understand where he is coming from. This guy is getting the
impression that the NEC convention is the same as a national
(international) AGA convention and would like to see such an event in other
parts of the world. He (and I guess many other folks) do not understand the
difference between an "official AGA meeting" and an advertised
local/regional aquarium club meeting which offers AGA members a chance to
get together. 

It is good that Karen clarified the situation. 

To help avoid continued confusion,  I submit that AGA should not advertise
the NEC thing as an "AGA Special Event" (see TAG V12n6). Perhaps better
titles would be "An Opportunity for AGAers to Get Together."  Also, future
AGA advertisements of this type might end with a brief statement like "AGA
encourages regional gatherings of AGAers and with sufficient lead time, we
will gladly advertise these events in TAG. Please submit details to TAG
editor."

--Neil
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