Event Brochure

[Karen Randall <krandall@world.std.com>]

At 09:20 AM 5/27/2000 -0700, Charlene wrote:

>Hope I send it right this time!  Tell me the wording you want in the
>brochures-something like just "unusual and rare plants"?  Just how many
>"rare plants" are there?  Are we limiting the auction by saying that? Should
>we say specimen or show quality and rare and unusual?  I can't think of that
>many things that people would have that are typically really rare-but I
>don't know this aquarium hobby part that well so advise me. 

Well, our local club (and I believe NEC does the same thing) calls it a
"rare fish and plant" auction because you _can_ find something there that
you might not have access to elsewhere.  What's rare in one part of the
country may not be somehwere else that has a local hobbyist spreading it
around.  And there are always people getting started who need things that
are just plain easy.

I think I'd limit the number of lots people can bring, and also the number
of lots of one species. (or variety)  For instance, maximum of 12 lots,
maximum 2 lots of the same species/variety.  If people only have a limited
number of lots available, they are not likely to waste them on several bags
of duck weed or water sprite.

We might want to say something like, unsold lots must be removed from the
auction room by __ p.m. or the become property of the AGA.  Then, if they
are nice plants, we can decide what we want to do with them, if they are
just plant mass, we can donate them to the Tennessee Aquarium as turtle
food.<g>

>I am getting
>this brochure out and mail a bunch to people that I have addresses for this
>week. I leave for the Amazon June 5 and not back til the 16th 

Have a great time.  I'll be wishin' I was with you!

>I still want us to make some money on this event because we
>are going to have to pay speakers and expenses sometime if we keep this up.
>We can get some auction money and some corporate sponsorships to build up
>the coffers to help with the next event.  This one will probably be the
>cheapest one you will ever have and we still may have to chip in from the
>treasury.

I agree.

Karen