At 03:12 AM 11/09/2000 -0800, you wrote: Regarding the idea of one annual solicitation for all AGA events, I forgot to mention that the items would then have to be divided among the various venues - eg. contest vs. convention door prize/raffle, etc. Also, this makes distribution more complicated (it means additional transport and expense to AGA) and a decision maker.... may also need priorities to be set (e.g contest requires min of $500 or $1000 in prizes, with range of acceptable prizes per event specified (e.g. individual contest award not to exceed X). NF