Re: [AGA-mcm] Re: name change

["Karen Randall" <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>]

Or better yet, espresso.<g>

Karen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cheryl Rogers" <cheryl@rightstuffwebsites.com>
To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] Re: name change


> I think starting eve 1/2 hour earlier is a good idea. Although, I think I
> remember Larry trying to start us all at 8:00 last year and we hollered at
> him about that. You can't win, I guess.
>
> We could pass out little ice cream cups with little wooden spoons....
>
> Cheryl
>
> S. Hieber wrote:
>
> > The logistical issues regarding the Focus Groups seem to
> > further hem things in.
> >
> > If we hold to the 2-hour blocks, which has virtues that
> > Ghazanfar has mentioned, then the only way to move lunch up
> > is to put it ahead of the second talk (too early for lunch
> > -- too late for Amano) or move the morning schedule up 1/2
> > hour.
> >
> > Lunch could start 1/2 hour earlier and last 1/2 hour longer
> > - 2 hours, the same as the other time blocks.
> >
> > It is not uncommmon to find Saturday talks at similar
> > events beginning at 8:00 or 8:30 am is it? ACA is the most
> > recent example that comes to mind.
> >
> > sh
> > --- Ghazanfar Ghori <GhoriG@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>The hotel basement leads to an underground mall. I hope
> >>people choose
> >>to grab a sandwich from there rather than have a full
> >>fledged sit down lunch.
> >>We can announce that suggestion when we break for lunch.
> >>
> >>However, I understand your concern, but looking at the
> >>schedule I really
> >>don't see any other way to do this.
> >>
> >>Here are the considerations:
> >>
> >>For logistical reasons, we need to keep the workshops
> >>together.
> >>We also need atleast one hour to convert the main
> >>ballroom into
> >>three sections (or vice versa), setup & test all the AV
> >>and have enough
> >>buffer time to sort out any glitches. We also need
> >>atleast 1.5 hours between
> >>the last 'talk' and the banquet so that there's enough
> >>time to setup the tables,
> >>AV and count the votes.
> >>
> >>However, with the constraints we have, which all of you
> >>are more
> >>experienced with than I, I'm very open to suggestions on
> >>alternative
> >>schedules.
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