I had forgotten too, but when I checked the web site, it is pretty clear about it. Still, a friendly reminder will keep people from being surprised at the convention. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Olson" <kathy@thekrib.com> To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 12:52 PM Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] Re: T-shirts and other things with drawers > ut oh, I thought the Aquarium charge was included in the field trip cost, > oops, definitely let people know. > > Kathy > > > On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Ghazanfar Ghori wrote: > > > I think it'd be a good idea to have something like that setup. It'll make it > > easier for folks. What worries me most right now is the Baltimore Aquarium > > entrance fee. I've made a reservation there for the approx # of people that are > > attending the FT, put down a modest deposit. When we get there as a group, > > if we do not want to stand in line (and we do not - its crazy and negates the > > purpose of the reservation) - we need to have all the tickets for all the people > > entering the BA bought by the group leader. That means collecting $16 from > > each FT attendee. > > > > Options I've considered: > > > > Email all the FT folks and ask for prepayment via paypal (we'll incurr > > paypal fees) > > OR > > Email all of them and tell them to bring cash. They can pay up Thursday > > night when they pick up their registration package. Either cash, or > > paypal (again, the fees) > > > > Since this is a straight pass through, either we take a hit on the paypal fees, > > or charge them for it. > > > > Paypal charges 3% right? If so, it'd come out to a total of $45 in paypal fees > > for the max 94 people in the FT. A little less since we're comping some of them. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:59:39 -0700 (PDT), S. Hieber <shieber@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Great. It's nice to have alternatives. > >> > >> sh > >> > >> > >> --- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote: > >> > >>> On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, S. Hieber wrote: > >>> > >>>> What I had in mind, and I hadn't thought it through > >>> very > >>>> far, would mean having a pc or laptop set up that > >>> folks > >>>> coul use to make a purchase -- assume there is wireless > >>>> interenet in the hotel. Then they would just be buying > >>> like > >>>> any other time at any other place. > >>> > >>> If the hotel doesn't have it, I may be able to help with > >>> a WAN card that > >>> runs over Sprint's data network. Our company has a lot > >>> of these for > >>> testing. > >>> > >>> - Erik > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Erik Olson > >>> erik at thekrib dot com > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> AGA-mcm mailing list > >>> AGA-mcm@thekrib.com > >>> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm > >>> > >> > >> ===== > >> Still some time to get the $59 registration rate -- it must increase as of October 28th to $79. > >> > >> Still some nights available at the 65% discount hotel rate. > >> > >> The Annual AGA Convention, 2004, November 12-14. > >> aquatic-gardeners.org & gwapa.org > >> _______________________________________________ > >> AGA-mcm mailing list > >> AGA-mcm@thekrib.com > >> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > AGA-mcm mailing list > > AGA-mcm@thekrib.com > > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm > > > _______________________________________________ > AGA-mcm mailing list > AGA-mcm@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm > _______________________________________________ AGA-mcm mailing list AGA-mcm@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm