I'm sure that's part of it too. But he's said the same thing since the very first year, and he's always been generous. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com> To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] The Emperor's New Plants... > Maybe it's also not wanting to get calls from individuals asking if they > can buy directly from FAN? > > - Erik > > On Sat, 6 Nov 2004, Karen Randall wrote: > > > I suspect because he doesn't want lots of other aquarium clubs asking for > > donations, but I don't know for sure. He's also just a very private guy. > > In any case, I guess it doesn't really matter why. If he's nice enough to > > donate, we should respect his wishes. > > > > Karen > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Cheryl Rogers" <cheryl@rightstuffwebsites.com> > > To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 8:55 AM > > Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] The Emperor's New Plants... > > > > > >> Why? > >> > >> Cheryl > >> > >> Karen Randall wrote: > >> > >>> Be careful about that with Fan... Brad has made it very clear in the > > past > >>> that he is happy to support AGA, but does NOT want it publicized. > >>> > >>> Karen > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Cheryl Rogers" <cheryl@rightstuffwebsites.com> > >>> To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com> > >>> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 10:11 PM > >>> Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] The Emperor's New Plants... > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> They are, but Mr. Amano changed his list by about 50% and FAN didn't > > have > >>>> all of it, so Phil is scouring around for more. > >>>> > >>>> Phil, I asked Kathy at FAN if she would like to include some company > >>> > >>> flyers > >>> > >>>> in the welcome packets and she said no thanks, because hobbyists cannot > >>>> order from them directly. But I could mock up a thank-you ad of a > > certain > >>>> size for the program, listing those who donated plants and asking the > >>>> convention-goers to support them wherever possible. And then make sure > >>> > >>> that > >>> > >>>> the plant-donators get a copy of the program. <g> > >>>> > >>>> Cheryl > >>>> > >>>> Kathy Olson wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> does this mean FAN didn't come through, I thought they were sending us > > a > >>>>> larger than usual order... > >>>>> > >>>>> Kathy > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, Phil Edwards wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> I just spoke with Gene at Jermack and he's going to do what he can to > >>>>>> help us out. I'll have more details later, but they've got good > >>>>>> potential of taking a big load off us. In return I'd like to give > >>>>>> them some advertising space in the program, when is the absolute > >>>>>> latest we need it in order to get to the printer in time? Barring > >>>>>> that we should put something in a visible location and definately > >>>>>> mention them sometime during the conference. (Preferrably right > >>>>>> before Amano goes on and make sure Tomoko imparts the last minute back > >>>>>> bending required to get these plants). > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Best, > >>>>>> Phil > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _________________________________________________________________ > >>>>>> Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's > >>>>>> FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> 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 > >>> > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > -- > Erik Olson > erik at thekrib dot com > _______________________________________________ > 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