Re: [AGA-mcm] Thanks! - Now AGA Vendors

[Larry Lampert <l_lampert@yahoo.com>]

First off, I had a great time with everyone this
weekend. It seemed to go by very quickly. Thanks to
evryone GWAPA and AGA who worked so hard to make it
such a memorable weekend! 

I would like to discuss the vendor issue as well. I
know that I have already done so with several of you
but here are my thoughts again.... 

If the vendors who participated are not feeling good
about their participation in the conference we need to
act now. 

First, a personal phone call should be made to all of
the sponsors to get accurate feedback. Next, an email
should be sent expressing our thanks with pictures
attached (or a link) to the conference. Include pics
of the goodie bags ready to be given out and then
another of one of the bags with it's contents out for
display.

I also think we should strongly consider sending
something tangible either a plaque or something else
personalized to express our appreciation that can be
hung in their corporate office.

I am also not opposed to perhaps a complimentary thank
you ad in TAG if we can afford it.

These are just a few quick ideas. I am sure you guys
have other ones too. Let's discuss this but let's try
to act as fast as possible. "Revenge may be a dish
best served cold but damage control is much better
served warm" ;-).


Regards,
Larry


--- "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Glad to hear that "Jack" Amano was pleased. We
> should try
> to get some feedback from Tomoko, too. Here insihgts
> with
> Amano are generally good and may be helpful.
> 
> Karen, if you want to write or call her for an
> informal
> debriefing, please do. If you don't have the time
> (or the
> cough medicine is too strong ;-)  )I'll drop her a
> line.
> 
> We have to do some damage repair with the vendors
> although
> I'm not clear about how. 
> 
> I think Phil has all the contact names and addrs for
> the
> vendors, including Ray's list for the contacts for
> all the
> companies he represents -- each of them need to get
> a
> mailed letter of thanks along with the other
> vendors.
> 
> I believe Rick is going to help Phil with a few
> parts of
> this daunting task. It's is important that these
> letters go
> out relatively close to the event. Postage/expenses
> get
> charged to AGA2K4.
> 
> Kent is long time AGA supporter and advertiser in
> TAG. We
> need to be a bit careful how we handle them, imo.
> Milwaukee
> left the site without leaving anything or letting
> anyone
> know they were leaving -- reportedly a bit fed up
> but that
> report might be grossly overstated. 
> 
> I hope that after Erik fills in Kathy on the event,
> she can
> find some time to talk to Ray. On the whole, I think
> the
> hotel did a good job for us, but the
> "breakdown"/misscommunication with vendor room
> access times
> didn't get our attention soon enough. A couple of
> things
> "conspired" against us re the vendors. I saw a
> similar but
> worse problem at an NJAS event. Perhaps next year,
> we
> should consider having someone appointed to looking
> after
> the vendors. This obviously had not occured to be
> before,
> but the long-term relationships are so important,
> maybe we
> should consider it.
> 
> sh
> --- Ghazanfar Ghori <ghorig@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I got some sleep! Dropped Mr. Amano off at the
> airport -
> > he said he
> > had a great time and quote "..I've been to many
> > conventions around the world,
> > including, Europe, Moscow - Russia, and this was
> the best
> > organized convention
> > yet." He also said that local clubs and
> organizations
> > like the AGA, are not
> > found in Japan and it's excellent for the hobby
> that we
> > have something like
> > this here.
> > 
> > Erik, when you're done with the DVD, can GWAPA get
> a few
> > copies please?
> > Not many of the folk working the convention got to
> see
> > the talks. The only
> > ones I caught were Pauls and Amanos presention and
> demo.
> > Didn't see
> > any of Jans, Olivers or Mike Senskes. Rick didn't
> even
> > catch Amanos 
> > presentation.
> > 
> > I hate KENT MARINE! Despite us repeatidly asking
> them NOT
> > to give
> > away all their product, they gave most of it away.
> We
> > were only left with
> > a fraction of the product and it was not enough to
> drop
> > into the goodie bags.
> > 
> > Seachem donated SO much product! I'll personally
> call
> > Greg Morin to thank
> > him.
> 
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