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

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

Hi Larry,

As far as the TAG part of things, Cheryl and I are already planning a full
page thank you to sponsors.  If we have room, I'd even be willing to give it
a 2 page spread, but we have to see how space works out, so I can't promise
that.

Karen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Lampert" <l_lampert@yahoo.com>
To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] Thanks! - Now AGA Vendors


> 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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