Re: [AGA-mcm] GWAPA feedback requested

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

That's fantast, Ghazanfar.  This is exactly the kind of feedback we need!

Thanks,

Karen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ghazanfar Ghori" <ghorig@gmail.com>
To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] GWAPA feedback requested


> I wouldn't really call it 'negative feelings', it was more along the lines
of
> misunderstandings. Some of which were due to the fact that we have
> had no experience hosting a convention, and had other expectations.
> However, the fact is that, as the AGA continues having local clubs host
> the conventions (which is great BTW), most of the clubs will not have
> the experience running something like this, and this is where a set
> of detailed guidlines on running aspects of the convention
> (e.g. auction) would really come in handy. Detailed information of how
> to run all aspects of the convention will ensure that the hosting club
> has a clear understanding of the amount of work involved.
> Vendor relationships should probably be handled by an
> AGA Convention Comittee of sorts. Long terms relationships are important
> and it would probably be best served.
>
> Having a Convention Comitee, made up of folks who've run past conventions,
> as an advisory board for the hosting club, and having the hosting club
> members be part of a mailing list to discuss and hammer out all the
details
> would help a lot. We did do this in a limited way this year, and based on
> that experience, we should probably expand on that.
>
> I don't want the AGA to take this the wrong way - everything can be
> improved, both on the AGA side and the hosting club side. We just
> need to make sure that we learn and improve.
>
> I don't have time today to get into too many details, but give me a little
> time and I'll send a list of what I think would help the AGA, and hosting
> clubs, run things smoother in the long run.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 06:37:34 -0800 (PST), Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
wrote:
> > Ghazanfar, when we talked on Friday, you said something about preparing
a
> > document detailing all the issues that the GWAPA members experienced in
> > planning (and now executing) the convention.  I am hoping that you are
> > still planning to post this document... Based on several offhand
comments
> > during the convention, I understand there are some negative feelings
about
> > the AGA from GWAPA as a whole, but at the moment I'm not quite sure how
> > they came about and exactly what they are.  It will be very important to
> > insure this *doesn't* happen next year, and part of that process is
> > learning what and why it happened this year.
> >
> > I don't want to start a big AGA-defensive dialog on this, and so the AGA
> > board/worker folks (including myself) are directed to only ask
clarifying
> > questions in response to GWAPA's feedback.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >   - Erik
> >
> > --
> > Erik Olson
> > erik at thekrib dot com
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