Re: [AGA-mcm] [AGA Convention Feedback] (fwd)

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

> Wow, The FT ride was long and although accidents aren't
> predictable, problems occur often enough that one might be
> expected. Perhaps we should have warend folks about the
> length ofhte bus ride.

The bus ride was long, but it also gave people a chance to chat.  No one
could have predicted the accident or the weather, both of which contributed
mightily to the length.  I agree that offering people a "field trip" that is
nothing more than they could easily do on their own for free would not have
made sense.  And the field trip was not "officially" part of the conference
anyway.  People could have done something different that day, and many did.
Walking around the zoo or D.C. in the pouring rain would not have been my
favorite option for the day.<g>

I think Shawn had a lot of good points, but I didn't agree with this one.

I also liked Allesia's idea of a person, or group of people who would
specifically make it their job to take "newbies" under their wing...
particularly if she's offering! This has always been a problem, and we've
always had to try to balance getting the work done, wanting to spend some
time with each other becausewe ARE friends, and still making sure that we
mingle and make new attendees feel welcome.  This is an idea that could
solve that problem.  It would also help with people like Marian.  We could
even have a "welcome wagon" type hand-out if we had a committee working on
it.

Karen


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