Re: [AGA-mcm] AGA2K4 Feedback Summary

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

IF we do the awards as a distinct event, we can spend as
long as necessary to cover them -- anyone not interested
needn't attend or stay if they get bored.

When it's the lead for something like Amano, folks don't
want to leave and risk missing part of Amano's presentation
even if they are bored with the awards -- although, I can't
really understand how anyone interested in growing plants
could be bored with the contest :-\

sh
--- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:

> Well, at least Ghazanfar can take comfort in the
> knowledge that he was
> fairly even handed in his criticizm of all of us.<g> 
> Personally, I've never
> seen, read or heard Ghazanfar be rude to anyone.  It
> doesn't seem to be his
> style.
> 
> And I did try to hand the microphone to other people ;-)
> 
> On the length of the awards, I had a thought... Some
> people obviously WANT
> to learn more about aquascaping through the judges'
> comments, while others
> have little or no interest.  What about: Do the awards
> Friday night, and
> kept it to the bare minimum... maybe not even have the
> judges up there, but
> have Erik read some comments as he has some times in the
> past.  Then have
> one of the focus groups be a chance to go into more
> detail on the tanks with
> the judges in a small, informal setting where people can
> ask more in-depth
> questions.
> 
> Karen
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
> To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 12:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] AGA2K4 Feedback Summary
> 
> 
> > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Ghazanfar Ghori wrote:
> >
> > > "The rude and unnecessary remarks to attendees by
> Ghori during
> > > registration and the auction check out. He may have
> worked hard but
> > > his efforts were generally failures and his attitude
> and actions were
> > > extremely un-welcoming. "
> >
> > That criticism came from Leon Garden, not anonymous, so
> you could always
> > send him your picture and ask if he got the wrong
> person. :)  Leon has
> > been to many, if not all, of the AGA conventions over
> the years.
> >
> > In terms of personal criticism, this one hit me the
> hardest:
> >
> > "During the announcements of the awards, the speaker
> rudely ran ahead at
> > his own pace without letting the judges say what they
> wanted to say, with
> > the exception of perhaps one judge who seemed to have
> the microphone the
> > majority of the time. "
> >
> > Granted the person had no idea the reason I was doing
> this was to keep the
> > awards "announcements" to the 30 minute slot we had
> planned instead of the
> > 52 minutes it eventually ran once everyone had their
> say, but hey, maybe
> > they didn't see the previous years where I was able to
> keep the judges
> > better corralled.  But I'll sure be trying to have
> printouts next time,
> > and having a little huddle with the judges beforehand. 
> Or not, as some
> > (like Scott) felt it was the "best discussion" on the
> winners yet.
> >
> >    - Erik
> >
> > -- 
> > Erik Olson
> > erik at thekrib dot com
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