Re: [AGA-mcm] AGA 2005

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

The trip to the Amazon (end of Jan beginning of Feb) 
notwithstanding, I offer, as always, my "talents" (stop
laughing Cheryl) for treasury, cash management and budget
preparation and performance monitoring.

Btw, I don't do sales (to vendors or other hobbyists).
That's not a proscription, it's a report -- I'm simply not
very good at it. I don't do windows (well) either but I'm
hoping that won't come up.

You have a solid 4 people willing to undertake more work
than they think they would be agreeing to undertake? I'm
not trying to be cute -- the commitment, as you have seen,
needs to be to what will eventually seem like more than was
bargained for :-O  Just ask, for example, the guy that did
vendor solicitations this year and he'll probably give you
an earful. 4 is probably not enough so I would focus on
getting a very good assessment of the core resources.

I'd send you a Requirements and Guideline document but I
thinkyou already have the existing doc and, clearly, it
will be updated with more *stuff*. But if you need another
copy of the to-be-revised version, let me know.

Comment: I'm inclined to think you need to add a
nonlocal/well-known figure to help the draw, although I
have no suggestions along those lines. But Erik, Larry,
Karen, et alia can give a more experienced view.

sh
--- Phil Edwards <biotypical@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hey folks,
> 
> The Charlotte Area Aquarists Society (hopefully with help
> from Carolina 
> Aquatic Plant Enthusiasts) is interested in hosting the
> '05 convention.  
> We're going to be discussing the possibility at our Dec.
> 4th meeting and I'd 
> like some feedback from everyone here.  We've got a lot
> of folks between the 
> two groups, with a core of about 4-6 really dedicated
> folks in CLT.  My 
> question to y'all is how involved in the organization is
> the AGA willing to 
> get?  Ideally I would love to see an AGA representative
> involved 
> hand-in-hand with the committee chairs/members here in
> town.  This is still 
> in the "seriously considering it" phase, but if the AGA
> were to get strongly 
> involved in the organization from the start it would go a
> long way towards 
> getting to the "we're willing to do it" stage.
> 
> Ideas for things so far.
> 
> Theme: Gone Native, a look at things around you.
> Speakers: Native aquatic  and wetland plant and fish
> specialists from area 
> universities
> Field Trip: Local botanical gardens, visits to local
> urban wetlands, 
> possibly state park wetland
> 
> Thoughts, comments, concerns, offers? :)

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