It would indeed be cool, and they do have a good sized group, as long as they can get someone to spearhead the project. And we've now seen that even having it at an expensive venue doesn't keep people away if you have the right speakers/programs. But no, no one has said anything about it to me!<g> Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com> To: <aga-mcm@thekrib.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 8:32 PM Subject: [AGA-mcm] browsing Aquatic Plant Central... > Yeah, it's a slower day than usual, had some time to play after Jay posted > the link to Scott's thing. Added a post of my own even (bizarre for a > non-forum guy like myself). Interesting comment from Tom Barr: > > "I'm bucking for next years in SF. We have the folks, we have the > location, we have the natural areas, we have great stores, tanks, large > public aquariums, killer Japanese gardens, best food, inspiring nature, we > can get plants from Asian importers regularly so a large order for the AGA > would not be a big issue. > Bing Seto and Dick Au discus folks(perhaps a tour), Monterey Bay Aqaurium > behind the scenes tour, that place is second to none. > Very tough to beat this place. > > Numerous vendors make their home here(Aquaria, Kordon, and a dozen > others). > > I'm looking for hotel sites for it now. > > Hope to get it and see you all here next year. 200$ for coast to coast > flights anywhere pretty much in the USA. > > If you wanna stay another few days, ski Tahoe, see Yosemite, see the > biggest, the oldest and the tallest trees in the world all in the same > day. > > Regards, > Tom Barr" > > Has Tom actually talked to anyone about a bid? SF could be very cool. > > - Erik > > > -- > Erik Olson > erik at thekrib dot com > _______________________________________________ > AGA-mcm mailing list > AGA-mcm@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm > _______________________________________________ AGA-mcm mailing list AGA-mcm@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm