One problem is that, if you have to prompt them to propose, whoever they may be, how well will they do the really hard parts without lots of prompting. . .? Enthusiasm is no substitute for resources or organizational and leadership skills, but I think it's a necessary element. Btw, I am not planning on taking all year to update the bid doc. I plan on doing that Christmas week when I have some time off from my paying gig. That doc and three columns and I'll be ready to leave the country for couple weeks -- at least ;-) . I'd be delighted to come back and find that we had an AGA2K5 proposal either on the table or in the works. Maybe a two-club partnership for the local side? As for "us" doing substantial parts of producing AGA2K5, I can think of at least 3 or 4 that could and would contribute, but that's not nearly enough. sh --- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote: > . . . I do > suspect there is some interest in the Bay area, if > someone could poke them > a little. But I'm guessing everyone here is still very > burned-out from > this year's convention, and not motivated to organize > next year's at this > time. _______________________________________________ AGA-mcm mailing list AGA-mcm@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm