Hi, Rick, Nice to hear from you and about the RAS interest in hosting an AGA convention. I have attached the Requirements and Guidelines document. The only reasons I can think of, off hand, that any particular location (in or out of the USA) might not be practical are 1) if the logistics were difficult (how's the weather in Regina in or around November?) or 2) if cost were too high to ensure sufficient attendance for the convention to at least break even financially. I'm sorry to say that I am not very familiar with Regina, and a great many other places. Perhaps that's all the more reason to go there ;-) So I am sending a copy of this message to the Advisory Committee of the AGA to see if they have any thoughts about Regina as convention location. (The Advisory Committee comprises the Board of Directors and other AGA members who are the brains and labor behind AGA's operation.) You should be aware that it is very late in the year to begin planning and preparing a convention for 2005. So you might want to aim for 2006. I say this because, normally, one wants to have a hotel contract in hand about 9 months before the event. The hotel contract fixes the dates and location and largely determines the AGA and host club's costs as well as the registration and banquet fees to attendees. Without the hotel contract in place, it's hard to advertise the convention successfully. Finding the right hotel and negotiating a contract can take days or months depending on a wide variety of factors. So those are some things to take into consideration. I will get back to you within a week with any comments or questions from the Advisory Committee. Meanwhile, if you have other questions or comments for me or for the AGA's Advisory Committee, let me know. Thanks for writing, Scott Rick Haley <haley.comet@shaw.ca> wrote: > Scott > > I am an executive member of the Regina Aquarium Society. > In an effort to > bring our membership new and interesting things to do > with their tanks, and > to bring more people into the hobby, we are interested in > the possibility > of hosting a future AGA convention. > > The first question I would ask is, would hold a > convention outside of the > United States, in Canada? > If you would consider this, got you forward me your bid > information? > > I look forward to your correspondance. > > Rick Haley ===== _Aquarium Plants_, Christel Kasselmann, will be speaking about plants and tanks at the NEC 30th Annual Convention It's not too late to register. Get info at: http://www.northeastcouncil.org/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index
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