Re: [AGA-mcm] Re: Convention

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

Why, it's in our lover neighborhood to the north, the
Canadian Province of Saskatchewan, breadbasket of Canada,
land of many peoples, and a population of about 1 million.
The American plains just keep on going and going for miles
and miles and this is one of the places those miles lead
to. Regina, population 200,000 is the Provincial capital.

Some say, "It's the same continent as the US but a
different one than Quebec."

Technically it's bigger and more populous than Arlington
Virginia.


sh



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

> I guess my first question is where the heck is Regina?  I
> don't even know 
> what continent we're discussing.
> 
> Karen
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
> To: "Rick Haley" <haley.comet@shaw.ca>
> Cc: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 10:05 AM
> Subject: [AGA-mcm] Re: Convention
> 
> 
> > 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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