Isn't there a Regina in the Canadian province of
Saskatchewan? I am no Geography expert by any means
but that was what came to mind.
This was what I found in a query.....
Regina, in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, seems
to shoot right out of the plains with its more than
350,000 hand-planted trees providing an oasis on the
prairies.
This beautiful capital city had grown since 1903
through good farming, a booming oil industry and
expanding government services.
So whether you're just visiting Regina, or putting
down roots, you can call this friendly prairie city
"home".
--- 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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