Re: [AGA-mcm] Re: Convention

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

Hey, I'm sorry folks. I had deliberately put
"Saskatchewan" in my reply to Rick, but must have lost it
in cut and paste.

sh
--- Larry Lampert <l_lampert@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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