Re: [AGA-mcm] Sidetrack

["Karen Randall" <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>]

It _definitely_ can work, and be great fun.  Scott and I just returned from 
the NEC convention, where we hold the "AGA side-show"<g> every year.  We 
have a lovely low-key get-together on Friday afternoon of the convention, 
and the NEC also has a plant speaker on Sat.  This year we easily had 50 
people on Friday, and my guess is close to 100 people during Christel's talk 
on Sat.

Now, granted, Christel was a big draw.  But we regularly have 30+ people at 
this little meeting, and that is with next to no advertising, and very 
little work on anyone's part.  NEC has offered for years to let us "piggy 
back" on NEC for free, and I suspect other clubs would enjoy hosting a 
lower-key event on the same basis.  For taht matter, I'm sure we could do 
something more elaborate at NEC if we asked, and the costs would be minimal.

Maybe, if we went to an every-other-year "big" convention, this is would be 
a fun way to allow folks to get together in the "off" years.

Karen


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Lampert" <l_lampert@yahoo.com>
To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] Sidetrack


> Ya know Karen, that might just be a great idea. Who is
> to say we can't have a plant related AGA event without
> calling it an "AGA" and therefore having to live up to
> our own expectations.....
>
>
> --- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:
> > No, but my impression is that PVAS is not running a
> > very big convention of
> > their own these days. (that from chit-chat with
> > Steve Szabo over the
> > weekend)  They still do a show/speaker/auction
> > thing, but it is pretty
> > low-key, with local speakers and attendees.
> > (although at this point,
> > low-key is sounding mighty good to me!)
> >
> > Karen
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
> > To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
> > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 1:18 PM
> > Subject: [AGA-mcm] Sidetrack
> >
> >
> > > Totally a sidetrack but has PotomacVAS ever
> > approached us
> > > about hosting a convention at some point down the
> > line?
> > >
> > > sh
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