Re: [AGA-mcm] Note from Tom

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

Someone has to be able to pull them together. It's hard
enough when everyone is working on the same team.

I jsut go back form Williamsburg and according to the
Gov'nor, it's entirely appropriate to preach to the choir.


Now back to modern times.

sh
--- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:
> Just thought I'd pass this along.  Incidentally, I'm
> about to turn into a 
> pumpkin for real, as we're driving my sister-in-law
> (who's been helping 
> along with my mom for the last month) to the airport in a
> couple hours.
> 
> Working on NEC as time allows, but please be generous in
> expectations for 
> other tasks. :)
> 
>    - Erik
> 
> -- 
> Erik Olson
> erik at thekrib dot com
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 10:59:30 -0800
> From: Thomas Barr <tcbiii@earthlink.net>
> To: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
> Subject: AGA
> 
> 
> Well, I tried to get a few things rolling awhile back:-)
> Personalities within the group on leadership was not the
> best at getting
> things done.
> I dropped out after Dave and Jeff decided to go forward
> with their own plan
> rather than working together.
> But neither really wanted the leader position or were
> decisive(or else were
> to decisive).
> I started things and then they got the notion they could
> do better so they
> jumped in and took over the hotel thing, the speaker list
> etc
> I'm not going to argue with someone that wants to do it
> and makes snide
> snippety comments to me about it.
> But then the foot dragging and late discussion.......ugh.
> I contacted the
> speaker list I presented to the folks and then Jeff redid
> the entire thing
> about 10 days ago.I contacted folks back in Feb on this.
> It's April. I
> contacted the group about Hotels and did the first bid
> for that back in
> Jan. Dave wanted to do that but kept saying how it was
> impossible at 100$ a
> night.
> 
> Oh well.
> 2006 sounds nice and they have some of the work hashed
> out.
> 
> ================================================
> Well, now the Plant Fest 2005 is still happening ( motels
> are 20$ to 29.99)
> and I have a speaking engaugement on plants at the Tampa
> public aquarium
> added as well as a trip tour by the owner of Everglades
> Aquatics plant
> wholesaler's at the end of this year's plant fest. I'll
> be taking folks to
> Ginny springs to see the pleco's that are loose. So folks
> can still get one
> plant trip in for the year. I'll have a program for folks
> shortly and will
> send to the AGA, ADG and ADA.
> Karen mentioned she wanted to go bad and I think Amano
> would like to come
> and do a few things.
> 
> It'd be great for field trips if we ever had the AGA in
> FL, conventions are
> cheap there also.
> 2007..........
> 
> Well, see you in 2006 or maybe for a plant fest, anyway,
> you'll love 2 kids
> at the same time, that way you can be pulled two
> directions at the same
> time.
> Hehe
> 
> Take care
> Tom Barr
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