Re: [AGA-mcm] Re: Request for Proposals to Host AGA 2006 Convention

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

You can tell the horse when it's time to drink, but. . . 
;-)

sh
---  Mike Hellweg <mhellweg511@charter.net> wrote:

> I really think anything less than a year is cutting it
> too close, and puts 
> too much pressure on the local group.  That's the way
> other national clubs 
> do it and it works.  Why reinvent the wheel?  It's
> already been done.
> 
> That way you can announce the next year's convention at
> the current 
> convention and make a big deal about it, maybe even do a
> short presentation 
> at the banquet to get folks pumped up about it - and most
> importantly give 
> everyone plenty of time to plan vacation time, etc.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
> To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 9:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] Re: Request for Proposals to Host
> AGA 2006 Convention
> 
> 
> > Right, this is what I've been trying to wrap my hands
> around & have not 
> > been able to state.  We want people (SFBAAPS for
> example) to show real 
> > progress and evidence that they would get it all done
> in time.  Phil's 
> > proposal that I adopted into the deadlines sent to them
> did NOT require 
> > the final bid or hotel to be submitted April 1, rather
> just a 
> > preliminiary, including a list of committee heads. 
> Just SOMETHING in 
> > writing.  And I think this is what we'd also like to
> see November 1st for 
> > stuff from a year from now.
> >
> > What I mean by "special consideration for SFBAAPS" was
> that if they were 
> > interested in hosting a Spring convention, by our
> standards, they're now 
> > out.  I'd like to give them the chance if they want to
> take it.  But I 
> > have no idea what their goal is, so it's impossible to
> negotiate anything 
> > with them yet.
> >
> > Please let me know the final text (Scott, you're the
> head).  I will put 
> > that on the website, but will make no more arbitrary
> changes until then.
> >
> >   - Erik
> >
> > On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, S. Hieber wrote:
> >
> >> Ooh, I like that for a couple of reasons. Besides
> being
> >> slightly more generous than demanding 12 months, it
> gives
> >> an indication of how much time we think they might
> need to
> >> spend on proposal.
> >>
> >> We could even recommend submitting a draft proposal
> for
> >> comments from AGA somewhere between the 12 month and 9
> >> month marks.
> >>
> >> sh
> >>
> >>
> >> --- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:
> >>> Whatabout suggesting that preliminary negotiations
> start
> >>> at the 12 month
> >>> mark in order to help the local organization put
> together
> >>> a workable bid by
> >>> 9 or 10 months out?
> >>>
> >>> Karen
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
> >>> To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 8:35 AM
> >>> Subject: RE: [AGA-mcm] Re: Request for Proposals to
> Host
> >>> AGA 2006 Convention
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I wouldn't mind a year in advance except that I
> think it
> >>>> will sharply limit the number of responses. Even
> though
> >>>> GWAPA, who, e.g., knew well before AGA2k3 that it
> >>> wanted to
> >>>> propose for AGA2K4, it was not able to get a formal
> >>>> proposal together 12 months before AGA2K3.
> >>>>
> >>>> I suggested about 10 months figuring we'd end up
> >>> allowing
> >>>> slippage to about 8 months, if pressed.
> >>>>
> >>>> Btw, wasn't there also a Canadian club that
> expressed
> >>>> interest in hosting a convention in 2005?
> >>>>
> >>>> sh
> >>>> --- Phil Edwards <biotypical@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> I would like to see the floating deadline for the
> >>>>> proposal be in a full year
> >>>>> before the anticipated convention date.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Right now I'm getting geared up to start working on
> a
> >>>>> consortium of clubs,
> >>>>> CAAS, CAPE, and the local NANFA chapter for a
> possible
> >>>>> bid at a conference
> >>>>> in '07 or '08.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Best,
> >>>>> Phil
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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