Yes, Karen and Scott hit it right on the head. I totally agree. The synergies and cost savings between us and NEC or ACA or whatever other club would allow us to keep our momentum going even in a year where we don't have a dedicated plant club stepping up with a feasible bid, but we need to get the word out earlier as an "official AGA event" as Karen said. I forget, when are we supposed to have our deadline for the AGA2K6? I don't know about you guys but there is a big hole in my calendar in November where the AGA normally sits ;-) ... Regards, Larry --- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote: > Which, for future considerations, is another reason > for us to try to get > firm commitments for conventions earlier. If we > know we are not having a > dedicated AGA convention in a specific year, we can > always tag onto another > convention. > > It's dead easy with NEC, because they already give > us our own meeting space > and time, and bring in a top plant speaker. So we > don't pay for a thing. > Because of the DFW group, we're getting something > going at ACA. But if > these events were advertised earlier as "official" > AGA events, rather than > just a "pick up game", they would be an opportunity > for all members to > participate, rather than just those in the know. We > don't want to steal > fire (or participation) from a dedicated AGA event, > but in off years, there > are other good alternatives. > > Karen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com> > To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 6:58 AM > Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] We're Rolling! > > > > If we can get someone to give an aquatic plant > > presentation, we can call it AGA2K5, the little > convention > > that could! > > > > sh > > --- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote: > > > >> This is great, Cheryl! I'm looking forward to > seeing > >> everyone. > >> > >> - Erik > >> > >> On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, Cheryl Rogers wrote: > >> > >> > Here is a list of people who have volunteered > or > >> indicated interest in > >> > volunteering for the AGA/DFWAPC sales table at > ACA. > >> > > >> > Cheryl Rogers > >> > Ann Viverette > >> > Ricky Cain > >> > Nikolay Kralchev (sp?) > >> > Harold Laroux (tentative) > >> > David Lim > >> > May Lorfing (tentative) > >> > > >> > and whatever AGA'ers aren't busy at the moment. > >> > > >> > So this looks pretty good. Several AGA members > have > >> indicated that they will > >> > send plants, but indications are that DFWAPC be > >> bringing more plants than > >> > AGA. Anyway, it's all good. > >> > > >> > Nikolay is doing a great job of keeping > interest up on > >> the DFW lists and I > >> > will try to hold my end up on the AGA side. > >> > > >> > Cheryl > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > AGA-mcm mailing list > >> > AGA-mcm@thekrib.com > >> > > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> Erik Olson > >> erik at thekrib dot com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> AGA-mcm mailing list > >> AGA-mcm@thekrib.com > >> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AGA-mcm mailing list > > AGA-mcm@thekrib.com > > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm > > > > > _______________________________________________ > AGA-mcm mailing list > AGA-mcm@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm > _______________________________________________ AGA-mcm mailing list AGA-mcm@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm