Re: [AGA-mcm] We're Rolling!

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

Alas, somethings are more easily needed than gotten. I
think the reefers/mariners can pull this off much more
easily too and for the same reasons. Longer established,
bigger base, longer tradition, more institionalised process
elements, etc.

I'm all for it. I'm also all for breaking past the hump on
the membership number, Big Tag, and a funded research
grant. Just because I am anxious doesn't mean I don't have
an idea where we can go and faith that we will eventually
get there.
:-)

sh

--- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:

> But that's *exactly* what one needs, of course -- a club
> that is stable 
> enough that you COULD expect a chair to hold a volunteer
> team together for 
> a year.  That's precisely how conventions like the ACA
> and NEC run every 
> year.  The ACA already knows where 2006 will be -- they
> will announce it 
> at the convention -- and is quite far on the 2007
> research.
> 
> There aren't any long-established clubs (SFBAAPS is the
> oldest!), and 
> perhaps it's a plant people "attitude" of not wanting
> structure, but for 
> a looser club, it really will require a lot of help from
> "nationals" 
> like us to keep things running over the course of 1
> year+.
> 
>    - Erik
> 
> On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, S. Hieber wrote:
> 
> > Absolutely. And I think it's something we can't avoid
> if we
> > want to be organized about things.
> >
> > I do still have angst about early commitments -- how
> does a
> > chairperson hold a volunteer team together for over a
> year?
> > I can see a tight group like DFWAPC doing it but a lot
> of
> > clubs are looser, no? Anyway, time will tell.
> >
> > sh
> > --- 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
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