[AGA-mcm] AGA convention update

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

Hi folks,

Got off the phone with Jim from SFBAAPS just now.  Confirmed that they are 
still shooting for November 2006 date for convention, so any contact with 
vendors about Feb 2006 is going on entirely in said person's mind.

They visited four hotels back in March, at least two of them in the 
$100/night range.  DG didn't like any of the four because they weren't 
classy enough, and instead concentrated on Officer's Club.  When Officer's 
Club deal fell through, he bailed on the process and didn't pick up any of 
the other hotels.

No progress in last two months (Jim blames himself), but there is a 
monthly open house/meeting next Sunday where he'll bring it up.  Members 
are geographically separate, and e-mail communication doesn't work well.
Jim had written up a proposed agenda, but then someone posted it on 
public APC forms.  He's a little leery about that now, but is going to 
send the document to me.

Based on last couple of meetings, members are enthusiastic about the 
convention, and volunteering.  Grassroot support is there.  Club is 
healthy, about 30-40 paid members and another 20 hangers-on.  Club has 
little organization because they don't need it for their own operation, 
and has been detrimental when organization has been "imposed" on it by an 
individual.  No new info here.

Recognizes need for organization in regards to convention.  I suggested 
they concentrate on hotel, noted AGA is in a pickle because AGA *needs* to 
have a convention in 2006.  We can't just let deadlines expire like we did 
in 2005.  We need to communicate and see progress on a regular basis or 
have to seriously investigate other clubs.  I mentioned that hotel is 
lynchpin.  He's going to start the hotel work back up.

I hope I am not stepping on any toes here, but with what's at risk, I've 
decided to take a bigger stake in making sure this works. I am going to 
start calling Jim on a semi-regular basis.  I think that until some 
progress has occurred, it will be best to do phone communication. 
Hopefully we'll get things to the point where planning can move back to 
the conheads list.

  - Erik

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Erik Olson
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