Re: [AGA-mcm] Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About BucklingSpring Keyboards

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

Maybe I have the name wrong but the guy that owns ZooMed.
I've been mailing bills, marked to his attention, but
without reply. Maybe you can get a current addres from them
if you have a contact? or maybe Larry can from his contact.

I menat to do this at ACA, but somehow I could cross paths
with the guy.

sh

--- Phil Edwards <biotypical@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Who's Bagnal?
> 
> 
> >And to get Bagnal to pay.  Phil do you have an address
> for
> >him?
> >
> >sh
> >--- Larry Lampert <l_lampert@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, great job as always on the report. I agree with
> > > Erik and your conclusions about this year.
> > >
> > > As Scott noted, I think we need to be particularly
> > > aware of the perception that we are losing momentum
> > > without an AGA this year.
> > >
> > > I believe we can counteract some of this negative
> > > momentum with a strong forum introduction and
> whatever
> > > we are going to call this "NON-AGA" thing....if it
> > > does work out.
> > >
> > > The lost revenues, associated with lost TAG
> > > Adverstisers, no AGA and no DVD may be a harder
> > > problem to solve.
> > >
> > > The latter two are beyond our control the former is
> > > probably where we need to focus. Phil is already
> > > working on it but we all need to try to think of ways
> > > to help him out.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Larry
> > >
> > > --- "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I don't care, I'm including it as an attachment
> > > > anyway,
> > > > > so it stays in the
> > > > > archive. Half a meg is nothing these days.  :)
> > > >
> > > > I usually do both, not so much for the server as
> for
> > > > the
> > > > convenience of the awaiting fans of things
> financial
> > > > ;-)
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Nice summary, Scott.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, we all made the numbers; I just wrote them
> > > > down. ;-)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Note that just as the book revenue was
> > > > artificially high
> > > > > the last half
> > > > > of 2004,
> > > >
> > > > Yes, artificially high book revs in 2004 because of
> > > > the
> > > > Amano Rio Negro book but there was an unusaully
> high
> > > > book
> > > > expense for the same which totally offset the revs.
> > > >
> > > > > the DVD revenue is unusually high for the first
> > > > > half of this year
> > > > > because of the 2004 convention disk,
> > > >
> > > > I don't call that artificial; I call that a damn
> > > > good
> > > > product.
> > > >
> > > > > and to a lesser
> > > > > extent, the TAG
> > > > > archive.
> > > >
> > > > Another great and popular product.
> > > >
> > > > > I do not expect these to continue at these
> > > > > levels, especially as
> > > > > we have no convention this year.  So I suspect
> the
> > > > next
> > > > > 12 months will be
> > > > > financially tough.
> > > >
> > > > Yes. I think yours is a good insight. Actually, a
> > > > large
> > > > portion of AGA2K4 revs did not arrive until January
> > > > 2005
> > > > but I had accrued those in 2004 (not strictly
> kosher
> > > > with
> > > > cash basis accounting) to give a better picture of
> > > > AGA2K4
> > > > results in the 2004 report. So, likewise I *didn't*
> > > > count
> > > > them again in the 1st 6 months of 2005. But there
> is
> > > > a
> > > > couple of grand more in the bank that the current
> > > > report
> > > > might lead one to believe.
> > > >
> > > > With no convention this year, we might lose some
> > > > market
> > > > steam, which could cost us more than just foregoing
> > > > some
> > > > DVD revenues. We shall see. But significant things
> > > > to think
> > > > about for the 2005 outlook are lowered DVD revs, no
> > > > convention rev this year, lower TAG ad revs, and
> > > > possibly,
> > > > a depression in new memberships due to the first
> > > > two. This
> > > > could put our revenue stream for the 2nd 6 months
> > > > closer to
> > > > what I think it was several years ago. However,
> > > > convention
> > > > and DVDs aside, I don't think our membership level
> > > > is
> > > > moving a lot one way or the other, so that might be
> > > > a
> > > > stability factor in terms of business activity, and
> > > > a very
> > > > large core one at that.
> > > >
> > > > Also, depending on the occurence and the timing, we
> > > > might
> > > > see some offsetting boost in AGA awareness due to
> > > > forums.
> > > > Although, I am aware that there is a
> counterargument
> > > > that
> > > > forums might dissuade some folks from full fledged
> > > > membership.
> > > >
> > > > An interesting time to be involved in AGA.
> > > >
> > > > Get real, get plants,
> > > > sh
> > > >
> > > > Share the fun; show your work.
> > > > The AGA's Sixth Annual International Aquascaping
> > > > Contest is open.
> > > >
> > > > Find about about here:
> > > > http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org
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