Re: [AGA-mcm] Re: AGA Convention info

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

You bet. I offered him $50. ;-) 

What is ALA? I thought it was Association for Lungfish
Advancement.

sh

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

> Follow this guy like a hawk.  If they've hosted the ALA,
> they know their 
> stuff.
> 
>    - Erik
> 
> On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, S. Hieber wrote:
> 
> > Hi, thanks for writing and for your interest.
> >
> > I have some info below you should find helpful.
> >
> > First, a couple of points. Consider whether 2006 or
> 2007 is
> > better for your club in terms of timing. The date of
> the
> > convention is not fixed to any particular month or date
> but
> > a draft proposal should be submitted about a year in
> > advance of the convention. You have done shows before,
> so
> > you know that what seems like a lot of time at the
> start,
> > can often seem like too little later ;-)
> >
> > Also you might want to contact Jonathon Dooley
> > <mrjonathandooley@aol.com>. He is from Indiana and has
> been
> > considering putting together an AGA convention,
> although we
> > haven't heard anything from him in months. You don't
> have
> > to do this, but sometimes there is synergy is folks
> > collaborate.
> >
> > For info, I have tons of stuff, the key piece being the
> > Requirements and Guidelines doc.
> >
> > So I suggest you download these items:
> >
> > The AGA's Requirements & Guidelines for submitting a
> > proposal to host an AGA convention. It can be very
> useful
> > to help with planning. This document brings together
> > experience from the AGA, CACA, AGA, NEC, and others,
> > representing several decades of experience hosting
> > successful conventions:
> >
> >
>
http://home.comcast.net/~shieber4/Doc_dock/AGA_Convention_Host_Proposal_Requirements_and_Guidelines_ver_4b.doc
> >
> >
> > Some basic info on the last two AGA conventions:
> >
> >
>
http://home.comcast.net/~shieber4/Doc_dock/Summary_data_re_AGA2K3--_AGA2K4.xls
> >
> >
> > A complicated spreadsheet used to compare the
> finanicals
> > for various scenarios for the 2004 convention. I don't
> > expect this to be easily traced or everyone to try to
> make
> > one of these. I offer it only because it gives an
> overview
> > of the the diff factors:
> >
> >
>
http://home.comcast.net/~shieber4/Doc_dock/SH_Modified_budget_AGA2K4_ver5c_-_Marriot.xls
> >
> >
> >
> > GWAPA hosted the last convention and here, as a sample,
> is
> > GWAPA's proposal for 2004:
> >
> >
>
http://home.comcast.net/~shieber4/Doc_dock/GWAPA_Proposal_rough_draft2.doc
> >
> >
> > And also, here are the AGA Board comments on the Draft
> 2
> > proposal:
> >
> >
>
http://home.comcast.net/~shieber4/Doc_dock/Board_comments_on_Draft_proposal2.doc
> >
> > That should get you started. Don't let the bulk of the
> > material scare you off -- I like to err onthe side of
> too
> > much rather than too little info.
> >
> > regards,
> > sh, AGA Treasurer
> >
> > --- Bill Flowers <billflower@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Scott,
> >>
> >>    My name is Bill Flowers and I am with the Circle
> City
> >> Aquarium Club
> >> located in Indianapolis, Ind. We have been putting on
> a
> >> fish show
> >> every year since 2001 and also hosted the ALA this
> >> spring. We are now
> >> looking for something else to host andi thing the AGA
> >> Convention would
> >> be a great thing. I would like to get all of the info
> I
> >> can and take
> >> it to the board and see what they think. I am looking
> >> forward to
> >> hearing from you.
> >>
> >>  Sincerely,
> >> Bill Flowers
> >>
> >
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