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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