A day late and a dollar short, but congratulations to both of you!!!<g> Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Rogers" <cheryl@rightstuffwebsites.com> To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] Congratulations > no it wasn't. > > Cheryl > > Larry Lampert wrote: >> oops, wrong list... >> --- Larry Lampert <l_lampert@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Erik, >>> >>> I hereby accept the keys and promise to do my best >>> not >>> to wreck the car ;-). >>> >>> I woFor my first official corrsepondence as the new >>> AGA President, I would like to thank you for all you >>> have done for the AGA these last six plus (?) years. >>> >>> For the benefit of those members who have not been >>> around since then, Erik and the AGA Board have >>> overseen a dramatic increase in the AGA membership, >>> and what is even more impressive the increase in >>> membership "value add". >>> >>> Just to name a few things that have happened, let's >>> see..... ummm how about a world class full color >>> publication, a National Conference for Planted >>> Aquarium folks, an International Aquascaping >>> Contest, >>> a Forum on our web site, our 403B tax exempt status, >>> and of course organizational financial stability. >>> >>> Erik's socratic leadership and decision making >>> skills >>> have been instrumental in each of these >>> achievements. >>> The amount of time and effort he has put into the >>> AGA >>> is remarkable. The only good thing about the end of >>> his term is that it is not signaling the end of his >>> involvement in the AGA. He will continue to be >>> active >>> as a Board member and of course as the official AGA >>> videographer ;-). >>> >>> As a new member to the AGA Board and now your new >>> President I will do my best to follow a very tough >>> act. Like a singer in Vegas trying to follow Sinatra >>> ;-). >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Larry Lampert >>> >>> >>> >>> --- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Today is the First of December, and on this >>> momentus >>>> occasion, I hereby >>>> pass the car keys to the vehicle that is the AGA >>> to >>>> our new president, >>>> Larry Lampert. Thanks for taking this on, and >>> best >>>> of luck! >>>> >>>> - Erik >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Erik Olson >>>> erik at thekrib dot com >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> AGA-mcm mailing list >>>> AGA-mcm@thekrib.com >>>> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> AGA-mcm mailing list >>> AGA-mcm@thekrib.com >>> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> AGA-mcm mailing list >> AGA-mcm@thekrib.com >> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm >> >> > _______________________________________________ > AGA-mcm mailing list > AGA-mcm@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm > _______________________________________________ AGA-mcm mailing list AGA-mcm@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm