I'm happy to contact Amano & Tomoko once we have dates. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Lampert" <l_lampert@yahoo.com> To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 11:37 AM Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] It's that time again -- Or - It's friggin' mid-October already? Yikes! >I contacted the Airport Marriott in Atlanta on Friday. > The event manager and I have exchanged voice mails. > > I am hoping to get a more detailed proposal from them > this time around. I do think that we are going to have > to revisit the costs. Hotels have raised rates for > eerything the last few years. They also seem less > inclined to deal on things. > > I really would like to have someone try to get a hold > of Amano and of course Tomoko to see if they would be > interested in speaking. This will have to wait until > we get some dates though. > > I think you have the banner or at least you did and I > just did jury duty two weeks ago so I guess I am all > out of excuses ;-). > > Regards, > Larry > --- "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I know you're all getting ready to put on your >> OshKosh Bib overalls and steel-toed Wolverines and >> warm up the John Deere to begin the pumpkin harvest >> and then turnover the fields so they will be ready >> for planting again when the spring thaw arrives. And >> you just got started, finally, on that household >> repair that you've been "planning" getting around to >> for four or five years. Nonetheless, it's time again >> to start thinking about producing an AGA convention. >> By our own standards, "We recommended that a draft >> proposal, including at least the names of the >> committee heads, anticipated location and date, and >> possible speakers, be submitted not later than 12 >> months before the proposed Convention start date." >> Assuming we would have the 2008 convention again in >> November, well, you do the math. >> >> So start thinking up places, potential speakers, >> tasks you've been aching to undertake, folks that we >> can bring on board to be part of the production >> crew, trying to remember who the heck has the >> convention banner, begin political maneuvering to >> not [backspace backspace backspace] get appointed as >> convention chair, and start writing up that crib >> sheet of all the reasons why you can't do this that >> or the other convention chore (maybe you have one >> left over from the last time you got a jury-duty >> notice). >> >> >> sh> _______________________________________________ >> 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