Re: [AGA-mcm] It's that time again -- Or - It's friggin' mid-October already? Yikes!

[Larry Lampert <l_lampert@yahoo.com>]

Thanks Erik, Karen, Scott and Cheryl!!!!!

I will work on the Airport Marriott. If you guys want
to do some internet queries and find other possible
locations for us to contact that would be helpful. 

Possible hotels - I am looking within shuttle distance
to the airport mainly because it seems to be the best
combination of cost and proximity to our two potential
field trips plus it saves the attendees the cost of a
taxi from Hartsfield Airport to downtown or wherever.

As you may recall, The property I really wanted was
across the street from the aquarium but I could not
get them below $140/night for any of our possible
dates.

Possible dates - I guess we are looking at the second
weekend in November but that is not set in stone.

Thanks,

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

> Just adding the "me too"...  I am willing to handle
> some of the stuff I 
> did in 2006, i.e., auction tech, A/V and other
> speaker needs, and assorted 
> odds and ends as needed.  But I think my little
> thingies are quite late in 
> the process, and not important now.
> 
> If I remember right from my big list last year, the
> most important things 
> that must be dealt with, in order, are:
> 
> 1. Secure the Hotel.
> 2. Get the Speakers.
> 3. Make Sure Auction Doesn't Crash.  (Scott added
> the last one because it
>     is so very important financially to the
> convention.)
> 
> Larry, is there anything we can do to help you
> complete the big step 1?
> 
>    - Erik
> 
> PS: I wouldn't worry about ACA being in Atlanta next
> year.  Different 
> crowd.  Most likely not interested in helping,
> except maybe for Mark 
> Barnett who might be worth talking to (and not sure
> he's helping with 
> ACA).  Interestingly, they have NOT contacted me
> about doing A/V, which 
> will be the first time since 2000 that a club hasn't
> asked, and first time 
> since 2003 I will not be attending ACA.  I should be
> nice n fresh for 
> November!
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007, Karen Randall wrote:
> 
> > I'm willing to take on finding speakers and
> speaker care-and-feeding.  I could probably handle
> their travel arrangements too, but let's see if
> other people step up.
> >
> > Karen
> >  ----- Original Message -----
> >  From: S. Hieber
> >  To: AGA Advisory Committee
> >  Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 1:17 PM
> >  Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] It's that time again -- Or
> - It's friggin' mid-October already? Yikes!
> >
> >
> >  Personally, I'm all for hearing stuff I haven't
> heard before. Some of this stuff is starting to
> sound like a catchy pop tune to me. However, they
> want to see Amano and by the time the convention
> rolls around, it will be four years since he was
> here. And I understand that he would love to come.
> We could decide what's best for them to see instead
> of more Amano, but as you say, we aren't busting
> with alternatives. Maybe we should even bring
> Kasselman back.
> >
> >  Maybe we could make two lists:
> >
> >  Likely biggest draws
> >  Likely most interesting
> >
> >  And see how what the overlap is.
> >
> >  Re tasks,
> >  These are some of the tasks that come to mind ?
> feel free to redact with passion:
> >
> >
> >
> >  Money Gathering:
> >
> >  Sales and Sign-in Tables Staffing
> >
> >  Treasury ? cash management-accounting
> >
> >  Ad/sponsorship selling
> >
> >
> >
> >  Money Lending
> >
> >   Oops, that?s a different list.
> >
> >
> >
> >  Registration
> >
> >  Head Counting and name-taking
> >
> >  ID Tag production
> >
> >
> >
> >  Field Trip Organizer
> >
> >              This is mostly a procurement
> (location and transport) task
> >
> >
> >
> >  Auction Actions:
> >
> >  Auction organizer
> >
> >  Auction tech support
> >
> >  Auctioneering
> >
> >  Auction bag/ticket runners
> >
> >  Auction cashiers (these are really money
> gathering requires presence at auction and auction
> system raining)
> >
> >
> >
> >  Howdy-do Tasks:
> >
> >  Hotel Liaison ? Waiter, there?s a fly in our soup
> and marimba band in our ears.
> >
> >  Speaker tender ? care and feeding
> >
> >  Vendor tender ? care and feeding
> >
> >
> >
> >  Gimmee Getme Tasks:
> >
> >  Hotel services procurement
> >
> >  Speaker procurement ? invitations, follow-up,
> travel timing-coordination, etc.
> >
> >  Speaker gift procurement
> >
> >  T-shirt procurement
> >
> >  Solicitation ? spreading the word by email, ads,
> or shouting to solicit registrants
> >
> >  ID Tag procurement
> >
> >  Eat Drink procurement
> >
> >  AV equipment ? local equipment supplies
> >
> >
> >
> >  Mass entertainment ? group actions:
> >
> >  Goody Bag Stuffing
> >
> >  Plant bagging and labeling
> >
> >
> >
> >  The Inkspots:
> >
> >              Brochure productions
> >
> >              Pamphlet/leaflet production
> >
> >              Zen and the art of Web page creation
> and maintenance
> >
> >
> >
> >  Reddy Kilowatt:
> >
> >              AV production coordination ? setting
> up mics, lights, projectors, cords
> >
> >              Not to be confused with AV product
> production
> >
> >
> >
> >  TAG follow-up ariticle
> >
> >
> >
> >  Duct Taper
> >
> >              Ombudsmanship and real-time fire
> stamping
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
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