Re: [AGA-mcm] AGA 2K10

[" Mike Hellweg" <mhellweg511@charter.net>]

Quick questions and a quick comment:

Should MASI start looking at early November of 2012?  We'd like to try and 
coordinate something with the MO Botanical Garden if they are interested, 
and because they plan things further in advance, we will probably need to 
get going on this soon.  Are we going to continue on the bi-annual 
convention schedule?

On a totally different topic:

Playing the devil's advocate regarding a collecting trip - I would very 
seriously suggest we NOT do something like this as an official AGA event. 
Collecting is great fun, but it can also be dangerous, especially when you 
have a group of inexperienced people who don't know the terrain and 
potential dangers.  In a group, people tend to pay even less attention to 
their surroundings and instead pay more attention to their fellow 
collectors.  In Florida potential dangers include venomous snakes, 'gaters, 
potential for injury from falls on slippery rocks, etc.

As an example, the AKA does a collecting trip every year in association with 
their convention, but it is set up separate from the convention and occurs 
after the convention is over.  It's just a group of friends who goes 
collecting together, each assuming liability for him/herself.

If we do have a collecting trip, it should be an extra event set up outside 
of the parameters of the convention, or we need to make sure our liability 
policy will cover any potential problems.

As always, just my two cents,

Mike


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Lampert" <l_lampert@yahoo.com>
To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:38 AM
Subject: [AGA-mcm] AGA 2K10


> Well, I guess it's that time again. Time to start planning the next AGA 
> Convention!
>
> As most of you are aware we have not yet finalized the date and location 
> details, but are looking at sevral different options.
>
> Kathy has been in contact with Brad at FAN. FAN is located in west FT 
> Lauderadle, FL. Brad put us in touch with a friend of his at the Hollywood 
> Beach Crowne Plaza. I spoke with them and after a detailed conversation 
> they decided that they simply did not have the meeting space we would 
> need.
>
> However, the contact put me in touch with another property just down the 
> street. I am going to give them a call back shortly to see what they might 
> have for us. I am going to get pricing for May/June 2010 and the 
> first/second weekends of Nov 2010.
>
> May/June will be better for collecting, but November is our traditional 
> date. We can look at other dates also but we need to be attentive to the 
> fluctuations in cost for airfare and hotels during the Florida vacation 
> seasons.
>
> All comments are welcome, All volunteers are more welcome!
>
> Regards,
>
> Larry
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