Re: [AGA-mcm] AGA 2K10

[Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com>]

Hi Mike,

When I talked with Tom Barr, he said he does it as collecting amoung 
frineds.  ie...everyone is on their own, but we are planning on showing up 
at these places at these approximate times, and beware.  But YES everyone 
is on their own.

Tom said he would be happy to do 3 days of local collecting and a river 
float, barbecue meet etc either before or after the convention.  Talking 
with the AGA after the convention sounded better, ie....the planners could 
destress when it was all over.

Tom said May/June/July is good for collecting.

Great thoughts everyone!!!

Thanks,

Kathy


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Kathy
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On Wed, 30 Sep 2009,  Mike Hellweg wrote:

> 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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