. We love to hear of regional activities and events, and > have invited these groups to send us news of their activities to print in > TAG. (Most of you have probably read my own reports of our AGA activities > during the NEC conventions each year) > > I think that one of the best ways to grow this hobby is for people to make > the effort to meet and support others with similar interests on the local > level. But this needs to be a grass roots effort. It has to be done by > local people themselves. It's not only that we do not have the manpower on > the management committee to organize these efforts in diverse locations. > It's even more because each group will have its own needs, interests and > ideas. We encourage them to run with what works for them. > > Are you interested in forming a local group? > > Karen Having just moved to the Portland area a couple of months ago, I am getting to know the Greater Portland Aquarium Society and its members. It is one of the few aquarium societies that has a plant study group and offers an award program for plant cultivation. I am getting to know its members, and assessing their interest and skill levels.I would like to cultivate and support what has already been started there. It seems like a nice friendly, supportive group. A few of its members are no strangers to AGA, and I know Erik knows these people pretty well. Robert Hudson ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please send mail to majordomo@thekrib.com with "Unsubscribe aga-member" in the body of the message. Archives of this list can be found at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-member/