Re: [AGA Member] Help Needed

["Aaron Glass" <aglass@wi.rr.com>]

A recommendation is to contact your local aquarium society officers and
board members and have them advertise it verbally as a new business item or
general information at their meetings. I am the current President of The
Milwaukee Aquarium Society and I have done a presentation (Power Point slide
show) of the last AGA convention in March. That did stir some interest in
individuals. I have also posted the AGA convention announcement in our
bi-monthly publication The Splash with no problems and no cost. Another way
of helping to advertise is to put it on the web. I received stickers a few
months ago and have one them posted on my website to help advertise. Also, I
know that some of us are Aquabidders so it can't hurt to put a few more
keystrokes into your auction or if you have the capability of doing jpeg or
gif images you can create a jpeg/gif including the AGA stickers. An example
of it is on one of my current auctions that can seen by clicking on the
below link:

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?liveplantsr&1062986291

See y'all in November, I submitted my registration tonight along with my
renewal for 3 years.

Aaron - Akaplantboy

Aaron's Web Site- www.jeezman.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karen Randall" <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>
To: <aga-member@thekrib.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 6:28 AM
Subject: [AGA Member] Help Needed


> Hi Folks,
>
> I think everyone has been happy with our change to an all color TAG.  We
> would like to be able to continue printing TAG in color, and eventually
even
> increase the page count.  We are extremely fortunate that Kathy Olson
> stepped forward and took over the job of vendor relations.  She has
brought
> in a number of the advertisements that are helping to sustain TAG.  We
could
> use a few more, but we are getting closer to our goal.
>
> But as you are probably aware, color printing is frightfully expensive,
> particularly in small numbers.  That's where you come in.  We are looking
> for someone (or several people who will work together) who would be
willing
> to help the AGA expand membership.  If we have members in other countries
> who are willing to help, so much the better.  The more international we
are,
> the more we can share with and learn from one another.
>
> Through our efforts to improve the benefits offered to AGA members, we
have
> had a steady increase in AGA membership.  But considering the number of
> aquatic gardeners we know are out there, AND the way the hobby is growing
> world wide, we could (should?) have many more.  With a larger membership
> base, the cost to the organization per copy of TAG would drop
substantially.
> This in turn would put the organization on more solid ground financially
and
> ensure the continuation of TAG in full color. (not to worry... we're doing
> OK, but we could use a better "buffer" against unforeseen difficulties)  A
> bigger budget would also help us to finance more and different programs
and
> benefits for our members.
>
> So if you'd be willing to volunteer a small amout of time to the AGA for
> publicity and membership drive, please contact me.  Even an hour a month
> could make a significant contribution.  If someone wanted to spend more
> time, or if more people volunteered an hour apiece, the impact would be
that
> much larger!
>
> For those of you who don't feel that you can make even this committment,
> think about this.  If every one of you showed your TAG to just one new
> aquarist, and got them to join this year, the impact on our membership
> numbers would be HUGE.  You don't need to do a lot to help a little!  If
you
> are a member of a local aquarium club, and would like to take some
brochures
> to your meetings, let us know.  Cheryl Rogers, our wonderful TAG layout
> person and membership chair has designed a lovely brochure that can be
> printed out on your printer, or we can mail you some.
>
> Thanks, everyone!
>
> Karen
>
>
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