[AGA-Member] AGA and internet forums

["Phil Edwards" <biotypical@hotmail.com>]

Hello everyone,

I'd like to make my first official announcement on the Member's list as the 
AGA's Advertising Liason.  For the past few years the number one thing that 
members tell me when I ask what the AGA could do to increase our 
effectiveness and/or membership was to start an internet forum.  
Unfortunately, do to logistical issues that's not likely to happen any time 
soon.  However, we have done the next best thing.

The AGA is now an active board sponsor of The Planted Tank.net.  We're also 
about to go online as a forum sponsor on Aquatic Plant Central as the 
sponsor of their New to Aquarium Plants forum.  It's always been our mission 
to help improve the communication about aquatic gardening to everyone, not 
just our members and this is a giant leap for us as an organization.  Please 
help us by participating on these boards and let people know that your an 
AGA member.

Many people have commented to me that the AGA is becoming out-dated and 
cliquish, even if only in appearance.  That is something that only you, the 
membership, can remedy and this is a great first step toward that.

Submitting articles for TAG is another one, but that's not the point of this 
message.  ;)

I know a lot of people who aren't interested in getting involved in forums 
because of time constraints.  If you are only able to contribute a couple 
quick comments to a topic once a week, that's wonderful!  It's a couple 
extra comments or little bit of help that wouldn't have been there 
otherwise.

Please, put a some thought into helping the AGA live up to it's number one 
mission.  You never know, you might just find a fellow AGA member in your 
town that you didn't know about.  I did.

www.theplantedtank.net
www.aquaticplantcentral.com

Regards,
Phil


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