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Hi John,
Your donation will be gratefully accepted!
The best thing to do would be to make it out to the AGA, then send it to our
treasurer:
David Lass
19 Phillips Rd.
Nahant, MA 01908
I have cc'd the steering committee with this
letter, so he will know that it is coming.
It sounds like you've been going great guns with
your club. We do not print enough extra issues of TAG to provide regular
complimentary issues to pet stores. (they are expensive to print!!!) OTOH, I
know that we have quite a few back issues available. I will ask the
sterring committee whether we could forward a few of these to you as sample
copies to be used at your discretion.
For on-going placement in local stores, we have an
AGA flyer in Microsoft WORD format that I could send to you to print out
locally. David Lass will reimbusre you for printing expenses if you send
the receipts to him. We have found that this is a better method than
centrally printing large quantites and then shipping them to people.
First, of course, people can decide exactly how many they need. Secondly,
when we have printed large numbers of brochures in the past, we have found that
information needs to be changed before we use them up. With the WORD
document, it is very easy to make changes.
With you coming to the conference from the Madison
group, Dave G. from the SF group, and a few other people from regional "hot"
areas of interest in aquatic gardening, perhaps we should see if there is a time
that these folks could meet and do a little brainstorming. It might be fun
to share ideas for encouraging local interest as well as how best these local
groups could interface with AGA.
I have mentioned before to local groups that the
AGA actively encourages reports from local groups, either to publicize up-coming
plant related events, or to report to the larger AGA membership what their local
group is doing. So far, we haven't actually got anyone doing this!
Maybe this conference could be a catalyst to get that moving!
Karen
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 12:13
PM
Subject: Re: AGA Convention
Hello Karen,
I am pleased to donate $1000 to the AGA, to
help make the convention a success. If tapes can be provided for our club,
this would be appreciated. I'll make the check to AGA, attention to your
name?
Our Madison Aquatic Gardeners Club has developed a vibrancy that
has pleased us, indeed! Our roster has 35 plus. Average monthly attendance is
22. And, we get one or two new members each month. Folks are from all sorts of
backgrounds. Truly eclectic! A supreme delight is to see the spontaneous
synergy, the comfort they all have when coming together. To quote one of our
members, Thomas Givnish, Professor of Botany and the Institute for
Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin: "OUTSTANDING MEETING last
night!!!!! What a wonderful tank - and such wonderful people! The tank
referred to is an exquisitely arranged, fully planted 150 gallon aquarium in
Annie's Bed and Breakfast, where we had our meeting last Thursday.
For
our next meeting, Wim van Drongelen, a club member originally for the
Netherlands, is giving a presentation on the Dutch Aquarium Style. In a recent
business trip to Europe, he accumulated lots of historic material relating to
the hobby in Holland. Plus, he made arrangements for us to get 20 color slides
from Frans Maas, Publicist, Aquariumfotografie en Diavoordrachten. These will
be current images of the very best from the Netherlands. Our club will meet on
October 24, in the Botany Lab at the University of Wisconsin, where Professor
Givnish has a power point projection arrangement we can use.
My
volunteer work at the Aquatic Specialties Store continues. The store has
become the place to come, for great looking plants and solid information about
planted aquaria. Just a thought here, Karen: What an outreach it would be, to
have TAG issues on display in this location. Many coming in here, have never
heard of AGA. They are new to the planted aquaria niche and are getting a
great start here. AGA, might consider having TAG available in a few, very
selective sites. Grass roots outreach?
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