Re: What do we do now?

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

On Sun, 19 Nov 2000, Dorothy Reimer wrote:

> Did SC give permissione for these magazines to print articles about the
> showcase? Is there any reason why we should be 'giving' Dave anything? 

I think we should be giving ALL these magazines pictures to run.  I think
it's good for promoting the event for next year, and good for promoting
the AGA in general.  I think we should make sure to give PAM pictures that
won't be in TAG because of the overlap, but that's the extent of it.
Folks, these spreads are FREE ADS for the AGA Event.

Now as for "should we be helping Dave?  What has HE done for US?"
arguments, Karen has illustrated several examples.  I point you to a few
more:

When the convention was not being heavily promoted on the APD list (partly
my fault, not being on the ball), Dave stepped in TWICE personally and
majorly pushed the event.  Just did it.  Dave ran the AGA's bookstore
program for several years.  And he has volunteered to coordinate a live
plant show at our next convention.


> I certainly think we should be the first to publish the results when
> we are ready.

There is no debate on this.  There will be no results listed in PAM if our
deal goes.   And I suspect if the deal falls through, Dave will have no
interest in publicising the event, so same result accomplished.

> It was Dave's idea to start PAM. I don't think we have to carry him
> and cater to him everytime he yells.

I really don't think we're carrying him here.  At this point, he's got
material.  I think it really is just a matter of him having two pages that
he had talked with James about filling with showcase photos, and now that
deadline is about a week away, he needs to know whether to run them or
fill them with something else.

> I think we should just turn off our hearing aid
> until we are ready to turn it on.

I'm not sure what we're waiting for.  I think the time is now to set some
positive goals and precedents... what the AGA is doing FOR the hobby.  We
had a good start with the showcase and the convention, but we're at a
juncture here as to what happens next. There are a lot of shared personel
in PAM, the AGA and the regional clubs, e.g. San Fransisco Bay APS. There
is somewhat of a balance between these groups, despite the mayhem last
year. James and I will be deciding whether to run the showcase again next
year. Talks will begin soon as to who will want to host next year's
convention. Each one of these decisions will be influenced by the
precedents we set now. Do we go forward as a cooperative SERVICE
organization to the hobby at large?  Or do we huddle around in our little
cave with our hands tightly clutching the little bit of stuff that we
insist on calling "ours"?

  - Erik

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Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com

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