Re: Draft #2

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

Looks very good to me!  (Sorry for no comments on 1st one... been
blissfully out of e-mail contact all weekend at a wedding.)

  - Erik

On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Karen Randall wrote:

> OK folks, here's draft #2, incorporating David's good ideas, and trying to
> think of areas where we specifically need help.  Should we expand on this
> list?  Any other changes any of you see?
> 
> Karen
> 
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> 
> Dear local aquatic plant club members and members of the APD,
> 
> As most of you know, the Aquatic Gardeners Association was started by a very
> small core group of people.  Over the past 10 years, interest in the planted
> aquarium hobby has grown tremendously, as has our membership.  We have
> brought new people into the management team, and the organization has
> benefitted greatly from their participation and enthusiastic help.  But that
> core group has remained too small to do the types of projects we would very
> much like to see happen within the AGA.
> 
> We have a good magazine, and web site.  Our book store has been a reliable
> source of hard-to-find information on aquatic gardening.   In the last year
> we have branched out into new areas.  Under the leadership of James
> Purchase, we hosted the first Internet based Aquascaping Showcase and
> Contest.  Then Charlene Nash pulled off a tremendous feat, and organized the
> first conference ever on North American soil to focus solely on planted
> aquariums.  Both of these events were resounding successes are being
> repeated this year.
> 
> We want very much to continue to serve our membership in new and innovative
> ways.  But it takes a lot of dedicated people to make things happen,
> particularly in an organization as geographically diverse as ours.  We need
> a team of people who can help manage the direction of the AGA in coming
> years, do the work that needs to be done, and plan for an orderly turn-over
> of those people.  In spite of the best laid plans of mice and men, that
> hasn't happened yet.
> 
> One of the  goals for AGA is to find a way that we can interface better with
> local groups.   Since, at the same time, we need to broaden the management
> base of the AGA, what better way than to ask all of you directly for your
> help and support?  You are the people who are the most interested in this
> hobby, and have the most to gain from a strong, active Aquatic Gardeners
> Association.
> 
> THIS IS A CALL FOR YOUR HELP AND INPUT.  We would like to have people from
> all over the world NOT JUST AS MEMBERS, BUT ALSO involved in AGA management.
> We want the AGA to get to a point where it's very survival is not
> dependent on a dedicated, but too small group of people.  The more people we
> get to step forward and help in small ways, the less any one person will
> feel the burden.
> 
> The more input we have from local groups, the more we will know what those
> members want and need from AGA. Please contact us if you would be willing to
> become part of the management team of the Aquatic Gardeners Association.  We
> can use help with the magazine, and we urgently need help with both the
> Convention and the Aquascaping Showcase.  In particular, we need people to
> solicit donations for both, and vendors to participate in the Convention. In
> addition, we would like to have you ideas and help on outreach to smaller
> organizations, and perhaps educational programs for local clubs.
> 
> Thank you in advance for your support!
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> The AGA Steering Committee:
> 
> Erik Olson
> David Lass
> Dorothy Reimer
> Neil Frank
> Karen Randall
> 
> 
> 
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