AGA Convention 2002

["Karen Randall" <krandall@world.std.com>]

Hi Charlene,

I have spoken to some of the BAS BOD members and Scott.  Everyone is very
enthusiastic about hosting the convention here next year.  Scott wanted to
know if you could do up a list of what the Tennessee Aquarium was providing
for the convention, and what they were charging AGA so that he could run it
by the powers that be at NEA.

We would still need to figure out the logistics of putting people up in a
hotel outside the city and getting them to and from the NEA if we want to
include that as part of the weekend.  I think hotel rates in Boston are just
too high.

I suggested that a fair way to involve the BAS might be that they could
provide volunteer labor, and contribute about the same amount that they
ordinarily pay out in expenses for their annual event.  In exchange, they
could hold (and organize and man) a regular aquarium club-style fish and
equipment auction on Sunday afternoon, and keep the proceeds of that for
themselves.

That way, the folks who were only interested in the plant part of things and
had come from out of state could leave when they chose on Sunday.  We could
still have our silent plant auction on Saturday night, proceeds to go to
AGA.  I think, considering the number of AGA members we have in the NEC
area, we could pull in a LOT of local people who could stay through the
Sunday Auction and still drive home in under 3 hours.

I think this model could encourage other local clubs to want to host a
convention in the future.  The incentive is the ability to draw in a bigger
audience, and therefore potentially getting more money for their own club
via the fish/equipment auction.

What do you all think?

Karen


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