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Re: Next convention
Hi folks --
Before we come apart over this, please allow me to cite some past experience
from another volunteer hobby group that I was associated with which had
great annual conventions. The African Violet Society of America (AVSA) ual
conventions in cities all over the US, and every one of them was terrific.
Fish people are much the same, only they are younger and more interesting
people.
Anyway, the way pulled it was this:
1) They had a convention committee -- composed of a chairperson, standard
committee persons, and the convention committee from the city for the next
year's convention.
2) The committee picked cities from volunteering ones (there always was
strong competition). They actually had the schedule for cities 3 or 4 years
out.
3) Each city convention committee had people assigned to various jobs --
chairperson, p[ublicity, speakers, advertising, hotel, food, etc. For a city
to be considered for the convention they had to have the people in at least
the chair and a few other positions named.
4) The committee chairs from the city of the next year convention were on
the current year committee and worked hand in hand with the hosting group.
That way the next year city learned from the current year,who had learned
from the pervious etc.
Rather than doing our OLD WAY of doing things, I make a motion under our new
corporate structure, that we appoint a Convention Committee, and that
Charlene Nash be asked to be the first Chairperson. The Convention Committee
will then be responsible for selecting the site for nextyear's convention,
and for filling all of the committee slots.
Hope this will get us to focus on things, and perhaps to move it along the
way.
I'm off to New York at 0400 hours tomorrow morning, so I will not be around
to respond until Wednesday.
Take care folks.
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen Randall" <krandall@world.std.com>
To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: Next convention
> If I was being a little overly touchy, I apologize. I'm pretty tired. :-/
>
> I was the one who brought the offer of hosting the AGA convention in the
> Boston AREA to the table. And when I did, I explained to each person I
> discussed it with that it needed to be outside of the city, and why. I
> guess that's why I had a hard time understanding where any
misunderstanding
> could arise. I never said that the Boston area wasn't workable, and I
never
> even heard about a possibility of another venue until the very end of the
> last day of the convention.
>
> I meant what I said, though, when I said that if the Houston people really
> mean it, by all means let them do it. And I'm not saying that in a "sour
> grapes" way... I really have way too much on my plate to want to take on
the
> convention. I was just going to do it anyway, because it is important to
me
> that it be continued.
>
> BUT, and this is a big but... Who is going to find out whether these
people
> are serious, and whether they actually have the resources and committment
to
> get the job done? Was it an offer made in the heat of the moment that
they
> are going to re-think in the weeks (and months) to come? I know it's a
> "business", but it's a small non-essential service business at the
beginning
> of tough economic times. Will they still be there in a year? Will those
> guys be scattered to new jobs and new responsibilities? (remember how
> enthusiastic Art Giacosa was?) Can a committment be obtained from them in
> the next few weeks? Who is in a position to make those deteriminations?
Not
> me.
>
> I'm not saying that Boston wouldn't do it another year, but I can't
> guarantee it. I discussed it with them only in regards to 2002.
>
> As far as saying I'm not going down early to another city, it wasn't not
> said in anger, just in determination. While Charlene certainly did the
> lion's share of the pre-event work in the months and weeks leading up to
the
> convention, I think she would have been buried without me being there to
> help her the last 3 days, and we BOTH still would have been buried without
> the help of Steve, Michael and Eric from SF, and Erik and Kathy on Friday.
>
> We need AGA management-type people to be there helping and fighting fires
> the last couple of days. I'm just telling you right now, to make it
> perfectly clear. It's NOT going to be me next year if it's not in my home
> area. Now, maybe there's a big enough group in Houston to get the job
done,
> but I don't know. Do you? Who does?
>
> As I said in my other post, I see no problem with people making
suggestions.
> I was just making my own suggestion that the people who run the convention
> be allowed to make the final decisions. Likewise, on the subject of
> changing the name, hopefully the others will chime in as well. My
personal
> view is that we have a good thing going. It is ours, and we should build
on
> it. Others in the group may agree more with you.
>
> Karen
>
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