Re: Some ideas

[Neil Frank <nfrank@mindspring.com>]

David,

I like the way you worded the note to Nozomi/Amano.

At 04:08 PM 12/28/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>   Hello Hayakawa-san --  Please excuse my not having gotten back to you
>for  such a long time, but I had lost and had trouble locating your email
>address,  and the holidays, and some other business distractions. We at the
>Board of  Directors level within the Aquatic Gardeners Association (AGA)
>have been talking  about how we could deepen and formalize our relationship
>with Aqua Design Amano  (ADA), and we have arrived at two areas.   1) ADA
>content in The Aquatic Gardener  (TAG) TAG is published quarterly, and is
>distributed to  all AGA members, which comes to just under 1,000
>English-speaking aquatic plant  enthusiasts all over the world. AGA would
>like to include, in every quarterly  issue, a section devoted to ADA and
>the planted hobby in Japan. ADA would send  to AGA 1 or 2 articles and
>accompanying photos every quarter. AGA will have  these article translated
>into English, and run in TAG. In exchange for the  articles, TAG will make
>available to ADA up to 2 pages of advertising in each  issue at no charge. 
> 2) AGA selling ADA products AGA would like to make selected ADA products 
>available to the hobby through AGA and TAG. We cannot buy in very large 
>quantities, and we would need to be selective in terms of which products we
> could carry. We do not think it would be practicable for us to carry the 
>substrates, tanks and other bulky/heavy products. Our thoughts are that we
>would  start with the tools and tool sets. bacteria starter and other
>chemicals, CO2  systems and related products, and the fertilizers and plant
>tonics. My wife, who is a licensed customer broker, is  helping us with the
>logistics of handling the shipments. We need to know the  size box for each
>product, and the quantity of products in each box and the  weight and cost.
>If you would be so kind as to provide me with that information  we can
>begin to talk in concrete terms about what AGA would be able to do to  sell
>ADA products.   ACTION ITEMS So -- we need to agree that what I described
>in #1  above is how we are going to proceed concerning ADA articles and ads
>in  TAG. For #2 above, please send me the list of how  products are packed,
>weights, size of box and costs for the ADA products that  AGA can sell.  
>We at AGA are excited about the possibility of the  arrangements I have
>outlined above, and we look forward to your repsonse. Please  give our best
>to Amano-san. Kind regards, David Lass Treasurer, Aquatic Gardeners 
>Association     David Lass
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