Re: AquaJournal

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Neil Frank wrote:

> "I have currently made arrangements for at least one
>      article of every volume to be translated into English.  I guarantee
> that this will be available  to you, as soon as they are completed!
> Remember that the inspiration  you will find in the photos transcends
> language!"

...and hopefully trancends the price. :)

You probably met Arthur at the convention.  Arthur speaks some Japanese,
and was the one travelling with the two Senske brothers.  I think that at
heart he's basically a good guy, but he does come off as a very young Dave
Gomberg at times.  Very energetic and naive -- I could be wrong, but I get
the impression he hasn't been doing this for that long.  He's the one who
made the comment that TAG or PAM should be devoted entirely to the art of
aquascaping and that anyone who didn't understand how to do the technical
parts needed to get a life and stop wasting valuable publishing space on
how to do CO2.  Or something like that.

Arthur is helping with the convention organization this year.  He's
apparently been reprimanded by someone higher up for posting a request for
speakers on the APD (I don't know why... it was the first I had even heard
that we were HAVING the convention in Houston, and I think asking general
folks is a great idea).

Anyway, it might be worthwhile to find out what his intentions are in
this... I think Arthur is one of those folks who could be very valuable to
AGA's future both now and as he grows...or a major pain if treated as
such right now.

  - Erik

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Erik Olson
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