Yes -- I have been a little concerned about this and this is not unexpected. I had the "get sponsors" thing dumped on me, and I dutifully put together a list from the hard copies of last years and sent out piles of begging letters. I have only gotten three boxes of goodies from naufacturers, and a promise of one $100 ad. Charlene just asked me to give the hotel my credit card to guarantee things, and I'm glad I have not gotten to it yet. One thing to keep in mind, Claus' ticket has already been paid for. I don't have any trenchant comments, other than that we need to decide very quickly. I just received a bunch of hecks and credit cards for attendance fees, and was going to process them over the weekend. I will wait until we get a clearer idea of what we are going to do. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com> To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:37 PM Subject: charlene again, and next year's convention (fwd) ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, e-mail majordomo@thekrib.com with "unsubscribe aga-sc" in the body of the message. Old messages are available at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-sc When asked, log in as username is "aga-sc", and password "incorp".