Re: your mail

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

Hi Charlene,

I have asked the board to give you permission to comp Kathy.  I don't think
it will be a problem with all the Olsons have done and comntinue to do for
AGA.

Karen

----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
To: "Charlene Nash" <ecn@tennis.org>
Cc: <krandall@world.std.com>; <kathy@thekrib.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 4:04 PM
Subject: RE: your mail


> > We have to comp some of the guys who have put this thing together
> > (like we comped you last year) and pay for all the speaker hotel rooms
> > and food (hotel
>
> Hmm, I may be mistaken, but I recall you did not comp us for ANYTHING last
> year.  Both Kathy and I paid FULL PRICE for the registration, room and
> airfare.  I probably still have the Visa receipts.  Further, we ended up
> missing large portions of the first day because we were put to work
> last-minute, registering people during the aquarium tour.
>
> Now given that Kathy just stuck her neck out and offered to drive folks
> back and forth to the airport ON OUR OWN DIME (trying to overcome the
> rather unfriendly terse "Shuttles are not available.  You must take a
> taxi" message in the brochure.. say, did you know that taxis to IAB are
> about $70 each way from that hotel?), it's pretty insulting to be told her
> registration is needed revenue for the AGA.  Frankly, I'll bet she'd
> rather be visiting her large group of friends down in Houston than hanging
> around trying to support her husband and his plant geek buddies.
>
> > We are down in attendance this year and frankly need the
> > registrations!  catering is very expensive!) so it is a pretty hefty
> > losing proposition this year I hate to say.
>
> In case nobody has explained this, a big part of the reason registration
> is down is because of the high price tag.  We've now heard from a large
> handfull of people who aren't coming because they simply can't afford it.
> Some of these are LOCAL people, who'd be driving from Texas.  This
> convention costs 2-3 times what we've paid for elsewhere.  Even the
> American Cichlid Association, which is 4 days long, was only $60.  The NEC
> workshop where we saw Claus 2 years ago was miniscule by comparison.
>
> But there was no feedback opportunity for this.  There was nothing for 6
> months, and then BAM, here it is, too late to try and fix anything.
>
>   - Erik
>
> --
> Erik Olson
> erik at thekrib dot com

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