Either way is okay with me. sh --- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote: > Sounds great! Actually someone form BAS approached me > last night about the > possibility of the AGA convention coming to Boston, or at > least the North > East. Wouldn't it be great if we could line up 2004 AND > 2005 conventions > this year? Is the bid document on the web site? Or > should I have this > person (Ed Pecord) contact Scott directly? > > Karen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com> > To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 2:15 PM > Subject: AGA 2004 (fwd) > > > > Just an early note, keeping you guys up-to-date. We've > got a couple of > > nibbles for 2004. These guys just had that big > workshop in DC that got > > covered by the Washington Post. Ghazanfer is going to > be at the > > convention. I suggested he ask Scott for the bid > document, and explained > > our ideal 50/50 financial arrangement (and its modified > state of 50/50 > > over $1000 for DFW, lest he get too intimidated). > > > > - Erik > > > > -- > > Erik Olson > > erik at thekrib dot com > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:00:28 -0400 > > From: Ghazanfar Ghori <ghori@ghori.net> > > To: erik@thekrib.com > > Subject: AGA 2004 > > > > Erik, GWAPA would like to expore the possibility of > hosting the 2004 AGA > > in the DC Metro Area. The good thing about this area is > the accessibility > > both by air and road to the entire eastern seaboard. > The east coast has > some > > of > > the countries oldest and largest aquarium related > organizations an I think > > we'd be able > > to get a great turn out. At the GWAPA event alone we > managed to get close > to > > 100 > > people - and although that probably has a lot to do > with the fact that it > > was free, we > > managed to get 12 new members out of it and raise a lot > of interest. We > > might do > > a repeat of that beginners workshop sometime next year > to get some more > > people > > into the hobby and hopfully come to the AGA. Maybe even > have something at > > the > > AGA focused on beginners to entice them. We should be > able to get press on > > the > > event locally. > > > > I've gotten some information from Ben Belton about how > they've been > working > > to > > get a basic idea and so far it looks good. What I > really need is some > > information > > on the financial responsibilies to see if GWAPA can > really do this - and > > then > > put in a bid for it. Any information would be > appreciated. > > > > Thanks! > > > > - > > Ghazanfar Ghori > > (President - GWAPA) > > > > ------------------ > > 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". > > > > > > > ------------------ > 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". > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------ 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".