Re: AGA2K3 $ Info

[Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com>]

glad you didn't have to do a Newhart.  :)

On another note, wasn't sure if this was included and that is that the 
donations for the AGA were suppose to have included the prizes for the 
aquascaping contest.  Erik may have already addressed this, or it may be 
in your document (I can't pull up attachements) but I wanted to make sure 
that it wasn't missed for future conventions.  Usually not many donations 
are pulled for the contest.  Manufacturers usually will only donate once 
for both things, at least from our experience in the past.

Just a heads up.

Kathy



On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, S. Hieber wrote:

> Kind words. Thanks.
> 
> Not everything that could have been better is reflected in
> the Treasurer's Report, which economically sticks matters
> economic.
> 
> [Segue] As for structural or organizational matters,
> attached for consideration is a revised Bid Doc, as we have
> come to be call it.  the revisons reflect the collection of
> comments I acquired, under both friendly (and less friendly
> ;-) ) fire.  The changes are reflected in this "mark-up"
> version.  Some of them are rough draft (rough as virgin
> cork bark in summer) and some maybe should be removed. I
> put them all in for consideration. Others should probably
> be added -- speak up.
> 
> Fyi, I forwarded to Ghazanfar the report and the revised
> Bid Doc, noting that the revisions had not been passed by
> the Board but, in the interest of time, I was sending them
> in case any of them proved useful.
> 
> I want to note that Cheryl and Tim Cincotta had the most
> thoughtful comments. Most folks only took time to write a
> line or two.
> 
> I think everyone that was there knows that the Silent
> Auction was the biggest screw-up -- all due, I am
> convinced, to a number of small errors and minor
> misunderstandings that added up to "What? There's no
> process for the Silent Auction?  No cashier?" It ran
> through a crack in the floorboards like milk. And still,
> the Silent was pulled off rather well -- showing how
> important it is to have a depth of human resources -- lot
> of reliable people willing to jump into the hole wherever
> one opens up, even if they just finished filling up one
> after another. 
> 
> Note spelled out in the Report or the Bid Doc revisions is
> something that I think was of particular importance.
> Namely, how well, over the six or seven months, Larry kept
> the volunteers on-board, active, and determined to make
> things work, even as the workloads increased towards the
> last 14 days or so. A couple of horses went lame early 
> (and one or two jumped the fence and still wander the open
> range).   But shooting the lame horses would have been bad
> for morale. Along those lines, Larry mad some tough calls,
> and made them very wisely.
> 
> Final checks to AGA and DFWAPC won't be cut probably for
> several more weeks. There are a lot of checks from the
> account outstanding and a couple of receivables haven't
> turned up yet -- reminders go out Saturday. I'm happy that
> after six months and 20 grand, the AGA2K3 records and the
> bank's books agree -- and I didn't have to do a Newhart to
> make that happen ;-). If you're not up on your Bob Newhart
> trivia, when he was an accountant, when the books didn't
> balance, he just moved the discrepancy into or out of his
> pocket.
> 
> sh
> --- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:
> > I mentioned this to Scott earlier, but this report is
> > *amazing*.  Any club
> > wanting to host a future convention (and everyone on the
> > board as well)  
> > needs to read this.  Very detailed analysis on this
> > year's convention,
> > what went right, what might have been better.
> 
> 
> =====
> S. Hieber
> 
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