Re: AGA2K3 $ Info

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

Well, like I said before, I really don't want to have to manage 25 prizes,
just the six first places.  Great idea on the PAMs and book inventory!!!  
Perhaps I will do like last year & e-mail the winners and offer a choice
of a few options (PAM + TAG set, DVD/Video, book from our inventory).

  - Erik

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, S. Hieber wrote:

> I didn't personally take note of indivudial donated items
> in either auction.  And the systems we used didn't not
> record donated items by description. I honestly don't know
> what most of hte stuff went.  An average price of over $25
> for AGA sales inthe Live Auction say our stuff went pretty
> well.
> 
> How about an aquarium and stand for 3rd places, the darn
> things went for peanuts ;-)  Just kidding.
> 
> Your sense about prize values is better than mine. 
> What about a nice collection of PAMs for 3rd place. A book
> from inventory to 2nds, Gift cert to 1sts and Bests. 
> 
> OR, their pick of one item from the lower shelf and Dallas
> North Aquarium --- no, we'd be bankrupt for sure
> afterwards.
> 
> sh
> 
> --- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:
> > OK, that seems very logical to me.  A good swatch of
> > items we might have 
> > "swiped" might include books, magazine subscriptions, or
> > small items.  I'm 
> > thinking these went for around $20 average, not quite
> > retail, right?
> > 
> >   - Erik
> > 
> > On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, S. Hieber wrote:
> > 
> > > Okay, how about let's look at it this way. If AGA2K3
> > had
> > > given over items, the gross would have been diminished
> > by
> > > that much and the net would have been reduced by the
> > same. 
> > > AGA gets half the net after $1,000 and we all know that
> > the
> > > net was way over $1,000. So let's as AGA take at least
> > half
> > > the dollar value of the prizes we didn't get and put
> > that
> > > foward as prizes.
> > > 
> > > I mean it would have cost us that much if we got
> > prizes, so
> > > let's at least go that far out of the AGA pocket.
> > > 
> > > sh
> > > --- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Cheryl Rogers wrote:
> > > >
> > > > But this has been the first year that "the convention
> > > > folks" flat-out
> > > > denied me at the last minute because of trivial
> > budget
> > > > concerns.  \
> > > 
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