I beleive Cheryl has already done this for Ghazanfar. - Erik On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, David Lass wrote: > Just out of curiosity (actually it would be good to know) can we query the > database to find out how many AGA members there are in, say, DC, MD, PA, NJ > etc.? That might give us a handle on what we could expect for a DC/Baltimore > convention, with Amano. > David > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com> > To: "AGA Steering Committee" <aga-sc@thekrib.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 11:56 AM > Subject: Re: Fw: AGA 2004 > > > > That's what worries me. One of the reasons Texas worked so well was that > > they didn't rely on having 110 people. They made it break even > > (theoretically, at least) with a lot fewer. > > > > Ghazanfar is very bright, but there are some things that cannot be > > predicted. We don't really know how much of a draw the Amano name > > actually is. We know it's good, but how good? Enough to guarantee 200 > > people? The number of people will also be affected by the cost of the > > hotel and plane fare. > > > > OK, now I write to James, and try to get all these issues off the plate so > > I can do baby prep things today... > > > > - Erik > > > > > > On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Karen Randall wrote: > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Ghazanfar Khan Ghori" <ghori@ghori.net> > > > To: <karenran@verizon.net> > > > Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 8:23 AM > > > Subject: RE: AGA 2004 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Karen, > > > > I hope you have a speedy recovery following your surgery. > > > > The tricky part with the bid proess is that a lot depends > > > > on how large an audience we will attract. The venue, events > > > > nad registration costs all depends on how many people > > > > we hope will attend. That's directly tied in with > > > > the location (which we have) and the speaker line up. > > > > If Mr. Amano accepts our invitation, we can plan for a > > > > larger number of attendees. However, I agree, if we > > > > invite Mr. Amano - it should be regardless of venue. > > > > I hope he accepts the invite! Please let me know if there's > > > > anything we can do. > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > - > > > > Ghazanfar Khan Ghori > > > > www.aquaticscape.com > > > > www.desicookbook.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: karenran@verizon.net [mailto:karenran@verizon.net] > > > > > Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 12:46 PM > > > > > To: Ghazanfar Khan Ghori > > > > > Subject: Re: AGA 2004 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Ghazanfar, > > > > > > > > > > I'm going to try this one more time.(I've typed 2 other > > > > > resonses to you which the computer has eaten) I am typing on > > > > > a laptop in bed following surgery, which is why I didn't > > > > > respond before. It is also the reason for the different > > > > > e-mail address. The rdrcpa address is a sub-account of this > > > > > one, but the one I use most of the time. I can't get to that > > > > > account from this machine though. > > > > > > > > > > I'd be happy to contact Mr. Amano, but I want to talk to the > > > > > BOD first. I don't think it would be polite to invite him > > > > > only if the convention is held in a specific venue, so I want > > > > > to be sure that if we invite him, the invitation stands no > > > > > matter where it ends up. (though, personally, I'm hoping for DC!) > > > > > > > > > > Glad to hear your plants are doing well, most of mine are > > > > > too, though as with your, some were in tough shape to begin with! > > > > > > > > > > Karen > > > > > > > > > > > From: "Ghazanfar Khan Ghori" <ghori@ghori.net> > > > > > > Date: 2003/11/28 Fri PM 11:17:03 CST > > > > > > To: <karenran@verizon.net> > > > > > > Subject: AGA 2004 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Karen, I emailed you last week regarding AAG 2004 and the > > > > > > possibility of having Mr. Amano as a key speaker. I didn't > > > > > > hear back from you, but the email address that I sent it to (got > > > > > > it off the AGA website) was different from this one. > > > > > I'm assuming > > > > > > you didn't get the email? > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > > > > Ghazanfar Khan Ghori > > > > > > www.aquaticscape.com > > > > > > www.desicookbook.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". > > > > > > > -- > > Erik Olson > > erik at thekrib dot 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". > > > > > > ------------------ > 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". > -- Erik Olson erik at thekrib dot com ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, e-mail majordomo@thekrib.com with "unsubscribe aga-sc" in the body of the message. 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