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Re: Fw: AGA 2004
Good point. Ghanzafar has probably done a calc like that
based on 2003 attendees. WE sent him city/state for
registrants. Maybe we should ask for his numbers. ;-)
On a related point, of the 108 paid registrants at AGA2K3,
15% bought memberships with their registration. Others
might have bought memberships separately. But the
prepoderance of attendees were already members. Some number
of these sign-ups joined only to go to the convention. So
the number that signed up only to go the convention is a
small percentage. It would seem then that the market for
the the 2003 convention was predominantly members of AGA.
But, I expect Ghanzafar to be targeting a different
audience, one which comprises AGA *plus* all the b'ginners,
or something like that. Depending on his strategy, the
b'ginners might be a big share. I wonder if b'ginners are
as likely to fly to a convention?
sh
--- David Lass <davidlass@villasunscape.com> 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
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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