NEC and NJAS are both on line. but there must be a whole lot of clubs out there. If we can make a list of key ones--we can send that to Ghanzafar and the others that asked for Bid Docs. I'd even be willing to try to track down dates if I had a list. Lucas's calendar of dates, which is online, ought to give some keey org dates. sh --- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote: > I've got no idea what other organizations do. I've never > been involved with > any other "national" convention. At NEC, the organizers > set their budget, > then see what "mix" of speakers they can afford to stay > within budget. > > And, of course, I'd be _happy_ to share the contact > information for speakers > with any of these folks, but they all seem to want me to > talk to > them,because they think there's a better chance that > they'll say yes. That > may or may not be true, but if it _is_ true, I sure don't > want to abuse it. > > Karen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com> > To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 3:52 PM > Subject: Re: Fw: AGA 2004 > > > > Uh huh. It's those relationships and our conenvention > > interests that put you in the middle, no? They can't > tell > > us what they think the convention will draw unles they > have > > the keynote. And you have the contacts for those folks. > > > > We could tell proposers to propose based on "if they > get so > > and so". Problem then is, if So and So turns us down, > > they have to redo the proposal and it might not become > a > > proposal we don't want or one not as good as another we > > turned down. > > > > How do other orgs deal with this? > > > > sh > > --- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote: > > > Yes, we did have this same problem last year, and I > > > somehow end up as being > > > caught in the middle as the contact person with the > > > foreign folks. That's > > > what makes me uncomfortable. Not only do I have > personal > > > relationships with > > > many of these people, but I also _depend_ on them for > > > TAG... I can't afford > > > to tick them off with idle or "if" type requests. > > > > > > > > > ===== > > S. Hieber > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. > > http://photos.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". > > > > > > > ------------------ > 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". > ===== S. Hieber __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.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".