I'd love to hear what James wrote to you when you get a chance. We definitely don't want to get in bed with another loose cannon. (not that I'm mixing metaphors or anything!<g>) Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com> To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 12:07 AM Subject: (duh) > I have to "duh" myself here. I should have done this from the start... I > got a reply from James H regarding the forum issue, and was a little taken > aback by some "brazen" statements (which I'll share with you guys later), > and wanted to do a little character background checking. Was thinking I'd > e-mail Roger or Ghazanfar or Phil Edwards to get an idea, but decided to > check myself first. So I popped over to the Aquabotanic forums see what's > up. But while there, I found the thread about Vicki Costley's car wreck. > > Karen, you were dead on in your hunch. During an incredible outpouring of > grief in late October, they collected several hundred dollars, from around > a dozen people, in about a week. This was spent on a wreath at the > funeral, but there was quite a bit left over and it appears that they > didn't know what to do with it. Someone suggested donating to a > conservation fund. Then someone said "I know! Let's ask the AGA to > administer an award in her name!" And about 2 people said "yeah, great > idea!" So I think our reply was dead-on for this. > > The good and bad news is, of course, that our reply was forwarded and > posted there. Bad in that people may be pissed off. But good in that at > least they'll be pissed off by our actual words rather than someone's > retelling. > > I'm going to take a break and hear David's input from the legal chat > before I get back to the "forums" discussion. Too many issues packed in > too tightly this week. > > - Erik > > PS: Third prize winner requested "Aquarium Plants Handbook". Yay! > > -- > 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".