Re: (duh)

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

I did.  He talked my ear off.  He's very proud of himself, even before the
awards announcement.  I think he'd be competent, but he really
overcompensates for being a relative newbie.  Keep in mind also that he
joined the AGA in August.

I will forward his responses now.  Brace for impact.

  - Erik

PS: Good responses to the Vicki decision on the AB forum so far.  It's 
going to be fine.

On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, S. Hieber wrote:

> Did anyone get a chance to talk with him at the convention?
> 
> sh
> --- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:
> > 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
> > >
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