Thanks but I already had seconds. Actually, I mistakenly read "ACA" as "AGA" and it didn't seem to matter that I did, except that I was more puzzled than usual by the folk's names. Maybe conventions are the only way to really raise money in the aquatic hobbies and we should just do a chain of them -- one each month in a diff local so no one has to travel far. A traveling road show like a crafts fair. If anyone takes seriously what I just said, then its not deja vu, I'm just having halucinations. Thanks, Erik. s h l e i a g d h y t l y --- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote: > Tell me if this doesn't sound familiar... > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 15:42:51 -0600 > From: Kathy England <texasacababe@hotmail.com> > To: [a whole bunch of people on ACA board and cadre] > Subject: RE: January Chair Letter > > The first thing we need to work on is a budget that is > not dependent on a > convention. We don't want to continue tethering the > ACA's existance to a > single event which may or may not be profitable -- as > the convention goes, > so goes the ACA. This may take some creative thinking on > how to make money > for the ACA other than through conventions, but we can do > it--fish people > are nothing if not creative! > > Secondly, donations. I think John H. has a handle on the > situation and > would be a great Donations Chair. Perhaps in February he > can calm some > waters in Florida so we can re-establish a good working > relationship with > the folks down there. > > We should also push the ACA store more than is currently > being done. I'm > sure a lot of items are laying around gathering dust when > they could be > contributing money to the cause. Updating it with photos > I'm sure will help > greatly, but what else can we do to make members aware of > it, and take > advantage of it? > > The free subscriptions of "Aquarium Fish" to middle > schools seems to have > fallen by the wayside. Our members should be encouraged > to participate in > this worthwhile project. After all, who will continue > the ACA after we have > all passed to that Great Aquarium in the Sky? > > Kathy England > > > > >From: Ken Georgison <kgeorgi@escape.ca> > >To: Phil Benes<pbenes@cinci.rr.com> > >CC: Wayne Leibel<leibelw@mail.lafayette.edu>, Rusty > >Wessel<rusty@cichlidae.com>, Sean > Danekind<seandanekind@yahoo.com>, Tim > >Hovanec<hovanec@marineland.com>, Tim > Thimios<Tthimios@aol.com>, Ken > >Davis<fishfarm@mindspring.com>, Lee > Newman<newmanl@vanaqua.org>, Mark > >Whitney<hawkimw@attbi.com>, Ron > Coleman<rcoleman@cichlidresearch.com>, > >Craig Morfitt<morefish@cwbda.bm>, Dick > Stratton<Strattonrf@aol.com>, Eric > >Hanneman<primarypredator@comcast.net>, Erik > Olson<erik@thekrib.com>, John > >Hansen<jjstropaquatics@yahoo.com>, Kathy > >England<texasacababe@hotmail.com>, Kathy > Stearns<tcichlid@flash.net>, > >Chris Borgese<chris.borgese@bp.com>, Chuck > >Rambo<charles_rambo@urscorp.com>, Claudia > >Dickinson<IvyRose@optonline.net>, Marty > >Ruthkosky<cichlids01@earthlink.net>, Bob > Randall<bobrfish@yahoo.com>, > >John Van Asch<drwho0731@aol.com>, Fred Hamilton > 1<fred.hamilton@uc.edu>, > >Jim Ellenberger<ellenbej@pacbell.net> > >Subject: January Chair Letter > >Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 22:28:05 -0600 > > > > > > Greetings. Hope everyone had a good holiday season. > Here goes the first > >chair letter. > > > > > > > The Donations chair. As far as I know this needs to be > filled & a job > >description written up for it. My own opinion here is > that the job is so > >closely tied to what John Hansen has been doing that he > seems to be the > >logical choice, rather than posting in the Buntbarsche. > > > > Are you willing to take this on John? How about it? > Anybody got any other > >suggestions? > > > > The budget. A committee should be put together on > this. What's needed is > >a balanced budget that doesn't depend on convention > income (at least not to > >the degree it does now). > > > > Any suggestions for this? (Chris, Wayne?) > > > > Claudia, can you get back to on the status of the > membership handbook? > > > > Chuck R., how is the convention guidelines going? > > > > Lastly, please have a little patience while I get my > bearings. Can all of > >you get back to me regarding what you think we should > work on or accomplish > >this year? > > > > Ken Georgison > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Working moms: Find helpful tips here on managing kids, > home, work ? and > yourself. http://special.msn.com/msnbc/workingmom.armx > > ------------------ > 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!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, e-mail majordomo@thekrib.com with "unsubscribe aga-sc" in the body of the message. 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