Re: [AGA SC] Kingfish

["Karen Randall" <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>]

Scott -

I think you need to impress on them that for this convention to work, at the
prices we are going to have to charge to hold it in the DC area, we need to
do EVERYTHING we can to ptomote attendance.  Ray will play a key part in
that.

I think that part of the problem is that a lot of the "plant club" people
may not be very involved with or knowledgeable about the organized hobby.
Sort of the way the reef people don't mix in that much.  This is exactly why
we've never split off a local "plant club" from the BAS.  There are good
synergistic reasons for maintaining strong ties to the organized, general
aquarium hobby organizations.  We NEED participation from the more casual
plant keepers who are the heart of the organized hobby, and Ray gives us our
best shot of getting those folks involved.

As far as the number of tables is concerned, Ray used a smaller (but still
nice) display in Raleigh, just because he didn't want to drive his trailer
all that way in the snow.  So if absolutely necessary, we could ask him to
use that one.  I'm sure it would be easier on him, and I doubt he'd object.
But it doesn't have the huge visual impact of the big display.

One more thing that might help change their mindes... Ray just bought a
digital projector, and he's offering it to clubs where he sets up his
display for $25 per day, just enough to help him cover bulb replacement
costs. (which are steep)  I don't think they will come CLOSE to touching
that price, and he'll bring it with him.  It's a nice unit.  I used it this
weekend, and the pictures were sharp and the color good.

Karen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lass" <davidlass@villasunscape.com>
To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: [AGA SC] Kingfish


> I agree completely. We may not have formally invited Ray, but we certainly
> gave him the impression that he was going to be invited. For us to not
> invite/uninvite him now would be a real mistake.
> This is why we have Scott as the liason to the local convention group -- 
so
> they don't do something like this.
> David
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Karen Randall" <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>
> To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 9:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [AGA SC] Kingfish
>
>
> > I talked to Ray this weekend, and he gave me the impression that he's
> > already planning on coming.  I think it's a pretty big slap in the face
if
> > we tell him that he's not invided/uninvited.
> >
> > Karen
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
> > To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 8:42 PM
> > Subject: [AGA SC] Kingfish
> >
> >
> > > Rick doesn't seem to think there's any advantage to having
> > > Kingfish at the convention and using up all those tables.
> > > Anybody got any suggestions?
> > >
> > > sh
> > >
> > > =====
> > > S. Hieber
> > >
> > > -  -   -   -   -   -   -   -
> > > Amano Returns
> > > to the AGA Annual Convention
> > > Nov 2004 -- Baltimore
> > >
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