Well, I don't think you could figure it out by attendance, but if AGA pays for Ray, the auction of the products BROUGHT by Ray should certainly go 100% to AGA. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com> To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 9:29 AM Subject: Re: [AGA SC] RE Kingfish > This has been an odd issue. I wouldn't be surprised if Rick > said, "Well, if AGA wants him, then AGA has to pay him." As > a matter of fact, he's suggested that already. Of course, > we have an awful lot of leverage, at least until a hotel > deal is signed. But I don't want it to reach that point, > thus, my cry for help. > > Your comments helped me draft something that I sent to > Rick. Like pointing out the long history and breadth of > Ray's connections. > > I also pointed out that between now and mid October Ray > will be at 22 different shows and conventions, where the > market will be folks that *are willing to pay to go to a > convention*. Even if those events average only 50 attendees > each (again, conservative), that's over 1,100 hobbyists. > > These guys just don't have the convention savvy that Larry > brought to the table last year. So we have to teach as we > go. Larry's been a big help in this regard too. > > Hmmm, come to think of it, maybe we *should* pay Ray and > then AGA takes all the revs from the sales and from the Reg > fees of everyone Ray gets to go to the convention. ;-) -- > just kidding, that would be a mare's nest of trouble. > > sh > > ===== > S. Hieber > > - - - - - - - - > Amano Returns > to the AGA Annual Convention > Nov 2004 -- Baltimore > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. > http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools > ------------------ > 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".