yes...it would be a mare's nest of trouble, but the thought crossed my mind...okay we pay ray and then we get the proceeds from all the stuff that ray auctions, etc. But again, we need this to be a cooperative effort. Good insight with the Larry part, you are right. Kathy On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, S. Hieber wrote: > 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".