For the attorney to have something to work with, perhaps we should have a proposal in hand? I have brother who is an attorney out in LA, but I couldn't afford him even if I took out a second. I'll ask him, though if he knows any atty's out here that he could recomend that wouldn't cost an arm and a leg. sh --- David Lass <davidlass@villasunscape.com> wrote: > OK -- I hate to be the wet blanket, but ....... > I think we are at the point where we really need to get > some legal > advice.Since I'm an old grump, even though I have a > number of friends who > are attorneys, this is the kind of thing we would have to > pay for, and my > old coot lawyer friends are pretty expensive. Does anyone > have a young(er) > lawyer who knows aboutr this stuff who we could hire. > David > PS -- If you want I will make this as a formal motion -- > that we hire an > attorney to advise us about the legal aspects of AGA > starting a forum on the > Internet, and that we spent up to $1,500 for the lawyer's > time. > DAL > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com> > To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com> > Cc: "Ghazanfar Ghori" <ghazanfarghori@hotmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 1:40 PM > Subject: Re: [AGA SC] Re: AGA Goals (fwd) > > > > If an AGA forums project could attract that variety of > > talent, gardening and website, technical and artistic, > that > > would be a tremendous planning group for such a > formidable > > project! > > > > sh > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:22:06 -0400 > > > From: Ghazanfar Ghori <ghazanfarghori@hotmail.com> > > > To: erik@thekrib.com > > > Subject: Re: AGA Goals > > > > > > > > > >Question: Would YOU be willing to participate in > such a > > > project, possibly > > > >as lead, after the convention is over? > > > > > > Sure. I'm planning on standing down as GWAPA > President > > > after this year > > > anyway. However, a plan needs to be in place. I think > an > > > AGA sponsored > > > web forum will be HUGE. It needs a team of people, a > > > single person cannot > > > do to job and you don't want to be single threaded > > > anyway. > > > I can find a few people from around the country who'd > be > > > eager to help out > > > and > > > have the technical and general experience on web > based > > > forums. Maybe form > > > an official committee with a Board position too. Just > > > like any other > > > position, you > > > don't want someone stuck with the job year after year > - > > > no need to burn > > > someone > > > out, keep the fresh blood and energy coming in. > > > > > > I'm sure Ricky Cain, Jeff Ludwig, Jay Luto, Ben > Belton > > > would be happy to > > > help with > > > this project! > > > > > > ===== > > - - - - - - - - > > AGA 2004 Annual Convention > > Designing The Nature Aquarium -- demonstrated by > Takashi Amano > > Paludarium design -- Mike Senske > > Planted Aquarium Ecology -- Diana Walstad > > Cryptocorynes -- Jan D. Bastmeijer > > Field Trip, workshops and more, Nov 12, 13 & 14; > > Marriott Crystal Gateway, Arlington, VA, USA > > Details & Registration at www.aquatic-gardeners.org & > www.gwapa.org > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > ------------------ > > 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". > ===== - - - - - - - - AGA 2004 Annual Convention Designing The Nature Aquarium -- demonstrated by Takashi Amano Paludarium design -- Mike Senske Planted Aquarium Ecology -- Diana Walstad Cryptocorynes -- Jan D. Bastmeijer Field Trip, workshops and more, Nov 12, 13 & 14; Marriott Crystal Gateway, Arlington, VA, USA Details & Registration at www.aquatic-gardeners.org & www.gwapa.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ------------------ 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".