Re: [AGA-sc] RE AGA2K4 Progress

[Larry Lampert <l_lampert@yahoo.com>]

Hi All,

Kathy sorry to hear about that. it was great to see
you, Erik and little Markus at the ACA.

You are absolutely right about the silent auction. It
is nice but not a must.

Scott,
Great to see you too, I will let you guys know more
about my conversation with Rick after he calls. I am
travelling until Thursday so likely it will not be
until then unless he has my Cell.

Regards,
Larry

--- Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Good to hear they are talking with Amano.
> 
> The silent auction is NOT a must, it is an option,
> they can always do it 
> all LIVE auction.
> 
> Hope they get that thing cancelled with Ray, that
> would suck, too bad I 
> didn't get a chance to talk to them at the
> conference.
> 
> Off to catch some sleep while Markus naps (just got
> back from Calif for a 
> funeral, close family friend).
> 
> Kathy
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, S. Hieber wrote:
> 
> > I talked with Rick last night on the phone and
> have a few
> > things to share:
> >
> > -- Rick has spoken with the GWAPA AGA2K4 committe
> and is
> > planning to prepare and send us a response to the
> Board's
> > inquiry within a week and to keep us posted more
> often.
> >
> > -- They have contacted Amano and are trying to
> determine
> > his desired flying arrangements -- what airport,
> etc.
> >
> > -- Jan is probably doing a workshop as well as a
> > presentation.
> >
> > -- They apparently haven't discussed Tomoko with
> Amano yet.
> > I urged him to do so right away.
> >
> > -- Rick is going to call Ray re TFP's offer for
> > plants-in-exchange-for-Amano and explain that the
> logistics
> > are too difficult.
> >
> > -- It looks like Florida Aquatic Nurseries is
> going to come
> > through wtih plants again.
> >
> > -- They *have* spoken with Dorothy more than once
> about her
> > being a speaker.
> >
> > -- Re promotion, I urged a strong and repeated
> presence on
> > a variety of web lists/forums. Larry has good
> insight on
> > this stuff and I don't really know diddly doo, so
> I urged
> > Rick to contact Larry re how to approach promos. 
> I expect
> > Rick to call Larry soon. Thanks for the help,
> Larry; it'll
> > keep your mind from focusing too much on
> ACA-Dallas-2005
> > ;-)  .
> >
> > -- GWAPA has an auction system (using a PC) that
> they use
> > for their club auctions but it will be interesting
> to hear
> > about it and how it might scale to AGA auctions
> especially
> > the silent auction. It think it's a
> > create-record-at-time-of-bid system with payment
> made when
> > the bidder leaves well, technically *just before*
> the
> > bidder leaves ;-)   )
> >
> > -- There are 75 roomnights so far, not counting
> the speaker
> > comps. Goal on roomnights is 150+ but it doesn't
> look bad
> > at this point. the tougher nut to crack will be
> the banqs.
> >
> > *******************************
> > On a slightly related but diff matter: Imo, we
> should be
> > actively seeking bids for AGA2K5 right about
> *now*.
> > Possibly, we could even announce the host by Nov
> and AG2K4
> > although that would really be pushing it.
> >
> > But the more lead time there is for hotel
> canvassing and
> > negotiations and speaker selection, the better.
> Also, one
> > last point, I think we'll get better proposals in
> a
> > competitive environment (I think my saying that
> means I
> > have to turn in my IWW pin ;-) If you don't know
> what that
> > means, then you're either too young or you never
> listened
> > to folk music).
> >
> >
> > regards all,
> > sh
> >
> > =====
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> >
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> >
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> > novices and experts, too. You can view all the
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