[AGA-sc] Ouch

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

Keeping this off the MCM because I don't think it will do any good for 
Rick or Ghazanfar to hear.  But it is very important for us to hear.

Guess I'll hear from Kathy about thow the phone call went, but this does 
seem to echo what I heard from others.

I got cornered by the president of PVAS during the auction, and he told me 
that they (PVAS) offered to RUN their auction but were blown off.  The 
auction software was provided by PVAS, but picked up less than a week 
before the auction.  Nobody from GWAPA showed up at their highly succesful 
catfish convention the moneh before, except Ghazanfar who spent an hour at 
the auction.

We're definitely going to have to reconcile this phenomenon of these 
upstart plant clubs being isolationists from the aquarium hobby as a 
whole.  There are two possibilities:

  1. Learn to be part of the aquarium community, or

  2. Do not rely on vendors or other sponsors that are associated with the
     larger community.

OK, here's the forwarded mail:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 14:48:04 -0500
From: kingfish <kingfish@buffnet.net>
To: Andrew and Alysoun <alysoun@msn.com>, Rodney Conway <rodcon00@yahoo.com>,
    David J Snell <David.J.Snell@trw.com>,
    Emily Novotny <bowfishes@comcast.net>,
    Gerry & Audrey Hoffman <gahajaja@starpower.net>
Cc: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
Subject: Greetings

Greetings my fellow hobbyist

First of all for those I have visited with this past weekend THANK YOU,

I have alot of time to think about the events that took place this past weekend 
at the Greater Washington Plant Society hosting the Aquatic Gardeners 
Convention.

Please remember we are all volunteers

The exectutive of this convention should be ashamed of themself's for not doing 
what they were told.
Lots of folks express ideas to help make this convention a good one, well, just 
the other side of the coin,
It sucked in my book, The Executive of the Aquatic Gardeners ran there asses 
off trying to make this a good even for everyone involved, MY Hats and toes off 
to them Erik,Karen,Larry,Cheryl,Scott. as for the
people in charge and you know who they are SHAME ON YOU!!!,

I know alot of these hobbyist are also members of the Potomac Valley Aquarium 
Society but they the Plant Club decided to host this convention, I know they 
PVAS Members have offered Ideas and suggestions on how to host a convention 
since they just hosted the 1st ever Catfish Convention and did a 
outstanding,Great,Best Ever Convention in my book JOB.
But I guess they GWPS knows everything. well if they fall on there butts its 
there fault not PVAS, please get this through your heads, it was there screw up.
I know where there faults were and have been talking with the AGA Executive 
about damage control. I have been working on the Manuafacturers/Vendors, Don't 
worry it shall be corrected, I gave all the vendors/manufactures gifts from 
KingfishServices and PVAS the Pint Glasses they loved them, more that they got 
from GWPS. Most of you know all the screw ups that took place please don't hold 
it against the AGA Executive or its members. Some people just know everything 
and wanted to be called a Convention Chairperson or persons. well they shall be 
getting the complaint letters.
 Pitty the Plants & Fish these Hobbyist keep. Dumb and Dumber, Curlie Larry &  
NO MOE,
please keep supporting the Hobby.

Aquatically Yours

Kingfish  (a Friend of the Hobbyist & Society's)

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