Re: [AGA-sc] Ouch

["Karen Randall" <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>]

Yes, I agree with this too.  There were (and will always be) some
unavoidable glitches.  But the feedback I got from people who weren't either
"inner circle" people, or vendors was very positive.  People seemed to have
a great time.  And although the hotel was expensive, being above that
mall-ish thing, and having other options than JUST being at the mercy of the
hotel was _very_ nice.

And Cheryl, NONE of us knew about Ghazanfar's party until the day you did.
The only difference was that we had already made arrangements to fly in
eariler that there was no need to rearrange flights.

Speaking of that party, though, that was a bit awkward too.  All of us
standing around waiting for rides, no one with a list of invited guests,
while other people stood around wondering what was going on and if they were
invited. I felt like we needed a secret handshake or something.<g>

Actually, the only negative comments I heard from attendees were about the
hospitality suite and "registration" that first night.  There was no one
from AGA or GWAPA up there, no food or anything to drink, and people just
milling around wondering what was going on... Because everyone else was at
the party.

Karen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cheryl Rogers" <cheryl@wilstream.com>
To: "Aquatic Gardeners Association Board" <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] Ouch


> I could yet be proven wrong by convention-goers' comments, but I think
that
> while things could have gone better for the vendors, and perhaps for me,
> <g> the average attendee would have been oblivious. I think GWAPA showed
> the folks a good time. They could have made things easier on themselves,
> certainly, by making some decisions further in advance and letting people
> know sooner.
>
> If the vendors had had a concrete idea of the schedule earlier, they could
> have made different flight arrangements and wouldn't have missed peak
time.
> There *were* enough breaks in the schedule for people to visit the room,
> but the vendors didn't know when they were far enough in advance. And then
> the talks started late and ran late. What with the weather in Atlanta and
> flights being delayed, I felt like I was late for four days straight! :-)
>
> As another example, I didn't know about Ghazanfar's party until the week
> before. Re-arranging my flight was a hassle I could have done without.
>
> I have made my opinion of the registration committee well known, so I'll
> shut up about that soon, but they made *me* look bad.
>
> Things beyond their control that made life harder:
> -Field trip weather and subsequent accidents
> -Amano's Big Book Surprise
> -Auction database going down-why is this their fault? Who knew?
>
> Cheryl
>
> Karen Randall wrote:
>
> >
> >>We didn't yet; wanted to have an intermediate step of the MCM list.  I
do
> >>want something akin to this being discussed on the MCM list, but along
the
> >>lines of improvement for next year rather than finger-pointing for this
> >>year.  Right now, though, I'm more in the mood for finger-pointing, so
we
> >>should probably hold off any MCM posting.
> >
> >
> > Oh, I agree completely.  No one has heard anything but praise from
> > me...yet.<g>
> >
> > They all DID work hard.  they just didn't always work in the right
> > direction, or very efficiently.
> >
> > Karen
> >
> >
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