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Re: [AGA-sc] Re: Aquatic Gardener's Association meeting 2005 (fwd)

Erik and I said the same thing of a Seattle/Portland option, like...hmmm....we could probably organize a group in the future, but this next year is not a good time..... 

k

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Karen Randall wrote:


Boston, on its own, is not going to do it in the foreseeable future.  They
just don't have the leadership, even though they have the numbers.  I'd have
to commit to chairing it, and then I have no doubt that I'd have no trouble
coming up with the help we'd need.  I'm just not sure I'm ready to take that
on unless we have NO other options.  It's just not the best time in my life.
And, because of the lack of leadership in Boston, If I did it, I would look
more to the NEC as a whole, rather than just the Boston club, both in terms
of workers and attendees.

But I still look at the north east as sort of our fall-back position if
there are NO other options.  (at least until my kids are out of school)

Karen

----- Original Message -----
From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
To: "Aquatic Gardeners Association Board" <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] Re: Aquatic Gardener's Association meeting 2005 (fwd)



All I heard was the initial email where Shawn asked for the
proposal doc. Heard anything since then?

Has anyone heard from Boston?

Any other potentials out there?

Who's got the local down in Florida?

sh
--- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:


I would certainly plan for smaller numbers, certainly
don't assume 200
like they did for DC.

But when you're talking around 100 for a convention to
begin with, it's
probably easier than a big convention like the ACA (which
didn't do so
well in San Jose in 1995).  A handful folks from
Portland, from Seattle,
from LA... plus the pool of folks in SF, San Jose,
Sacramento, etc.
Gotta come up with a gimmick to get the sorta-plant-folks
interested
enough.  But I suspect the local pool of possible
attendees is closer to
Boston than DC was.

Still curious to see if Portland has more than a nibble,
btw.  Didn't
sound promising.

   - Erik

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, S. Hieber wrote:


It's just based on what I've heard about how far folks

are

willing to travel. Most of them, about 80% live east of

the

Mississippi.

It's not based on experience.

sh
--- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:


Personalities aside, if west coast is a tough sell,
generally, and Monterey is pricey, then that

combination

could make this a hard convention to break even, and

that's

if everything goes smoothly. Throw in some major

screwups,

poor advertizing,  a messy auction, Murphy probs, and

this

could make 2004 look like a sundae in the park.


Why do you think the west coast would be a tough sell?
Plane tickets to
anywhere in the country tend to be $300-ish if you

keep

your eyes open.

Karen


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