Actually, there is a Monterey airport. I was able to find flights there from Boston. Of course, not without a connection, but that is certainly true of Hartford too. I guess it's a trade-off. You pay more for hotels in a big city, or you pay more for your flight going to a smaller city :-/ Karen Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Olson" <kathy@thekrib.com> To: "Aquatic Gardeners Association Board" <aga-sc@thekrib.com> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 9:45 PM Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] Re: Aquatic Gardener's Association meeting 2005 (fwd) > defintely not close to any airports, getting there is a definite problem, > they should have a good plan for that. > > On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Erik Olson wrote: > > > We should be careful, though, because how involved is Dave in SFBAAPS these > > days? Dave and Tom don't have the best working relationship either. I'm > > tempted to beleive Dave in this case based on what I know about Tom. > > > > I think I'm on exactly the same page as the rest of you, namely that Tom may > > need to be shown that the convention chair must be able to follow lots of > > threads simultaneously, can lead, and can organize. Not to mention > > communicate effectively. There's a lot of good potential with these three > > clubs, but it could be seriously !@*$'d up if not done right. > > > > Monterey (a.k.a. "Money-terey") is not going to be a cheap or easy place to > > hold a convention, btw. It's several hours' drive from the SF area on a > > small road. But it's a great place to hold a day field trip where you just > > drop people off and let them do what they want. > > > > - Erik > > > > > > On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Karen Randall wrote: > > > >> I had the same thought... especially since I just talked to Dave who said > >> SFBAAPS is NOT on-board. Not that he thinks they wouldn't GET on board, > >> but > >> he doesn't think they are there yet. Maybe a good next step would be to > >> ask > >> Tom to get some of the leaders of these other groups (especially those who > >> think they might be willing to chair or co-chair the event) involved in the > >> discussion. > >> > >> Karen > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com> > >> To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com> > >> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 10:07 AM > >> Subject: [AGA-sc] Re: Aquatic Gardener's Association meeting 2005 (fwd) > >> > >> > >>> This would be one of those red flags Karen mentioned, and probably > >>> something to deal with quickly... > >>> > >>> "I'm not the leader perhaps, but I'll be doing many things here with it. > >>> We are organizing the whole sfbapps club now and have tossed this idea > >>> around a few times over the years. All the ducks are in a line." > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> AGA-sc mailing list > >>> AGA-sc@thekrib.com > >>> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-sc > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> AGA-sc mailing list > >> AGA-sc@thekrib.com > >> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-sc > >> > > > > -- > > Erik Olson > > erik at thekrib dot com > > _______________________________________________ > > AGA-sc mailing list > > AGA-sc@thekrib.com > > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-sc > > > _______________________________________________ > AGA-sc mailing list > AGA-sc@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-sc > _______________________________________________ AGA-sc mailing list AGA-sc@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-sc