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[AGA-sc] Re: [AGA-conheads] SF spots (fwd)



File this away under "reasons to carefully scrutinize the organizational structure in the bid from SFBAAPS"... if we ever actually get a bid from SFBAAPS.

  - Erik

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:48:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
To: Jeff Kropp <jeff_kropp@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [AGA-conheads] SF spots

Jeff, can I talk to you on the phone or something? I'm trying to figure out exactly who's in charge here & have heard conflicting reports as to exactly what Dave's role is relative to the rest of you...

  - Erik

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:16:09 -0800
From: Jeff Kropp <jeff_kropp@earthlink.net>
To: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
Subject: Re: [AGA-conheads] SF spots

No one is in charge we operate by consensus.

Dave has tried many times to get us to appoint a titular leader. On a
few occasions he has appointed himself. Each time I have made effective
arguments to the effect that sfbaaps can be run by its membership. It
is an issue that is still being worked out.

Dave has been worrying this issue too much and is probably not taking
care of his blood sugar levels. Here is how I clued another member
recently:

From: Jeff Kropp <jeff_kropp@earthlink.net>
Date: March 17, 2005 8:37:49 AM PST
To: "Kirsten Klinghammer" <klingham@avantac.com>
Subject: Re: [AGA-conheads] How many days?

I am sorry to read Dave's tone in his replies.

Please be patient with his brusk phrasing. He may sometimes appear
quite rude but he is also an active and therefore valuable member of
sfbaaps. He does not hear attempts to guide his behavior even when he
seems to be listening.


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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:43:35 -0800 (PST)
From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
To: Jeff Kropp <jeff_kropp@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [AGA-conheads] SF spots

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, Jeff Kropp wrote:

No one is in charge we operate by consensus.

That may be OK for SFBAAPS as a club, but we're not talking about SFBAAPS as a club, but as an AGA Convention Host. A convention cannot be organized in this manner. Someone's got to be in charge, and know what all the other people are doing. Even something as laid-back as Tom's Plantfest is still organized by Tom, and as you might guess, an AGA convention is far more complex than PlantFest.

You guys will have to have a convention head AND a certain degree of organization to insure all the individual aspects of the convention are covered. They don't need to be ruling by an "iron fist", but someone does need to make sure things are done. I tried to get that point across in that very early post a few days ago.

  - Erik

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