Yea, sorry I have been busy and then been under the weather. I am leaving for Maryland tomorrow. I plan on responding to Jim's email with some questions, etc. in a day or so.....Sooner if I can. Regards, Larry --- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote: > Awfully quiet here. Is anyone planning on saying > anything about this > "proposal"? I can't figure out if Jim is > considering this "it" or not, > and I haven't had more than a couple minutes to > compose a reply, but this > seems to me a far cry from Skidmore's "We will put > together a quality > bid." > > - Erik > > -- > Erik Olson > erik at thekrib dot com > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:51:32 -0500 > From: jiml1029@aol.com > Reply-To: Convention Planning > <aga-conheads@thekrib.com> > To: aga-conheads@thekrib.com > Subject: Re: [AGA-conheads] Updated AGA 2006 Program > / Budget proposals > > Erik, > > The program is in the lower part of the email, the > budget attached as a .xls. That's all I sent. Were > you looking for the list of who is assigned to what > ? I dont have that finalized yet, need to reconfirm > a few things. > > Jim. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> > To: Convention Planning <aga-conheads@thekrib.com> > Sent: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:43:30 -0800 (PST) > Subject: Re: [AGA-conheads] Updated AGA 2006 Program > / Budget proposals > > > Jim, > > I only see an itinerary and budget. Was there > another attachment? > > Thanks, > > - Erik > > On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, jiml1029@aol.com wrote: > > > Good Day ! > > > > 1st I'd like to congratulate the AGA team on the > recent opening of your Forum, and the AGA > Aquascaping conpetition which is the best so far, > very high quality of entries. Great job ! > > > > Please see below the updated program proposal. It > is a lot less "busy" than the previous one. As > usual, would appreciate feedback. > > > > I have already incorporated feedback from the > SFBAAPS AGA team for this proposal. > > > > Please also find attached the Budget proposal. It > is the 1st worksheet, the other worksheets are from > 2004. > > > > Jim. > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > AGA 2006 Conference Program > > > > Friday: Check in > > (preferably Nov 3 or 10, 2006) > > > > 10:00am - 6:00 pm > > Trips/LFS Visits (needs to be worked out, some may > be ad hoc) > > > > 4:00 - 7:00 pm General Registration > > 7:00-10:00 In Hospitality Area - Welcome/Community > evening. > > 7:30 Welcome (AGA Speaker) > > Review Conference Agenda > > Identify the speakers, and recognize them if > present. > > 7:30 - 8:30 Aquarium Plant Community > > (Short slots to let people introduce their > group/forum) > > AGA > > SFBAAPS > > Others etc > > Followed by Vendor Introductions > > Opportunity to those Vendors displaying in the > Vendor Room to talk about their products. > > > > > > The idea of the above is to introduce as many > "people of interest" as possible, to help put faces > to those names many folks know from the Web. > Informal evening, focus on fun and mixing. > > > > Saturday : The conference > > > > 7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast (if we can get a b/fast > package will reduce Mtg room cost) > > 7:00 - 9:00 pm General Registration > > 9:00 - 9:15 AGA opening comments (AGA Speaker) > > 9:15 - 9:30 SFBAAPS Conference notes, recognize > volunteers, etc > > 9:30 - 10:15 Volunteer Speaker (Aquascaping, > Aquatic photography, Marine Plants, Freshwater > Shrimp) > > 10:15 - 10:30 Intermission > > 10:30 - 11:15 Volunteer Speaker (Aquascaping, > Aquatic photography, Marine Plants, Freshwater > Shrimp) > > 11:15 - 1:00 Lunch > > 1:00 - 2:00 Guest Speaker (Mosses, Aquatic plant > culture) > > 2:00 - 2:30 Intermission > > 2:30 - 3:30 Guest Speaker (Mosses, Aquatic plant > culture) > > 3:00 - 3:30 Intermission > > 4:00 - 5:00 AGA contest winners (Erik Olsen) (or > during Banquet ?) > > 5:00 - 6:00 Vendor room focus > > 6:00 - 8:00 Banquet (Turn around time needed for > Banquet ?) > > 8:00 - 10:00 Iron Aquascapers -3*20 Gallon > Aquariums -various aquascaping stuff. (Cut-off time, > can we go till 10:00p ?) > > (2-3 person teams from 3 of the plant groups) > > > > Sunday: The Auction > > 8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast > > 9:00 - 11:00 Silent Auction > > 10:00 - 2:00 Live Auction > > 2:00 - 3:00pm Sell off all remaining items not > auctioned > > 3:00 pm Close > > > > -- Erik Olson > erik at thekrib dot com > _______________________________________________ > aga-conheads mailing list > aga-conheads@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-conheads> _______________________________________________ > aga-conheads mailing list > aga-conheads@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-conheads > > _______________________________________________ > 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