----- Original Message ---- From: Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board <aga-sc@thekrib.com> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 8:10:55 PM Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] hospitality We need to find that out. I suspect even adding on the cost of a suite for hospitality for Fri. & Sat. night, it won't come to $500 if we're supplying the refreshments ourselves. It also gives us that all-important place to sort auction items. ----- With the $500 you also have tp purchase the food and bev. > There's no sonse going forward with a convention that half the board won't > even attend, that has such poor general attendance that it can't break > even. > In that case since we're going to do all the work, we might as well pick a > venue and agenda that fits our needs. I'm not sure half the BOD wouldn't attend... I'd like to see a more dynamic speaker line up. But we can get that going too... It's hard to finalize speakers when we haven't finalized dates. I also don't think we need to worry about poor attendance. This isn't an area like Chattanooga, where EVERYONE needs to fly in... If NO ONE came from further than driving distance, I think you could still get 60-70 locals. The organized hobby is strong in that area. When I've spoken for SFAS, there have been more than 100 people in the room, and that's not the "plant club" itself. -- This was what we thought about DC, where the population is much denser than out west. So I'm wary about locals being a big turnout with thouse kinds of numbers.. That would leave you as the only person on the ground and reasonably local. Are you ready for that? -- If it comes to a tank job or a hotel here, better that than to dive into the tank. Right now, this looks like an iffy convention financially. I think we should be very careful about financial obligations if we can add them later if the numbers support it. Isn't the vendor room supposed to be where the action is? _______________________________________________ AGA-sc mailing list AGA-sc@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-sc