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Re: [AGA-sc] No Dave Wilson

Both speak good enough English that I correspond with them regularly. They both WRITE better English than Claus does, so I expect that their spoke English is also quite understandable. Ole is a good photographer, and a university professor, so I'm sure he can lecture. Troels has the back up of all of Tropica, so I am also sure that, with Claus' help, even if he doesn't have his own pictures, he can get together what he needs for a good presentation.
Ole would probably speak more on plants in the wild, while Troels is doing R&D at Tropica now, and I think could have a very different type of presentation than some we've had.
Here is an excerpt from Troels' first letter to me, when Claus first introduced us:
"During my study in Biology and following Ph.D I have been working with experimentally studies on aquatic plants for several years - however, these studies has been on species in lakes and at field conditions. The studies has been focussing on the plant response to changing environmental conditions - e.g. CO2, nutrients and light - and how these parameters interact on the uptake of nutrients and growth in the plants. Furthermore, I have also studied the impact of the parameters on plant vegetated ecosystem (for example the importance of decrecing light for the release of nutrient from the sediment/plants to the water resulting in incresing growth of algae in the water column). Unfortunately, aquariums are a new world for me, but a very exiting challenge which I look forward to meet!
My first assignment will focus on development of a bottom material to aquarium tanks - a material which can retain and supply with nutrients with a rate that can support the growth of the plants without releasing more than necessary to the water column. Hopefully, the material can also contribute to the structure and biological processes in the bottom of the tank. The following assignments will focus on nutrient pills and dissolved nutrient stocks."
If we are seriously interested in one of them, I can ask Claus for a recommendation. But I didn't want to bother Claus with it earlier, as it looked like the crew kind of had their minds set on either Professor Tan and/or Dave Wilson. 



Karen
----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Lampert" <l_lampert@yahoo.com> 
To: "Aquatic Gardeners Association Board" <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] No Dave Wilson



Karen,

Have you heard either or do you have any information
on their presentation skills and possible
presentations? Ole does seem to be the more well
known.


Larry

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


I still think either Ole Pedersen or Troels
Andersen.  Troels might be a
little easier to get,  Ole is better known.

Karen
----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com> 
To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>; <jiml1029@aim.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:12 AM
Subject: [AGA-sc] No Dave Wilson


> So much for Tom and his sure thing.
>
> Backup plans, anyone?
>
> -- > Erik Olson 
> erik at thekrib dot com
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:12:10 +0930
> From: Dave Wilson <aqua.green@bigpond.com>
> To: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
> Subject: Re: AGA 2006 Convention Speaker
>
>
> Erik,
>
> Wow, what a way to make a person feel honoured and
proud.   The people in
> the AGA and SFBAPS have been my guide in setting
up planted aquaria and
> have
> helped in ways they could never know.
>
> I left the public Aquarium a few years ago and
have been struggling
> setting
> up a small aquatic plant business in the real
world for a while now.
> Unfortunately it is at a stage where I can only
get away for short time,
> one
> or two days at most.    Thanks for the very kind
offer however I must say
> no.
>
> My wife Robyn and I plan to take a trip to the US
in a few years time and
> I
> hope to visit to the public aquaria over there at
Monterey Bay and
> Baltimore.   I want to visit the Australian
exhibit at Baltimore as I
> helped
> John Seyjagat the Curator access Australian fish,
reptiles and plants for
> the exhibit.
>
> The future trip will coincide with the Aquatic
Gardeners Association
> Convention where ever it is at that time.
>
> Once again thanks for the invitation and generous
offer.
>
> Cheers
> Dave
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 19/3/06 3:28 PM, "Erik Olson"
<erik@thekrib.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Dave,
>>
>> The AGA and San Francisco Bay Area Aquatic Plant
Society have been
>> working
>> for a while to organize the 2006 convention this
November, and as of
>> today
>> we've finally secured a hotel and date.  Your
name was actually at the
>> top
>> of the list by the SFBAAPS folks, and I concur.
But I wanted to wait
>> until that point before formally inviting you to
speak there.
>>
>> I can give some details right now if that helps:
It will be held the
>> weekend of November 11th, talks will be on
Saturday, and there may be a
>> field trip on Friday.  If you have a second
presentation (especially if
>> it's a lighter or shorter one), we would love to
have you be our banquet
>> speaker as well.  There are four other speakers,
but as the "guest
>> speaker", the convention will pay your airfare,
hotel and banquet.
>>
>> Would you be interested?  Any questions I could
answer?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>  - Erik
>>    AGA President and unofficial speaker wrangler
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