Re: [AGA-sc] Reaction?

[Larry Lampert <l_lampert@yahoo.com>]

I think we should first find out about more info on
Karen's suggestions. 

Christel did just talk at NEC but that will have been
over 1 1/2 yrs by the time Nov comes around. 

I would not have a problem with it if Karen is not
certain that the other options would work. I really
want to hear from Karen before giving any final
opinion.

Larry

--- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:

> Jim is asking about Christel again.  Seems to me she
> just spoke at NEC 
> last year; we'd be better off getting one of Karen's
> suggestions.  Any 
> thoughts from you guys?
> 
> -- 
> Erik Olson
> erik at thekrib dot com
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:19:25 -0500
> From: jiml1029@aim.com
> To: erik@thekrib.com
> Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] No Dave Wilson (fwd)
> 
> Erik,
> 
> I read Karens suggestions, and I think it might be a
> good opportunity to introduce some new blood to the
> key presenters in this area. I have the feeling that
> the demand for speakers in the aquatic plant arena
> will continue.
> 
> We exhausted my speaker list (Prof Tan, Claus,
> Dave), but I did have one more thought. Would it be
> reasonable to try for Kasselmann again. I thought
> her recent articles in TAG on her Brazil trip were
> about the best I've seen on field expeditions that
> I've seen in a while. She did bring out another book
> here in the US this past year, which had more of an
> Aquarium focus. She is a "name" in the hobby.
> 
> Just a thought,
> 
> Jim.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
> To: jiml1029@aim.com
> Sent: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:27:57 -0800 (PST)
> Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] No Dave Wilson (fwd)
> 
> 
> Karen definitely has some ideas (see the message
> thread below). I just wanted to figure out if you or
> SFBAAPS had any other preferred speakers before we
> ran off and contacted someone.
> 
>    - Erik
> 
> On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, jiml1029@aim.com wrote:
> 
> > Well I guess we have taken Claus Christiansen off
> the table. I suspect > there is depth in europe,
> with Tropica and denerle, and the fact that > the
> dutch and germans have been at this so long. There
> has to be someone > else over there that would be a
> candidate, just can think of the names.
> >
> > Would Karen have any suggestions ?
> >
> > Would we want to consider Amano again ?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
> > To: jiml1029@aim.com
> > Sent: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:28:59 -0800 (PST)
> > Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] No Dave Wilson (fwd)
> >
> >
> > Do you have any opinion on alternate speakers,
> Jim?
> >
> > -- Erik Olson
> > erik at thekrib dot com
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:33:19 -0800 (PST)
> > From: S. Hieber <shieber@yahoo.com>
> > Reply-To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board
> <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
> > To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board
> <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
> > Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] No Dave Wilson
> >
> > Who's not interested in substrate? And there's a
> whole cult in the hobby that seeks the better
> substrate -- whther these folks will pay for a
> convention, I don't know, but I know topic gets
> airplay on forums.
> >
> > sh
> >
> > * * * * * * * * * * *
> > November too cold? Too hot? How would you like to
> spend part of it in San Francisco? Cable cars,
> Lombard St., Chinatown -- and a simply huge aquatic
> plant auction.
> >
> > The 2006 Aquatic Gardeners Association Convention
> will be November 10-12 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel
> -- San Francisco International Airport.
> >
> > Details will be posted soon at
> http://www.aquatic-gardeners.org/
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>
> > To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board
> <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 10:31:39 AM
> > Subject: 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
> 
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