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
>> 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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