I still think 2007 should be florida....do some collecting after hurricane
season..hmm...maybe we can get a cool collecting talk next year with
Kristel or whoever you rec.
OK I digress back to work.
K
On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Karen Randall wrote:
> Besides which, you don't develop new stars. No one had heard of Claus either until I talked Janine into brining him to NEC. No one had heard of Christel until her book came out in English, although she was just as knowledgeable BEFORE the book.
>
> Karen
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: S. Hieber
> To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 2:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] Reaction?
>
>
> Imo, go for one of Karen's. she mentioned talking to Claus about a recommendation. I'd like to move forward that way. Next
year would be a better time for Christel.. Without some time lapse inbetween, we will burn through all our stars too quickly or too frequently.
>
> sh
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
> To: aga-sc@thekrib.com
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 2:28:13 PM
> Subject: [AGA-sc] Reaction?
>
>
> 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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