Cool, my favorite form of advertising...Free! This looks great Scott. Larry --- "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com> wrote: > This is the blurb I plan to seque in my little slice > of the September/October issue of AFM. Any comments > or suggestions? > > I would be remiss if I did not mention that aquarium > plant event of the year: aquatic gardeners from > around the world will be gathering in San Francisco > this November 12th -14th at the Aquatic Gardeners > Association (AGA) Convention. The AGA is a > non-profit organization dedicated to disseminate > information about aquatic plants, study and improve > upon techniques for culturing aquatic and bog plants > in aquariums and ponds, increase interest in aquatic > gardening, and promote fellowship among its members. > This will be the sixth such gathering of experts, > novices, friends and fellow hobbyists. The > convention will be held at the Sheraton Gateway > Hotel -- San Francisco Airport. As of this writing > the speaker line-up is still taking final form but > will include the award winning aquascaper Jeff > Senske of Aquatic Design Group > (http://www.aquariumdesigngroup.com/ ), Ricky Cain > back from his recent visit with Amano in Japan > speaking on Iwagumi (a Japanese art of rock > grouping), Eric Do > on invertebrates plus speakers on topics of > water/plant chemistry, methods of practical > gardening and more. The convention will conduct one > of the worldâ??s largest aquatic plant auctions, > offering rare plants and prize specimens. Also, at > the banquet, AGA President Erik â??thekrib.comâ?? > Olson will announce the awards for the Sixth Annual > AGA Aquascaping Contest. Following the banquet there > are plans for a live aquascaping contest. Also, a > special field trip is planned for Friday to the > Monterrey Bay Aquarium. Details in their final form > can be found at > http://www.aquatic-gardeners.org/convention.html . > Hope to see you there! > > > sh > > _______________________________________________ > AGA-sc mailing list > AGA-sc@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-sc > _______________________________________________ AGA-sc mailing list AGA-sc@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-sc