Re: [AGA-sc] !!! Listen to this!!!

["Karen Randall" <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>]

Yes, it is Ole the reseacher from University of Copenhagen.  But he is also 
an aquatic gardener, and has been for at least 10 years.  My understanding 
is that his tanks are beautiful, though I haven't seen them personally.

Karen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
To: "Aquatic Gardeners Association Board" <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] !!! Listen to this!!!


> BINGBINGBING -- definitely.  And I WILL vote yes on this one.  So this is
> Ole the researcher, right (as opposed to Ole the cool Tropica aquascaper
> guy?).  Sounds like a great balance.
>
>   - Erik
>
> On Mon, 8 May 2006, Karen Randall wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I finally heard from Claus today, and Holger has, unfortunately declined.
>> Sounds like bad news, huh?
>>
>> We then e-mailed back and forth a couple of times mulling over whether 
>> Ole
>> or Troels would be a better choice to ask first.  Well, I just got off 
>> the
>> phone with Claus, and here is what he's offering...
>>
>> Claus has asked Ole if he will come and speak, and he has accepted.  Then
>> Claus has offered to have Tropica to pay Troels' plane fare to come and
>> speak also, if AGA will pay for a double room (for Ole & Troels to share)
>> and Troels' meal costs for the conference.  Since I believe our room 
>> night
>> costs are fixed, no matter how many people share a room, I think the only
>> out-of-pocket cost for us would be meal expenses and marginal cost on the
>> MBA trip.  Claus has not yet presented this to Troels, as he wanted our
>> approval first, but he is "98% sure" that Troels will agree, barring some
>> unexpected conflict with the date.
>>
>> I know that this might necessitate some fiddling (perhaps shoe-horning)
>> around with the schedule, but I think we'd be crazy not to take him up on
>> this offer.  Ole has the name, but Troels is becoming very well known in
>> scientific circles in the aquatic plant world.  I also mentioned to Claus
>> that it would help get his name a little more recognition if we had a few
>> more articles from him. (other than the co-authored one with Ole & Claus,
>> where Troels did most of the work, but the other names are better known 
>> ;-)
>> Claus's response was for us to tell him the next deadline, and he'd tell
>> Troels to get us an article or he wouldn't pay for his plane ticket.<g>
>>
>> Oh, and this isn't a certainty, but Claus said he's going to try very 
>> hard
>> to come just as a "spectator" to AGA this year, too.
>>
>> Claus is leaving for InterZoo (with Ole & Troels, actually) in the 
>> morning,
>> but he said he'd check his e-mail several times while he's gone, so I can
>> get back in touch with him even while he's gone.
>>
>> So, what say you? (or for the Texans, "y'all?")
>>
>> Karen
>>
>>
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