Re: [AGA-sc] [AGA-Member] AGA 2006 Convention now open for registration

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

Hi Paul,

Yes, we've still got several spots on the Friday field trip; you're OK 
there.

I see the problem you're having...the website will only let you book 
Thursday through Sunday night.  I usually call the generic phone number 
(hmm, don't see an 800 #) and try to negotiate the room rates the rest of 
the week in these cases, but I see the problem doing this from Australia. 
I am cc'ing this message to the AGA board for more ideas.  Maybe one of us 
can "proxy" the reservation.  Larry, Scott, any options?

   - Erik


On Mon, 29 May 2006, Paul Byham wrote:

> Hi Eric, do you know if there are still places on the Friday field trip, also 
> I am trying to obtain information on booking a room for 3 days prior to and 
> including the convention but am getting no response from the hotel. do you 
> know of an alternate contact to the one (Shahzad Shaikh) listed on the 
> website?
>
> Thanks
> Paul
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
> To: "Paul Byham" <plbyham@bigpond.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 11:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [AGA-Member] AGA 2006 Convention now open for registration
>
>
>> Hi Paul,
>> 
>> The banquet is in one of the ballrooms at the hotel.  The conference is 
>> arranged so that one can fly into San Fancisco airport, take their free 
>> shuttle to the hotel, and not have to worry about any other 
>> transportation... we supply a bus to Monterey for the Friday field trip, 
>> and everything else is at the hotel.
>> 
>> Sunday is reserved for the auction, so technically one could say the 
>> conference ends on Saturday night.  The reason for this is that sometimes 
>> these auctions can take all day.  So you can leave any time you want on 
>> Sunday when you've "had enough" of the auction. :)
>> 
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>>   - Erik
>> 
>> On Sun, 21 May 2006, Paul Byham wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Eric, my two main questions are where is the banquet being held and 
>>> when does the conference finish on Sunday?
>>> Thanks
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
>>> To: "Paul Byham" <plbyham@bigpond.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:39 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [AGA-Member] AGA 2006 Convention now open for registration
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> You can ask me any questions, no problem!
>>>>
>>>>   - Erik
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, 17 May 2006, Paul Byham wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Eric, I am interested in attending the convention but would like some 
>>>>> additional information, who is the best person to talk to?
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Paul L Byham
>>>>> Melbourne, Australia
>>>>> Ph. 61394622468
>>>>> Mobile. 61412102672
>>>>> E-mail plbyham@bigpond.com
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
>>>>> To: <aga-member@thekrib.com>; <aga-announce@thekrib.com>; 
>>>>> <aquatic-plants@actwin.com>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:40 PM
>>>>> Subject: [AGA-Member] AGA 2006 Convention now open for registration
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> We just got our final confirmation from our guest speakers this 
>>>>>> morning,
>>>>>> and as we've been just been itching to flip the switch for a week, it 
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> with great pleasure that the AGA announces its 2006 Convention in San
>>>>>> Francisco, California, the weekend of November 10-12.  Speakers include
>>>>>> Ole Pedersen from the University of Copenhagen, Troels Andersen of
>>>>>> Tropica, Greg Morin from Seachem, Jeff Senske of Aquarium Design Group
>>>>>> (this go-round talking about photography), Ricky Cain and Eric Do. 
>>>>>> There
>>>>>> is a Friday field trip to Monterey Bay that's an excellent deal but 
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> very limited seating.  Oh, and at the banquet we'll be holding our 
>>>>>> first
>>>>>> ever Iron Aquascaper competition.  Further details are available on our
>>>>>> website here:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.aquatic-gardeners.org/convention.html
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hope to see you there!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   - Erik
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Erik Olson
>>>>>> erik at thekrib dot com
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>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Erik Olson
>>>> erik at thekrib dot com
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Erik Olson
>> erik at thekrib dot com
>> 
>
>

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