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

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

Thanks for handling this Larry!

On Mon, 29 May 2006, Larry Lampert wrote:

> We do not have room nights for those nights in our
> contract. This was because we would have had to
> guarantee them if they were in there. I can try to see
> what I can do for Paul but no guarantee I can get the
> rate.
>
>
> Larry
>
> --- "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> There's an toll free number does it not work for
>> him? If he calls, they will probably book the
>> roomnights for him.
>>
>> For Australia, the toll free number should be
>> 1-800-073535
>>
>>
>>
>>  If the Australia office cannot arrange it, then
>> someone will have to call the hotel in Burlingame
>> itself. One of us could do that for him but it might
>> require giving a cred card number to reserve the
>> roomnights.
>>
>>
>> sh
>>
>> *----- Original Message ----
>> From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
>> To: Paul Byham <plbyham@bigpond.com>
>> Cc: aga-sc@thekrib.com
>> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 9:21:07 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] [AGA-Member] AGA 2006
>> Convention now open for registration
>>
>>
>> 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
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Erik Olson
>> erik at thekrib dot com
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