Re: [AGA-sc] unsent message to conheads

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

I love that SF club more everyday. In a just world, you could send that 
message. I'll be glad when this convention and our dealings with the SF club 
are over.
 
sh
 

----- Original Message ----
From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
To: aga-sc@thekrib.com
Sent: Monday, June 5, 2006 10:00:09 AM
Subject: [AGA-sc] unsent message to conheads


Here's a message I'll never be able to send...yet another one...
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It was just a warning about the field trip, and in this case, it was, 
after all, my second e-mail on the subject.  Nobody signed up from this 
list after the first e-mail, except Kirsten and Jim.  Now Jim's the 
convention chair, but I would think that some of the folks here are 
actually planning on attending.  If not, why are they on this list?

I suspect that some are impression that they won't need to register for 
the field trip and can just "tag along" at the last minute.  But I have 
been reminded by Leon that this cannot happen.  There is a hard limit, and 
once that limit is reached, that's it.  I wasn't directing the warning to 
folks registering for the convention, JUST the field trip.

Please also understand that these comments are partly based on previous 
conventions in which (at first) every person peripherally involved assumed 
they would be given free registration, banquet and field trip.

So which is going to be worse, sending a possibly-annoying e-mail early 
on, or people having a nasty surprise later?

It's getting kind of hard to bit my tongue about the "amateurs in chat 
room" and "having too much on one's plate".  As I write, one of the two 
kids has come into the computer room and is attempting to wrassle the 
keyboard away.  I'm not really supposed to have been involved in this 
convention at all, you understand, let alone be a de facto whip.  Larry 
wasn't supposed to have been responsible for finding the actual hotel we 
used, just doing a little negotiation at the end.  Karen wasn't supposed 
to have been responsible for locating and contacting all the speakers. 
None of us were supposed to be handling vendor solicitations.


On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, nycsfo@aol.com wrote:

> Erik,
>
> I think the term, "sponge off Leon" is a little nasty and not needed.
> As is the way you worded the fact that all AGA folks have all
> registered.  We are all working together in this, and I think we should
> all be professional in how we treat one another and correspond with one
> another.  When you word e-mails as you did below, it comes across like
> we are all a bunch of amateurs on a chat list flaming one another.  I'm
> certainly not trying to start something, as my comments are meant as
> polite input only.
>
> As for me, I have so much on my plate at this point, I wasn't planning
> on registering for another month or so; and I was never planning on
> attending Monterey as I'm sure my time will be taken up working with
> you on A/V needs back at the hotel.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael Laflamme
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
> To: aga-conheads@thekrib.com
> Sent: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 20:37:17 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: [AGA-conheads] registration update
>
>   Hi folks,
>
> As of today, we have 31 registrations, 29 banquets, and 28 of the 50
> field
> trip slots filled.
>
> This puts us, say, at about the 1/3 point for our break-even target of
> 80-something registrants.
>
> I noticed that of the SFBAAPS side of the folks on this list, only Jim
> and
> Kristen have actually registered for the convention (and field trip).
> If you are planning on attending the field trip, remember when we hit
> 50, it's cut off.  We're planning on using the remaining "reserve" ten
> non-bus spots for speakers and such, so please don't assume you, as
> volunteers, will be able to just sponge off Leon and get in because you
> forgot (or didn't think you had) to register.  (In case you were
> curious,
> yes, the AGA side of the house has all registered.)
>
>   - Erik
>
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