Re: [AGA-sc] unsent message to conheads

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

<sigh>  I hope it made you feel better... it did me.<g>

I _do_ think that it would be appropriate to send all but the last 
paragraph, however.

Karen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 10:00 AM
Subject: [AGA-sc] unsent message to conheads


> Here's a message I'll never be able to send...yet another one...
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> 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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