[AGA-sc] Convention Blurb (attachment)

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

Cheryl, I promised I'd have something for you.  Here it is!  Thanks for 
offering to send to the membership -- this is one resource we haven't yet 
touched.

  - Erik

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Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com

Greetings from the Aquatic Gardeners Association!

Less than two months remain until our big convention in San Francisco
the weekend of November 10th, and less than a month is left to book
your hotel room!

You may have heard some details of the convention already: We've got
seven great speakers on topics ranging from basics to heady science,
from aquascaping to invertebrates.  We've got a field trip to the
Monterey Bay Aquarium on Friday that literally has less than three
spots left on the bus.  We've got a big banquet on Saturday night
featuring the first ever "Iron Aquascaper" challenge, where
contestants will have to improvise an aquascape on the spot.  There's
also a hospitality suite that will be open every night to hang around
and talk shop with other planted aquarium hobbyists, and a vendor room
where you can visit some of the manufacturers.

In this e-mail, I wanted to talk a little about our all-day Aquatic
Plant Auction on Sunday.  If the auction is anything like its two
predecessors, it will be the largest auction of its kind in the US
this year!  We're already starting to get word from the manufacturers
who will be sending us donations...and not just "ho hum" aquarium
stuff either!  One of the largest growers of aquarium plants in the US
is sending a big shipment JUST FOR OUR AUCTION.  Online e-tailers
dealing in specialized, more esoteric plants, high-quality lighting
and filtration have also committed.  

And just this week, Ray "Kingfish" Lucas as agreed to bring and
auction dry goods from his cadre of sponsors, including a 46-gallon
bowfront aquarium.  At a lot of conventions, the aquarium is sitting
there on display with very little hope of being crammed into your
luggage on the plane.  But instead, there will be a magic envelope
that turns itself into an aquarium at your local fish store.

Anyone can come by and bid in the auction on Sunday (tell your friends
in the Bay Area).  But registered convention attendees may also BRING
plants and plant-related items to sell!  The split is a generous 70%
for the seller.

Sound interesting?  Visit our convention website at
http://www.aquatic-gardeners.org/convention.html for more details,
including registration information.

Regards,
Erik Olson
AGA President

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