Re: [AGA-sc] Update? (fwd)

[Larry Lampert <l_lampert@yahoo.com>]

I agree, let's give'em some rope here and see what
they do with it. If they do nothing I think we can all
agree to pick some cool donation plants to give out as
prizes. 

Maybe even booby trap prizes for the losers like a bag
of duck weed or better yet a bag of that darned
cladophora species that I have yet to get rid of after
5 years of infestations ;-)

The bottom line is noone wants to give SFBAAS anything
because they do not deserve it yet we are in a catch
22. We can't let them fall to hard on their face lest
we look bad. Our obligtaion is to the members so we
have to have a back up plan in place.

Rember all of us me included (heck me especially) had
our doubts about the workshop thing and yet it turned
out to be one of the highlights of the AGA2k3
convention. Let's let them figure it out but have a
plan B just in case.

Plan B, buy three tanks, use the hotel tables for
stands, they will work trust me ;-), Lights, dunno, we
could buy some on-line cheap and then auction them or
see if we can get a doantion or just plain go without.
Judges, Heck we have plenty of people, Karen, Cheryl,
Erik, etc.

Regards,

Larry


--- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:

> Then let's not even offer them the FAN plants.  They
> DID say that they were 
> "handling" the IA stuff.  If KAthy can give them
> some leads, great. 
> Othwerwise, let them figure it out.
> 
> If, at the last moment, we need to bail them out, we
> will at least know we 
> can count on the FAN plants as a back-up.
> 
> I still haven't heard anyhting about how they are
> choosing their 
> "contestants".
> 
> Karen
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kathy Olson" <kathy@thekrib.com>
> To: "Aquatic Gardeners Association Board"
> <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 2:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] Update? (fwd)
> 
> 
> >I think we can earmark the other plants from FAN
> for the auction.  They
> > can get local stores to donate exactly what they
> want or go to chucks's
> > wholesaler-maybe and get big clumps of specific
> things, then they can go
> > to auction.
> >
> > Sorry, feeling a little touchy today about them
> cutting in on things, I
> > may calm down and be reasonable later. 
> Specifically FAN was relieved they
> > didn't have a list to match this year, or at least
> that was my
> > interpretation of it.
> >
> > Kathy
> >
> > On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Kathy Olson wrote:
> >
> >> NO WAY!!
> >>
> >> they have all these expert aquascapers there,
> that grow plants.  AND THEY
> >> HAVE TONS of local stores.
> >>
> >> I personally know a local wholesaler that Chuck
> Rambo brought us too and
> >> let us have free rein for all the plants and fish
> we wanted to bring home
> >> for us.  They have resources, let me talk to Jim,
> I can give him
> >> ideas....Erik???
> >>
> >> Kathy
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Cheryl Rogers wrote:
> >>
> >>> Christ. Pardon me, but Christ.
> >>>
> >>> Okay. We could earmark a portion of the plants
> donated by FAN and Don M.
> >>> to the aquascaper contest. I mean, How about we
> allow the contestants
> >>> their pick of the plants or something? I don't
> see the harm in that.
> >>>
> >>> Well, at least they're thinking about it.
> >>>
> >>> Cheryl
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Erik Olson wrote:
> >>>> The latest list of volunteers from SFBAAPS.
> >>>>
> >>>> Since we've got the T-shirt thing figured out
> (didn't want to distract
> >>>> from the core weighing in on this), I can also
> mention that Jim asked 
> >>>> if
> >>>> we could get companies to sponsor the goods for
> the Iron Aquascaper 
> >>>> event.
> >>>> After quietly surpressing the spit take I was
> doing with my soda, I 
> >>>> said I
> >>>> would ASK but that all the sponsorship letters
> and calls were done a 
> >>>> month
> >>>> ago.  I also suggested maybe they could get
> Aqua Forest to donate a bag 
> >>>> of
> >>>> substrate and SFBAAPS folks to donate the
> plants and three small tanks.
> >>>>
> >>>> It may be me and my really crappy mood I'm in
> right now, but Jim didn't
> >>>> seem quite so happy and enthusiastic as in
> former phone calls.
> >>>>
> >>>> I am sorry, by the way, for said crappy
> attitude in last 24 hours,
> >>>> especially to Kathy who has been getting the
> brunt of it.  I am clearly
> >>>> way too deep in this stuff to stand back and
> view things calmly and
> >>>> objectively.  I will endevour to do better
> today.
> >>>>
> >>>>    - Erik
> >>>>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> Erik Olson
> >>>> erik at thekrib dot com
> >>>>
> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >>>> Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:45:27 -0400
> >>>> From: jiml1029@aim.com
> >>>> To: erik@thekrib.com
> >>>> Subject: Re: Update?
> >>>>
> >>>> Erik,
> >>>>
> >>>> This is the Vol list I have for now:
> >>>>
> >>>> Tom Ray General Help
> >>>> John Feuerhelm Bouncer
> >>>> Donna Feuerhelm Bouncer
> >>>> David Hui Auction Runner/Aide
> >>>> Andrew Yaros Iron Aquascaper
> >>>> Jim Lockhart Trip, Hotel, Auction, IA
> >>>> Michael LaFlame AV equipment
> >>>> Bill Harada Graphics, collateral
> >>>> Marc Lao General
> >>>> Karlton Lau General
> >>>> Erik Leung Event Photographer
> >>>> Dave Gomberg Auction, Goods Receipt
> >>>> Jennifer Greene Desktop Publishing / Graphics
> >>>> Eic Do Presenter
> >>>> Michael Sidmore Promotions ??
> >>>> Sarah Reginaldo Bagger
> >>>> Leon Garden MBA Trip
> >>>> Mark Faulkner MBA Trip
> >>>> Kirsten Klinghammer Program
> >>>>
> >>>> Any add'l suggestions as to how we use people
> would be welcome.
> >>>>
> >>>> Jim.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: erik@thekrib.com
> >>>> To: jiml1029@aim.com
> >>>> Sent: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 10:09 AM
> >>>> Subject: Update?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Tried calling a couple more times, got dumped
> to your answering 
> >>>> machine...
> >>>>
> >>>> T-SHIRTS: I was wondering if you had gotten a
> chance to ping Bill. If 
> >>>> we're going to do convention shirts, we need to
> move fairly soon.
> >>>>
> >>>> VOLUNTEERS: We need that list of people willing
> to work at the 
> >>>> convention. Any news?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for any insight,
> >>>>
> >>>>    - Erik
> >>>>
> >>>> -- Erik Olson
> >>>> erik at thekrib dot com
> >>>>
>
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