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Re: [AGA-sc] Update? (fwd)
Is this a trick question?
>From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
>Date: 2006/10/03 Tue PM 07:21:30 CDT
>To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
>Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] Update? (fwd)
>Who is Adrew Yaros?
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>----- Original Message ----
>From: Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>
>To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2006 8:13:09 PM
>Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] Update? (fwd)
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>Well, neither of those groups needs plants for prizes. I think bragging
>rights is all they need. ;-) But at least I think it's a good choice.
>
>Karen
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
>To: "Aquatic Gardeners Association Board" <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 8:08 PM
>Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] Update? (fwd)
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>>I think they have all but picked contestants already. Talking about an
>>Aquaforest versus ADG face-off.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>
>> To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2006 7:43:26 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] Update? (fwd)
>>
>>
>> PRIZES!?!? JUDGES?!?!? I wasn't even THINKING about prizes or judges.
>> We
>> don't even know how they're picking contestants!
>>
>> Karen
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Larry Lampert" <l_lampert@yahoo.com>
>> To: "Aquatic Gardeners Association Board" <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 4:57 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] Update? (fwd)
>>
>>
>>>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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