Re: [AGA-sc] Fw: [AGA-conheads] Projections

[Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com>]

okay, sorry I needed to read them all first...

On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Kathy Olson wrote:

> minus 60, that looks bad...
>
> On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Larry Lampert wrote:
>
>> I have attached our latest Hotel reservation pickup
>> list. I still have not made our speaker reservations
>> which I need to do this week. That will bump it up a
>> little more.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> --- "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Folks that were SFBAAPS members didn't have to
>>> become AGA members to reg for the convention. This
>>> policy was the same as prior conventions. But we
>>> didn't want folks signing up with SFBAAPS just to
>>> get a cheap membership and reg for the convention,
>>> so there was a cut off date, after which and AGA
>>> membership is required to reg. The suggestion being
>>> made by Jim is that we allow newer members at
>>> SFBAAPS to reg without becoming AGA members.
>>>
>>> Actually, it could make sense for AGA short-term
>>> financially, as would dropping the membership
>>> requirement altogether for that matter. However, and
>>> it's a big however, some folks already got AGA
>>> members because they had to for the convention -- so
>>> there are refunds to consider and how do we
>>> adjudicate who merits a refund? It is possible that
>>> refunds could exceed the value of the additional
>>> regs we get -- who knows since there's no way to
>>> discern the appropriate amount of refudns. And
>>> another big however is that our policy on the
>>> membership requirement wasn't short-term financially
>>> based, so the arguments about possible short-term
>>> financial gains might not be particularly relevent.
>>>
>>> I have to wonder if, $20 is a signifiant break point
>>> in the demand for convention regs -- undoubtedly the
>>> market is price sensitive. But if we wanted to use
>>> price sentitivity to increase regs it would probalby
>>> make more sense to drop the reg price to say $34 and
>>> still require membership rather than drop the cost
>>> for new SFBAAPS members only.
>>>
>>> sh
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@wilstream.com>
>>> To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board
>>> <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2006 9:49:56 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] Fw: [AGA-conheads] Projections
>>>
>>>
>>> This is what I don't get. What is he talking about.
>>> SFBAAPS members were
>>> already grandfathered.
>>>
>>> Cheryl
>>>
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