Good news on the the A/V. It looked to me like Michael was getting some very good shots during IA. I hope IA doesn't come after us on copyright infringement the way ASCAP could if we used any of its music ;-)
I don't know how Larry got the settlement. It would be one thing to negotiate something substantial on the front end (like the sliding scale, etc.), but to get such a sizeable amount on the back end, well, it impresses the hell out of me.
Okay, I'm going to do a 13th version of the report, the last version. I'm going to pull the settlement, which, btw, makes the report much simpler with fewer tables and charts to update. I'll email a pdf for the archives before your turkeys are ready for sanwiches.
----- Original Message ----
From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 12:09:37 PM
Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] noise pain n suffering reim question
I am cool with that. Earmarked for extra speaker budget. And credited to
Larry's hard work. Left out of AGA2k6 entirely.
I can see the point of view: By splitting it up amongst all the
individuals, it's like a class-action lawsuit. Nobody gets very much
individually. But if kept as a single fund, it brings in something
significant that everyone at the next convention can enjoy. Yeah, I do
like that.
(Add to that, I am still a little disappointed that we didn't bring in Dr.
Tan the moss guy -- it was one of only around two areas I disagreed with
the rest of you guys and actually fought for the SFBAAPS proposal. I
don't think even Jim knows this. When we announce the official numbers to
Jim and SFBAAPS, I will include a note saying I hope they use their share
of the income to bring Dr. Tan over, and please let me know so I can
decide whether I want to come down and see the talk!)
- Erik
PS: Ricky and Dr. George now done with editing. Just Ole and IA to do.
IA may end up being a pain, but results may be quite fun. I'm looking at
purchasing some royalty-free music to include during the 5-minute
"scaping" scene, so it ends up looking like a music video. :)