You know after talking with some folks at the convention I think I am coming around on your opinion of bringing Dr. Tan over. The only issue might be that I have already talked to Wright Huntley about possibly doing a talk for next year and he asked me about a talk on mosses. Anyways I am sure we could work around it. Regards, Larry --- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote: > 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. :) > > On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, S. Hieber wrote: > > > Okay with me. We credit the money to AGA and not > to AGA2K6 and use it for the next convention. > > Gong once, going twice.... > > > ---- Original Message ---- > From: Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> > To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board > <aga-sc@thekrib.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 8:05:33 AM > Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] noise pain n suffering reim > question > > > I think that was about te cost of bring Professor > Moss over, wasn't it? > > Karen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathy Olson" <kathy@thekrib.com> > To: "Aquatic Gardeners Association Board" > <aga-sc@thekrib.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 1:12 AM > Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] noise pain n suffering reim > question > > > >I think this is the BEST idea yet! Bring in a > REALLY COOL speaker we > > otherwise wouldn't. It would benefit all the AGA > memebers and the AGA. I > > like this even better than any other idea! > > > > K > > > > On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Karen Randall wrote: > > > >> I think one could reasonably say that anything we > did for AGA as a whole > >> should essentially be a benefit to the members. > We could even hold the > >> whole $1,800 toward bring in an extra, spiffy > speaker for the next > >> convention. I don't really care that much, so > I'll let those who do > >> decide.<g> > >> > >> Karen > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: S. Hieber > >> To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board > >> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 11:51 AM > >> Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] noise pain n suffering > reim question > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Here we have a very distinct amount, a precise > value because Larry > >> negotiated with the hotel to arrive at a distinct > figure -- that's the > >> essence liquidated damages, a specific amount of > money (the liquidity) > >> agreed to as full rememdy for damage that cannot > be easily valuated or > >> remedied by specific performance. > >> > >> It's reasonably clear who was harmed. So, it's a > matter of moving the > >> value of the remedy to those harmed, which I > guess is where we're at. > >> > >> > >> sh > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> AGA-sc mailing list > >> AGA-sc@thekrib.com > >> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-sc > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > AGA-sc mailing list > > AGA-sc@thekrib.com > > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-sc > > > > > _______________________________________________ > AGA-sc mailing list > AGA-sc@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-sc > > -- > Erik Olson > erik at thekrib dot com > _______________________________________________ > AGA-sc mailing list > AGA-sc@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-sc > _______________________________________________ AGA-sc mailing list AGA-sc@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-sc