I understand that. But can you tell me what date(s) we're at least THINKING about at this point? Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Lampert" <l_lampert@yahoo.com> To: "Aquatic Gardeners Association Board" <aga-sc@thekrib.com> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 1:20 AM Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] 2003 contract > Thanks Erik! > > I am travelling ...in Seattle none the less! > > Yeah, I don't think the date is real flexible if we > use the DFW Marriott cuz they are booked the following > weekend. Could do the one b4 it possibly. Anyways til > we get closer on terms none of the date talk means > anything really. > > I hope to light a fire under our hotel search > committee. He promises that he will make some more > calls by Friday. > > Larry > --- "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I suspect that we can settle the date until we >> settle, at least in principle, the contract terms. >> But Larry would know better in this regard. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> >> To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board >> <aga-sc@thekrib.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 5:38:52 PM >> Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] 2003 contract >> >> >> Speaking of the conference, do we have a weekend (or >> weekends) we're >> shooting for? Another organization has asked me to >> speak at their >> convention, and obviously, I don't want to miss AGA >> for it. OTOH, they're >> folks I really like, so I'd like to accommodate them >> if I can. >> >> Karen >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com> >> To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 4:15 PM >> Subject: [AGA-sc] 2003 contract >> >> >> > Larry called & asked if I could forward the 2003 >> contract in DFW so that >> > folks could make a comparison with the rates. I >> have put it up at >> > http://test.thekrib.com/2003.doc >> > >> > Here is Larry's post of the same hotel's proposal >> for this year: >> > >> > >> > http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-sc/Current/msg00055.html >> > (the contract is a link at the bottom of the >> message). >> > >> >>From what I can tell going over it, there are a >> few major changes other >> > than the room rate hike: >> > >> > 1. Thursday room committment is unrealistic and >> changes the guarantee >> > significantly (requiring 148 roomnights total >> to get the meeting >> > facilities for free). >> > >> > 2. Nothing about banquet. I am guessing that a >> banquet commitment >> > would reduce the roomnight requirement. >> > >> > >> > If anyone would like to download my entire archive >> of AGA documents >> > (finally sorted into a more reasonable heirarchy >> than the flat mess I >> > used to have), I can make it into a 300 megabyte >> zip file. Way easier to >> > find old contracts and such. >> > >> > - Erik >> > >> > -- >> > 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> > _______________________________________________ >> 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