Re: [AGA-sc] [Fwd: Re: NEC?]

[Karen Randall <karenran@verizon.net>]

He's better than nobody!<g>  

Karen

>From: Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@dustyuniverse.com>
>Date: 2007/05/25 Fri AM 07:52:26 CDT
>To: AGA Board <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
>Subject: [AGA-sc] [Fwd: Re: NEC?]

>Bailin says he'll do it if no one else will. Yeah, like they're lining 
>up for this. Shall I tell him he's elected?
>
>
>Cheryl
>
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: Re: NEC?
>Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 15:10:22 +0000
>From: Bailin Shaw <bailin_shaw@hotmail.com>
>To: cheryl@dustyuniverse.com
>
>Hi Cheryl,
>
>Well, I guess if I can get some guidance from you, Eric, and Larry, I'll
>sign up to chair the contest ONLY if noone else has put their name in for
>the position.  I'd prefer someone else to chair, but I don't want to see
>this contest go by the wayside this year.
>
>Yeah.  The weather can certainly affect the shipping of plants.  I've taken
>to shipping the plants in wet paper towels with very little water.  It 
>seems
>as though the water can really affect the way plants make it during
>shipping.
>
>Well, this will be the second rugrat.  :-)  I already have a little boy
>who's five and this one will be a little girl.  I don't know SQUAT about 
>how
>to raise a girl, so this is going to be a new experience.
>
>Talk to you soon.
>Bailin
>
>>
>>Hmmm. So I sent the brevipes on Tuesday, and you got it Friday. But I 
>>trimmed it on Sunday and left it floating in a baggie until the Tuesday.
>>
>>So I'll grow you some more and be more careful this time. I'll try to do it 
>>in a hurry. We're having a nice spring but it's not going to get any cooler 
>>from here.
>>
>>:-)
>>
>>Congrats on the upcoming new kid. How many does this make?
>>
>>The contest chair I see as basically a manager. Or, if you prefer, 
>>ringmaster of a three-ring circus. :-)
>>
>>- Get somebody to advertise online and stay on 'em.
>>
>>- Get someone to create graphics and stay on 'em.
>>
>>- Get someone to get prizes and stay on 'em. We've been doing cash prizes 
>>so that's not as hard as it used to be. Plus, we have a nice pool of 
>>sponsors that would probably pony up again.
>>
>>- Get several someones to judge. Generally whoever bitched the most about 
>>the results last year: Gomer, gnatster come to mind. Or how about that 
>>Finnish guy who was featured in Aquajournal, Juha-Matti Aalto.
>>
>>Erik will still do all the technical stuff, managing the uploads, web site, 
>>results, and various e-mail lists for volunteers and judges.
>>
>>I have been collecting the e-mails of everyone who has volunteered to help 
>>with the contest or with graphics or with advertising in the past year. It 
>>amounts to quite a list, so surely there's some wheat in the chaff.
>>
>>I don't think it would take a lot of your personal time if you could get a 
>>team together, but it would take just a little every day.
>>
>>Cheryl
>>
>>
>>Bailin Shaw wrote:
>>>Hi Cheryl,
>>>
>>>Got the plants last Friday.  The dwarf riccia made it in good shape, but 
>>>the Ludwigia brevipes came in melted.  Oh well, that's what happens with 
>>>the heat of summer.  I'm sending some of the following plants:
>>>
>>>Several stems of Pogastemon helferi.
>>>Some Ranunculus inundatus.
>>>A stem of Ammania gracilis.
>>>Some Elatine triandre.
>>>
>>>I'll have some additional plants to send you later this month at the next 
>>>pruning.  You caught me at a slow point after a recent pruning.  I have 
>>>some Rotala sp. Colorata, Limnophila aromatica, and some other odds and 
>>>ends you might be interested in growing.  I'll send these out tomorrow 
>>>morning.  Thanks for the dwarf riccia.  I'll have to see about getting 
>>>some of the brevipes at the upcoming AGA convention this year.  :-)  May 
>>>work better that way.
>>>
>>>Also, I meant to ask what the requirements for the Chair of the contest 
>>>would entail.  I'm about to add another baby to the mix, but depending on 
>>>the amount of duties involved, I might be convinced to take on the 
>>>responsibilities if there hasn't been any interest yet.  I'm not computer 
>>>savvy, so I'd definitely need to get a good committee to help out with 
>>>that aspect of things.  The more the merrier in my opinion.  However, let 
>>>me know what the requirements are and get the "ok" from the better half.
>>>
>>>Bailin
>>>>
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