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

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

Yeah, it's OK by me.  I need to make sure I keep my own role limited.  I 
will send an e-mail today.

On Fri, 25 May 2007, Larry Lampert wrote:

> Any objections? .....Then the job is his! Along with
> my congratulations on his newest addition! :-)
>
> Regards,
> Larry
> --- Karen Randall <karenran@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> 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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