Re: [AGA-sc] Fwd: [AGA-Member] RE: AGA 2007 Convention?

["Dorothy Reimer" <dmreimer@sympatico.ca>]

Very well said Larry

Dorothy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Lampert" <l_lampert@yahoo.com>
To: "Aquatic Gardeners Association Board" <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 3:28 PM
Subject: [AGA-sc] Fwd: [AGA-Member] RE: AGA 2007 Convention?


>I am going to answer this post on our Forum with the
> response that I forwarded to this list several weeks
> ago. Please post any changes that you would like to
> see and let meknow where you would like for me to post
> it.
> 
> Here it is in case you don't have it.....
> 
> The AGA Convention for 2007 is going to happen- 
> unfortunately it won't be until 2008. As I am sure
> you can imagine, planning a national convention for
> 150-175 planted tank enthusiasts takes an enormous
> amount of time and commitment.
> 
> There are hotel selections and contract
> negotatiations, site visits, field trip logostical
> planning as well as the challenge of finding an
> interesting speaker line up and that is just the
> beginning.
> 
> The AGA Board has determined that we simply to do not
> have the volunteer resources needed to put on the type
> of convention that we all expect within the 2007
> Calendar year. We did not arrive at this conclusion
> quickly nor easily, but in the end it was decided that
> delaying until 2008 is the best option for everyone. I
> apologize for the delay in the final announcement but
> this was not an easy decision.
> 
> We are currently working on 2008 and have a tentative
> speaker line up that looks to be the best yet. We are
> looking at several hotels and should have an
> announcement in on the location soon.
> 
> However, we really need more people to get involved in
> the work involved with putting on an event of this
> magnitude. 
> 
> The  AGA is a volunteer organization without
> volunteers we can't do anything. If you are interested
> in  volunteering please email
> convention@aquatic-gardeners
> 
> Larry Lampert
> AGA President
> 
> --- Someone on the Forum <aga-forums@thekrib.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> From: Someone on the Forum <aga-forums@thekrib.com>
>> Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:24:21 -0700
>> To: aga-member@thekrib.com
>> Subject: [AGA-Member]  RE: AGA 2007 Convention?
>> 
>> Any update on Dallas 2007?
>> 
>> 
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