Re: [AGA-sc] AGA 2008

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

Rockin'!

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Larry Lampert wrote:

> OK, If we are all in agreement on the dates of Nov
> 13-16 then I will move forward. It is still a little
> early for agreements since I have to "ask" for a few
> more things. After that we can get an agreement.
>
> I did however, mention to Josh at the Sheraton that it
> may be easiest on both of us to use the same agreement
> as 2006 since it was on on Sheraton's paper.
>
> I do howver want to add a "suitability clause" or
> something to the effect that says the AGA will be
> caused harem by an unsuitable environment, ie loud
> music, revival groups, motivational speakers, etc.
>
> I hope to have a signed contract in hand before
> Thanksgiving!
>
> Larry
> --- "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Larry,
>>
>> Is it too soon to ask the two proposing hotels to
>> send agreements? I can then get to work on the
>> language. I understand that some of the major terms,
>> yet to be negotiated, might need to be settled
>> first. Your call.
>>
>> sh
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: S. Hieber <shieber@yahoo.com>
>> To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board
>> <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:27:05 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] AGA 2008
>>
>>
>> We haven't negotiated terms yet, anyway, so the
>> dates aren't def yet. I think the basic terms look
>> much better than I had hoped, given the kinds of
>> prices we had been hearing. I couldn't make those
>> higher rates work unless we had several hundred show
>> up, which would have been unlikely at those prices
>> -- and Atlanta has 15% taxes on hotel rooms, to
>> boot.
>>
>> These prices are reasonable and I think we can
>> expect the same sort of demand that we had in prior
>> years. Now, financially, it depends on the auctions
>> and acution donations (FAN), the vendors, and, of
>> course, who's on the bill. I think with Amano and a
>> special issue of TFH, we could package something
>> pretty nice.
>>
>> In terms of cashflow, we remain floating at roughly
>> $60G, give or take about $4g, dending on when the
>> last TAG was produced. I think we can afford to
>> bring in more than one foreign speaker if we don't
>> have to worry about roomrates depressing attendance.
>>
>> sh
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@dustyuniverse.com>
>> To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board
>> <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:02:11 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] AGA 2008
>>
>>
>>
>> Erik Olson wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> If we can make a last-minute change to the TAG
>> announcement to not include
>>> the specific dates, that'd be nice.
>>
>> Sorry, no. It's already at the mailers. :-(
>>
>> Cheryl
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