If noone else has any problems with it, I am fine with paying for some of it as well. Just let us know how much you think is equitable and I guess we will have someone make a motion and vote on it? I am still not real sure how to do things like this,but that seems to make sense? Regards, Larry --- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote: > While it's true that it only gets used for talks and > the convention (plus > NEC, but that also includes the free meeting space > and time they give to > AGA) I don't think I'd feel right about AGA paying > for the whole thing. But > some help would be nice. :-) > > Karen > > -----Original Message----- > From: aga-sc-bounces@thekrib.com > [mailto:aga-sc-bounces@thekrib.com] On > Behalf Of Cheryl Rogers > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 10:45 PM > To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board > Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] Projector > > I think AGA should pay for the whole thing, > considering that the only > time it might be used other than an AGA convention > is if Karen is > speaking at a club or something, in which case she > is usually plugging > the AGA anyway. > > If that's not true, I suppose Karen will chime in. > But I don't think > that just because Karen might profit from it > personally is any reason > not to pay for it. Especially considering that we > didn't pay for the > original one that recently broke. > > For that matter, I think AGA should pay Erik for any > equipment he buys > for AGA as well. > > Cheryl > > > > Karen Randall wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > > > > > The bad news is that my digital projector gave up > the ghost at NEC. (not > > the bulb. I had a spare, and we tried that) I > made the decision not to > > put money into it, as it is old technology at this > point, and repairs > > tend to be expensive. > > > > > > > > The good news is that I bought a new one. > (Actually, Scott and I ran > > out on Friday night of NEC and scoured the local > stores for a good > > machine at a reasonable price) The machine I > bought is slightly > > larger/heavier than the old one, but is much > brighter, and also higher > > resolution. > > > > > > > > While I do use it for my presentations as well > (although they also > > promote AGA) one of the main reasons I bought the > first projector was so > > that we'd have one available for our conventions. > I picked up the > > entire cost of that one. I paid about $1,015 for > the new projector plus > > a 3 year full protection warrantee which also > covers the bulb. (this is > > about what I paid for the first one by itself) I > was hoping that maybe > > AGA could chip in toward this. > > > > > > > > I'll let you guys talk it over and see if you > think this is fair, and > > how much you think the club should contribute. I > do know that renting > > from hotels locally would have cost us a LOT over > the last few > conventions. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Karen > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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