Re: [AGA-sc] North American Discus Association inaugural convention, Irv

If it costs us money to set up a table, how much would y'all be willing to spend for it? Do we normally do something for ACA's that have an AGA presence?

I didn’t realize that you meant pay for table space. I have NEVER been to a hobby convention where complimentary space hasn’t been made available to other hobby organizations. I wouldn’t mind making a (small) donation of some kind toward their event, but I am VERY reluctant to start a precedent of one hobby organization “buying” space from another. We are not a vendor in the sense of any commercial endeavor. This has ALWAYS been a courtesy that hobby groups have extended to each other. I would much rather encourage them to participate in our vendor room gratis than to pay them.

If the table space is available, it shouldn’t cost more than some Staples supplies to set up an attractive display. I’ve attached a couple of photos of our table at NEC… I think there are better ones around; especially of the different tanks we’ve had there. But I couldn’t find them quickly.

Cheryl's foresight has provided me with a plethora of back issues to use. A gift certificate or two would be nice, as would a set of convention DVDs is that's ok.

I don’t have a problem with this, I guess, but if we are going to start giving out big ticket items like that, I think we need to have a consistent policy… I think of all the YEARS that NEC has hosted us, giving us free meeting space, 2 hours in the convention schedule for our meeting, prominent billing in their convention booklet, free table space in the vendor room, and brought in whatever plant – related speaker I’ve asked them to (including foreign speakers) each year, and I feel a little funny giving such big stuff to an organization that has just, finally, decided to ask an AGA member to speak.

I think it’s a great opportunity to build good will, but OTOH, news travels, and I don’t want NEC suddenly to be wondering why we haven’t done the same for them. If we’re going to do this for the Discus organization, we need to do it for ANY convention that offers us a presence at their convention.

Karen

From: aga-sc-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:aga-sc-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Phil Edwards
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 1:30 PM
To: AGA BOD
Subject: [AGA-sc] North American Discus Association inaugural convention, Irving, TX June 2010

Hey folks,

I'm going to be speaking at the NADA 2010 show http://www.discus2010.com/ this coming summer and would like to do something AGA-ish for the show. If a table or tank space were available for publicity how much would you all feel comfortable budgeting? I've offered to help with vendors and such. As soon as the Main Brains get back to me with specifics I'll let y'all know.

~Phil

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Re: [AGA-sc] North American Discus Association inaugural convention, Irving, TX June 2010