RE: Wayne L's talk

["Cartwright, Scott C" <Scott.Cartwright@PSS.Boeing.com>]

I see Erik's point here and I agree with Laurie that it would be nice to split 
costs and have a good relationship with the people in Portland......  So, if we 
want to do this we should get representatives from both clubs to talk about a 
speaker schedule before the "meeting season" begins and then they can make 
arrangements for some big speakers that we can share and we can do the same for 
them.  
        The point is to avoid Kathy doing all the legwork to bring in some 
great speakers and then they just glom on to bring the speaker down there.
        So, needless to say, we should discuss this with Kathy and see how she 
feels about it.
        I think it would be nice for both clubs to share speakers now and then 
and these kinds of relationships could serve to strengthen the "aquarium club 
scene" in the Northwest overall.
        Meanwhile, Erik mentioned an informal sharing of Wayne Leibel's time 
may be the best we can do at this point this year........???

> ----------
> From:         Erik Olson[SMTP:erik@thekrib.com]
> Reply To:     gsas-board@thekrib.com
> Sent:         Thursday, May 04, 2000 5:01 PM
> To:   gsas-board@thekrib.com
> Subject:      Re: Wayne L's talk
> 
> Hi Laurie,
> 
> Call me burned-out on joint activities.  I have sent mail on several
> occasions to the bigwigs down there, including Shawn and James Van Doren,
> mentioning our schedule.  We've been trying to coordinate a club snail
> party with Joe Middleton as well. Heck, we've mentioned Wayne's visit in
> like EVERY newsletter since like, October? (OK, that's only 3, but still..
> :) It's been on our website's calendar ever since he confirmed in October
> as well.  So no lack of trying, eh!
> 
> I'm sure Kathy will pipe up about joint activity planning... (not today,
> though, she's on call).  It's a pain in da butt.  Informal stuff I'll bet
> would work.  Remember how Wayne ended up giving his history talk for the
> partygoers in our living room after the "regular" talk last year?  
> 
>   - Erik
> 
> On Thu, 4 May 2000, Laurie Hughes wrote:
> 
> > OK, I've spaced out on this, but isnt he coming for the June meeting? I
> > mentioned this to Julie Zeppieri down in Portland and she says they'd really
> > like to know about this sort of thing more in advance, if possible, so they
> > can maybe "share" him (or similar-calibur speakers) by scheduling him in
> > Portland on the Sat before, for example. This way, both clubs could share
> > airfare & other expenses.
> > 
> > She wanted to know if it was too late to discuss this now? Especially since
> > it was mentioned at our board meeting that Wayne wants to go down to
> > Portland anyway, to visit & see the new store. She said she didnt know if it
> > was too late for Roland to schedule a Sat meeting & notify members, but it
> > might still work out. Do we want to explore this further? I'd be happy to be
> > involved, but if we think its a possibility, maybe Kathy should just contact
> > Roland directly. If not, I can contact him.
> > 
> > Even if it doesnt work out this time, maybe we could try to coordinate or at
> > least communicate with Portland in advance a little more about scheduling
> > speakers & see where we can share the expenses in the future.
> > 
> > Laurie
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Erik Olson
> erik at thekrib dot com
>