RE: Email for Kathy: Plant auction followup question about specia l interest group (fwd)

["Hess, Clay A" <clay.a.hess@boeing.com>]

Interesting idea......but, I would like to hear more about what their
proposal is for how this sub-group will work within GSAS.  We have had
cliques in the past and sometimes that is not so good.  But, if this is
purely to get these people a more open venue for their particular interest,
it sounds possible to me.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kathy Olson [mailto:kathy@thekrib.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 9:43 PM
To: gsas-board@pulcher.thekrib.com
Subject: Email for Kathy: Plant auction followup question about special
interest group (fwd)


question...

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 11:28:13 -0800
From: "Darcey Harding (Excell Data Corporation)" <a-darcha@microsoft.com>
To: Erik@thekrib.com
Cc: kathy@thekrib.com
Subject: Email for Kathy: Plant auction followup question about special
    interest group

Hey Erik and Kathy,
 
Great job at the auction last night. I have -got- to get home and plant
all the new plants currently floating my tank :-) I have a followup
question for Kathy from our conversation last night. I'm curious about
the possibility of setting up a special interest group for rainbowfish
hobbyists under the GSAS umbrella.
 
We've got a loosely affiliated bunch of folks (four or so regulars,
another five interested, and we haven't advertised anywhere yet) who are
interested in rainbows.  We'd like to set up a group to trade eggs and
fry, talk fish, probably place a few wholesale orders (as the local
shops generally don't carry what we're looking for), and sign up for
bulk subscriptions to the foreign rainbow mags.  Is GSAS a good venue
for a group like that?
 
We're more interested talking fish and ordering things as a group than
we are in publishing our own newsletter (we'd all read ANGFA anyway),
but I'm sure we could contribute to the GSAS in some way, by regularly
contributing a column, finding other speakers, or something like that.
What should I do to learn more about setting up something like that?
 
Many thanks,
 
Darcey Harding
(206) 852 6050 cell
darceyh@drizzle.com