I think we will be fine as is. We already have the members arriving early. I am sorry if some do not make it in time, but, we can never make all the people happy all the time. Let's go with what we have already. Clay -----Original Message----- From: Erik Olson [mailto:erik@thekrib.com] Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 7:24 AM To: GSAS Board Subject: Re: January Meeting Announcement Seriously, if such a thing were not sent this morning, they wouldn't get it until Tuesday anyway. I think it's not worth it. Send the e-mail. Put a sign upstairs that says where we are meeting. - Erik On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Rick Rose wrote: > I have a request and I hope its not too crazy. As you know from earlier > emails today, I had already started drafting the text for this month's > promotional email announcement which also would have gone in/onto a letter > or postcard until we were pleasantly surprised by the newsletter in our mail > boxes. Well, even though the newsletter arrived, I still needed to finish > the text for the email announcement and I decided to continue playing with > the letter format for "future" uses. We were at the Aquarium today and I > got some great pictures, so I even inserted one of them into the letter. > There are also a couple VERY IMPORTANT details about where we are meeting > and not arriving late that I didn't have when I sent the info to Erika. (I > just got them from Becky Quimby when I talked to her today.) > > So, how would the board feel about my going ahead and sending the letter out > tomorrow to further promote this month's meeting? > > I'd even be willing to pay for the postage if you feel that the double-hit > would be too much. > > Below is the text for your review (whether you approve my request to send it > in a letter, or whether we end up using it for the email announcement only). > > Thanks, > > Rick > > > > > Members and Friends of the Greater Seattle Aquarium Society are in for a > real treat this month as we hold our regular meeting downstairs in the > actual Seattle Aquarium and tour their Facility. That's right! Come be our > guest as we receive a special "Behind-the-Scenes" Tour hi-lighting the water > treatment system, food preparation kitchen, laboratories, and breeding and > grow-out tanks. The tour will finish just in time for us to watch the > mammal feeding which is always very interesting. Then, we have until > 10:00pm to self-tour the exhibits (bring a camera and get some great > shots!). > > Here's the agenda > > 7:00 - 7:30pm Arrive early and gather DOWNSTAIRS by the main entrance > 7:30 - 7:45pm* Welcome, Announcements, Quick business > 7:45 - 8:30pm Behind-the-Scenes Tour > 8:30 ~ 9:00pm Watch the feeding of the mammals > 9:00 - 10:00pm Self-Tour the exhibits > > * Very Important Note - Please plan to arrive EARLY, but no later than > 7:45pm. Once we begin the tour (at 7:45 sharp) there will no longer be > anyone at the entrance to let you in. > > Also, if you or your children have not yet submitted your entries for last > month's coloring contest, please bring them to the meeting. > > See you there! > -- Erik Olson erik at thekrib dot com ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, e-mail majordomo@thekrib.com with "unsubscribe gsas-board" in the body of the message. Old messages are available at http://lists.thekrib.com/gsas-board When asked, log in as username is "gsas-board", and password "gsas-bored". ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, e-mail majordomo@thekrib.com with "unsubscribe gsas-board" in the body of the message. Old messages are available at http://lists.thekrib.com/gsas-board When asked, log in as username is "gsas-board", and password "gsas-bored".