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[GSAS-board] RE: Speaking at our Aquarium Club
Hi Jim,
Thanks for the info. We'll work out the details on this end and let you know asap. By the way, I still need to know if Thai food would be okay for the pre-meeting dinner.
Thanks,
Rick
-------------- Original message --------------
> Rick,
>
> It took a bit more looking than I was able to do...so my wife took care of
> the ticketing for me. Of course she has me booked on SW and I've never done
> that before. It's a first...oh boy. Hey but Brenda can find the cheapest
> tickets around. The roundtrip is only $230.20...I was only finding stuff
> $100 more (and up from there...I think it was the connecting flights to Bora
> that boosted the ticket..do you think?).
>
> I arrive on Tuesday at 1:50, flight number 2434 on Southwest Airlines
> departing at 12;00 noon on Wednesday.
>
> I'm not sure what they are telling you all up there but down here it's still
> 2 hours before the flight.
>
> So there you have it...times and dates.
>
> Let me know what's up with planning.
>
> Take care,
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Rose [mailto:rick-rose@comcast.net]
> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 8:30 AM
> To: 'Jim Atchison'
> Subject: RE: Speaking at our Aquarium Club
>
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> Thanks for you quick response. We were able to discuss your questions at
> the board meeting and I will be polling the membership via our email list to
> see if there are any specific requests for topics. I really enjoy reading
> your email "newsletter" and I'm sure that whatever you already have planned
> will be very interesting and well received.
>
> All things being equal, we can expect about 40 members at the meeting. We
> usually run a door-prize that we call "Fish (Live-Food-Item) of the Month."
> GSAS would like to purchase from 3 to 5 items from you that we can use for
> the door prize - in the range of $35 - $40 total. In addit
ion to that,
> there will be many people that wish to buy items from you.
>
> We're hoping that your arrival time will allow us to promote a
> Before-the-meeting-get-together at a restaurant near our meeting place. We
> would have to be arriving at the restaurant by 5:00pm Tuesday. How do you
> feel about Thai food?
>
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Atchison [mailto:jim@atchison.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 12:41 PM
> To: Rick Rose
> Subject: RE: Speaking at our Aquarium Club
>
> Rick,
>
> I don't have a plane reservation yet. So I can't really answer the first
> question all that well. It's best for me to hop an airporter to the airport.
> So when I know the arrival time I will let you know. I usually like to get
> in with PLENTY of time so that there is less stress on everyone (me
> included). I'll be aiming for a mid-afternoon, early afternoon arrival. But
> if nobody can pick me up at the time I come in, I can hang out.
>
> I would prefer to stay with a club member. But if that creates airport
> challenges for the next day, a local cheap hotel with shuttle works too. I
> know that SeaTac is south of town by a fair piece, but I'm not sure what the
> travel times would be during different times of the day. You might want to
> give me a heads-up on sheduling a time to fly back out.
>
> The critters will come with me on the plane as checked baggage. I have
> duffles with styroboxes built for them.
>
> I've been to Seattle a number of times. When I was a child I told my mother
> that I didn't want to go see Atle...funny how kids hear things. I had great
> friends in Bothell (pass on now) who I stayed with many times. What I would
> be interested in is seeing any fishrooms, frog rooms, fish shops with "cool
> fish"...those
sorts of things...but if time doesn't permit, I'm oK.
>
> Time...well there is an intersting situation. I'm suppose to be in Boise
> Sunday, Monday and until Noon on Tuesday at a conference BUT I've told my
> group that I really don't want to push the Tuesday times AND I have bugs
> that sort of need me to show up AND there are those pesky customers who
> really do need to feed their critters. So I need to fly back on Wednesday.
> At one point I thought I would drive up and see folks along the way, but
> reality pinched me and I woke up.
>
> Do you have any feeling on what the group would really like to hear about. I
> grow alot of items so I have some tidbits about alot of stuff...I will throw
> in some recent stories and some of the more recent additions to the food
> chain, but if there is something that folks would really like to hear I will
> address that too...what types of fishes do folks tend to keep...spawning
> them, keeping them...that sort of thing.
>
> Take care,
> Jim
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Rose [mailto:rick-rose@comcast.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 9:20 PM
> To: jim@atchison.com
> Cc: gsas-board@thekrib.com
> Subject: RE: Speaking at our Aquarium Club
>
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> Time has really been moving and we're coming up on October 12th. We have a
> Board Meeting tomorrow evening so I'd like to confirm the details of your
> trip to Seattle to speak to the Greater Seattle Aquarium Society.
>
> 1) When would you prefer to fly in to SeaTac Airport?
> 2) Would you prefer to stay at a Hotel or in the home of club members?
> 3) I'm sure that many members would like to purchase items from you at the
> meeting after hearing your presentation. Would you prefer to send those
> ahead or bring them w
ith you on the plane?
>
> We want to make your stay in our area as pleasant as we possibly can. If
> you are able to come early or stay late, we would be happy to make
> arrangements with some of our club members to show you the town - so to
> speak.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you!
> Rick Rose
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Rose [mailto:rick-rose@comcast.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 10:48 PM
> To: 'jim@atchison.com'
> Subject: RE: Speaking at our Aquarium Club
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> October 12th it is - this is going to be a great meeting! There's a lot of
> interest within our group in live foods. The presentation that we did in
> January of 2003 was a real hit!
>
> We've had a lot of experience with PowerPoint presentations recently - they
> work very well. We do have access to a couple projectors so that won't be a
> problem.
>
> Bob Holmes is our president and he is also our programs director. You may
> be hearing from him also as we finalize the arrangements.
>
> Thank you for being willing to come speak at GSAS! I'm looking forward to
> meeting you in person.
>
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jim@atchison.com [mailto:jim@atchison.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 8:08 PM
> To: Rick Rose
> Subject: RE: Speaking at our Aquarium Club
>
> Rick,
>
> Well, that took some time, but I have the dark dates in October from my
> wife. She's in Florida this week on business, two weeks home and then off
> to the UK/Ireland for a week, then home for a week and off to Montana for
> two (our vacation). It's crazy around here.
>
> Assuming that the club meeting in October is on the 12th, I'm good for the
> date.
>
> We can work out the det
ails over time.
>
> I'm also assuming you want me to talk about bugs and maggots :-) Also, my
> presentation is digital (powerpoint) so we will have to have you find a
> projector for that (I will bring my laptop).
>
> Take care,
> Jim
>
> --
> Jim Atchison
>
> The Bug Farm
> http://www.livefoodcultures.com
> The Shipping Barn
> http://www.theshippingbarn.com
> Splendid Farms
> http://www.splendidfarms.com
>
> > Hi Jim,
> >
> > This is GREAT news! I'll pass it on to our Board. We'll look forward to
> > hearing from you about which month works best.
> >
> > Thanks so much!
> > Rick
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jim@atchison.com [mailto:jim@atchison.com]
> > Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 11:39 PM
> > To: Rick Rose
> > Subject: Re: Speaking at our Aquarium Club
> >
> > Rick,
> >
> > I would love to come up and do a presentation. October would probably be a
> > better month for me. But I will have to do some communicating with my
> > wife...it's her calendar that controls this family.
> >
> > We are going to hack out the next quarter of dates this week and I will
> > get back to you when I can commit to October or September for sure.
> >
> > We are currently working with some pretty interesting stuff and I look
> > forward to sharing some of the "new" ideas.
> >
> > Take care,
> > Jim
> >
> > --
> > Jim Atchison
> >
> > The Bug Farm
> > http://www.livefoodcultures.com
> > The Shipping Barn
> > http://www.theshippingbarn.com
> > Splendid Farms
> > http://www.splendidfarms.com
> >
> >> H
i Jim,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Two years ago, you were kind enough to provide some items for a door
> >> prize
> >> and we purchased copies of your "Live Food for Dummies" booklet which
> >> helped
> >> us put together a VERY SUCCESSFUL presentation on "Live Foods" at the
> >> Greater Seattle Aquarium Society (GSAS.) The response was so good, that
> >> the
> >> Board is interested in inviting you to come speak at one of our monthly
> >> meetings next fall; September and October are currently available.
> >> Would
> >> you be interested in coming to speak to our club? We would, of course,
> >> pay
> >> for your airfare, and you would have the choice of staying with one of
> >> our
> >> families, or staying in a Hotel at our expense.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> We meet on the second Tuesday of each month - September - June (no
> >> meetings
> >> in July or August.)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> If you are not available for either of these two months, we could look
> >> at
> >> sometime in early 2005.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Looking forward to hearing from you,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Rick Rose
> >>
> >> GSAS Secretary/Historian
> >>
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