Re: [GSAS-board] Plant auction flyer

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Yes, I think we should say aquarium. It's a great flyer. Thank you Phil. I'll 
print some up.

Susan
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
> AWESOME!
> 
> The color really does make it pop out at you.  I may put a portion of the 
> final directly on the website, if that's OK with you.
> 
> The 20-lot limit is just for sellers; I would not bother mentioning that 
> on the flyer.
> 
> Do we need to say AQUARIUM plant auction?  I suppose if we pick up an 
> accidental terrestrial person, oh well.
> 
> I'm not sure we're in 118 -- thought we were in the larger room for this 
> one.  Meredith?
> 
> ---------------------- normal folks skip this part ----------------------
> 
> The plant auction has been going on as long as I've been in the club, 
> which is 1993.  I think it started a couple years before that, so perhaps 
> your 17th Annual is right.  Dave or Steev would know better.
> 
> But hey, I'm the club HISTORIAN, and I have two whole DVDs worth of 
> scanned documents at my fingertips, including old board meeting notes and 
> presidential docs.  I can do better than that.  [frantic searching for the 
> disk]
> 
> 1989 and earlier years definitely did not have a plant auction in 
> February, so says the monthly newsletters.  However, I have no monthly 
> newsletters for February 1990, 1991 and 1992.
> 
> November '89 board meeting notes say: "Feb -> ? plants ! & auction [...] 
> Motion to take excess of $ of Plant auction to Philanth. fund."  That 
> would seem to imply that there was a plant auction planned in 1990.  No 
> February 1990 notes, however.
> 
> 1-18-91 board notes mention: "February Plant Auction: Paul is working with 
> 2 plant wholesalers.  All these plants come potted + in wrapped 
> individual.  Prices are comparable with Delaware [Delaware Aquatic 
> Nurseries] and these seem to grow better...."  Again, though, no February 
> or March notes indicating the auction actually took place.
> 
> December 1991 board meeting notes have this handwritten in the margin: 
> "Art - talk in February?"  No reference to actual program, auction or no, 
> in 1992.
> 
> According to the notes, 1993's plant auction consisted of a $250 plant 
> purchase, netted $101.50, and had so many unsold plants that Amazon Pet 
> Place (Woodinville, RIP) purchased the remaining stock for $190.  Yipes!
> 
> So hmm, if it really started in 1990, that would make this year the 
> TWENTIETH annual plant auction.  Clay or Dave S, you were presidents 
> during this time, do you remember holding the plant auction pre-Lenny 
> Long?
> 
>    - Erik
> 
> On Sun, 25 Jan 2009, Phil Lacefield Jr. wrote:
> 
> > Here's my first pass.  Anyone see anything they want changed? I did it in a
> > way that it'll look fine in b&w, or for a REAL eye-catcher we could spend a
> > few bucks and have them printed in color at Kinko's and make a REAL splash.
> >
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
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> Erik Olson
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