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Old May 31st, 2004, 03:15 PM
Lloyd Parsons
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Default GGC2005 - Pre-Vote Announcement!!!

Woo Hoo! Did we get some nice bids in. And your ggc2005 committee has
been hard at work to decide what to put up for bid.

We got very nice responses from 4 Travel Agents, here they are (in no
particular order)
Karen Wheelock of WorldTravel Services of Tulsa, OK.
Cal Ford who we all know from here
John Szeto who has been trying forever it seems.
Peter Berlin who everyone also knows.

We've got selection out the wazoo this year!

You want a Western Caribbean? We got 'em, in more than one flavor
How about a West Coast? It is there too
New ships? Yep, got 'em

Great selection from a bunch of excellent TA's.

Voting will commence as soon as the website is updated to show the bids
selected for the vote. At that time we will also post the rules of
voting and how the results will be used if something doesn't pop up as
the hands-down favorite.

So keep watching www.ggc2005.com for the news!

Lloyd

Tropicale 2000
Sensation GGC2002
Golden Princess GGC2003
Radiance of the Seas GGC2004
Celebrity Millenium GLC2005
  #2  
Old May 31st, 2004, 03:30 PM
Sue Keenan
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Default GGC2005 - Pre-Vote Announcement!!!

Lloyd Parsons wrote:
Woo Hoo! Did we get some nice bids in. And your ggc2005 committee has
been hard at work to decide what to put up for bid.

We got very nice responses from 4 Travel Agents, here they are (in no
particular order)
Karen Wheelock of WorldTravel Services of Tulsa, OK.
Cal Ford who we all know from here
John Szeto who has been trying forever it seems.
Peter Berlin who everyone also knows.

We've got selection out the wazoo this year!

You want a Western Caribbean? We got 'em, in more than one flavor
How about a West Coast? It is there too
New ships? Yep, got 'em

Great selection from a bunch of excellent TA's.

Voting will commence as soon as the website is updated to show the bids
selected for the vote. At that time we will also post the rules of
voting and how the results will be used if something doesn't pop up as
the hands-down favorite.

So keep watching www.ggc2005.com for the news!

Lloyd

Tropicale 2000
Sensation GGC2002
Golden Princess GGC2003
Radiance of the Seas GGC2004
Celebrity Millenium GLC2005


So how many times has Karen Wheelock posted on rtc?


Sue ---found no posts from Google Groups
  #3  
Old May 31st, 2004, 03:30 PM
Sue and Kevin Mullen
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Default GGC2005 - Pre-Vote Announcement!!!



Lloyd Parsons wrote:

We've got selection out the wazoo this year!

You want a Western Caribbean? We got 'em, in more than one flavor
How about a West Coast? It is there too
New ships? Yep, got 'em

Great selection from a bunch of excellent TA's.

Voting will commence as soon as the website is updated to show the bids
selected for the vote. At that time we will also post the rules of
voting and how the results will be used if something doesn't pop up as
the hands-down favorite.

So keep watching www.ggc2005.com for the news!


Hi Lloyd,

Can you tell us what the bids are or do we really have to wait for the
websie to be updated??

sue - who is impatient!

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Old May 31st, 2004, 03:36 PM
sheree
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Default GGC2005 - Pre-Vote Announcement!!!

lloyd:
what do you remove from your addy to email you?

thanks

--
Sheree

"Lloyd Parsons" wrote in message
...
Woo Hoo! Did we get some nice bids in. And your ggc2005 committee has
been hard at work to decide what to put up for bid.

We got very nice responses from 4 Travel Agents, here they are (in no
particular order)
Karen Wheelock of WorldTravel Services of Tulsa, OK.
Cal Ford who we all know from here
John Szeto who has been trying forever it seems.
Peter Berlin who everyone also knows.

We've got selection out the wazoo this year!

You want a Western Caribbean? We got 'em, in more than one flavor
How about a West Coast? It is there too
New ships? Yep, got 'em

Great selection from a bunch of excellent TA's.

Voting will commence as soon as the website is updated to show the bids
selected for the vote. At that time we will also post the rules of
voting and how the results will be used if something doesn't pop up as
the hands-down favorite.

So keep watching www.ggc2005.com for the news!

Lloyd

Tropicale 2000
Sensation GGC2002
Golden Princess GGC2003
Radiance of the Seas GGC2004
Celebrity Millenium GLC2005



  #5  
Old May 31st, 2004, 03:37 PM
Lloyd Parsons
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Default GGC2005 - Pre-Vote Announcement!!!

In article , Sue and Kevin Mullen
wrote:

Lloyd Parsons wrote:

We've got selection out the wazoo this year!

You want a Western Caribbean? We got 'em, in more than one flavor
How about a West Coast? It is there too
New ships? Yep, got 'em

Great selection from a bunch of excellent TA's.

Voting will commence as soon as the website is updated to show the bids
selected for the vote. At that time we will also post the rules of
voting and how the results will be used if something doesn't pop up as
the hands-down favorite.

So keep watching www.ggc2005.com for the news!


Hi Lloyd,

Can you tell us what the bids are or do we really have to wait for the
websie to be updated??

sue - who is impatient!

Well, it is time to learn some patience! G

All I will say is you're gonna love 'em and it may be tough for some to
select which is best......

Lloyd
  #6  
Old May 31st, 2004, 03:43 PM
Lloyd Parsons
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Default GGC2005 - Pre-Vote Announcement!!!

In article , sheree
wrote:

lloyd:
what do you remove from your addy to email you?

thanks


@spa
  #7  
Old May 31st, 2004, 03:56 PM
Lloyd Parsons
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Default GGC2005 - Pre-Vote Announcement!!!

In article , Sue Keenan
wrote:

Lloyd Parsons wrote:
Woo Hoo! Did we get some nice bids in. And your ggc2005 committee has
been hard at work to decide what to put up for bid.

We got very nice responses from 4 Travel Agents, here they are (in no
particular order)
Karen Wheelock of WorldTravel Services of Tulsa, OK.
Cal Ford who we all know from here
John Szeto who has been trying forever it seems.
Peter Berlin who everyone also knows.

We've got selection out the wazoo this year!

You want a Western Caribbean? We got 'em, in more than one flavor
How about a West Coast? It is there too
New ships? Yep, got 'em

Great selection from a bunch of excellent TA's.

Voting will commence as soon as the website is updated to show the bids
selected for the vote. At that time we will also post the rules of
voting and how the results will be used if something doesn't pop up as
the hands-down favorite.

So keep watching www.ggc2005.com for the news!

Lloyd

Tropicale 2000
Sensation GGC2002
Golden Princess GGC2003
Radiance of the Seas GGC2004
Celebrity Millenium GLC2005


So how many times has Karen Wheelock posted on rtc?


Sue ---found no posts from Google Groups


I have no idea, nor am I overly concerned with that and neither was the
rest of the committee.

As you should know, it gets increasingly more difficult to get TA's
that will bid at all on the GGC's because of the flame level that
exists primarily here. When we posted for TA's to bid, she was one of
them.

Thanks for asking....

Lloyd
  #8  
Old May 31st, 2004, 04:07 PM
Lloyd Parsons
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Default GGC2005 - Pre-Vote Announcement!!!

In article , Lloyd Parsons
wrote:

In article , Sue Keenan
wrote:

Lloyd Parsons wrote:
Woo Hoo! Did we get some nice bids in. And your ggc2005 committee has
been hard at work to decide what to put up for bid.

We got very nice responses from 4 Travel Agents, here they are (in no
particular order)
Karen Wheelock of WorldTravel Services of Tulsa, OK.
Cal Ford who we all know from here
John Szeto who has been trying forever it seems.
Peter Berlin who everyone also knows.

We've got selection out the wazoo this year!

You want a Western Caribbean? We got 'em, in more than one flavor
How about a West Coast? It is there too
New ships? Yep, got 'em

Great selection from a bunch of excellent TA's.

Voting will commence as soon as the website is updated to show the bids
selected for the vote. At that time we will also post the rules of
voting and how the results will be used if something doesn't pop up as
the hands-down favorite.

So keep watching www.ggc2005.com for the news!

Lloyd

Tropicale 2000
Sensation GGC2002
Golden Princess GGC2003
Radiance of the Seas GGC2004
Celebrity Millenium GLC2005


So how many times has Karen Wheelock posted on rtc?


Sue ---found no posts from Google Groups


I have no idea, nor am I overly concerned with that and neither was the
rest of the committee.

As you should know, it gets increasingly more difficult to get TA's
that will bid at all on the GGC's because of the flame level that
exists primarily here. When we posted for TA's to bid, she was one of
them.

Thanks for asking....

Lloyd


I got to thinking and maybe that answer is too short. Let me expand on
it.

When the committee was being formed and discussions started within the
committee, as well as the postings I made here about TA interest, the
responses were underwhelming to say the least. We felt that all too
many of the TA's that are here all the time would not bid, and we were
almost right.

I literally only knew of 2 TA's that would bid when I called for bids.
I had been on the phone to a number of TA's from RTC to try to recruit
them and had received not very encouraging conversations. I will not
say who I called, nor will I say what was discussed. But the
conversations led me and the committee to believe that the responses
would be minimal at best.

So we took the TA's that responded to the call for bids, and I thank
them for their responses and the hard work it took to do those bids in
the face of knowing that whoever wins (and maybe even doesn't win) will
take some flak from some here that get their jollies bitching.

All of that said, the bids that will be posted for voting are the ones
that are available for a GGC this coming year. We think they are
excellent bids, with a broad selection, much broader than in the past.
Soon it will be up to you as voters to decide which of these bids you
want. They will be identified as to who submitted so if that is a big
deal to you, you can factor that in.

Lloyd
  #9  
Old May 31st, 2004, 04:36 PM
Sue Keenan
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Default GGC2005 - Pre-Vote Announcement!!!

Lloyd Parsons wrote:
In article , Lloyd Parsons
wrote:


In article , Sue Keenan
wrote:


Lloyd Parsons wrote:

Woo Hoo! Did we get some nice bids in. And your ggc2005 committee has
been hard at work to decide what to put up for bid.

We got very nice responses from 4 Travel Agents, here they are (in no
particular order)
Karen Wheelock of WorldTravel Services of Tulsa, OK.
Cal Ford who we all know from here
John Szeto who has been trying forever it seems.
Peter Berlin who everyone also knows.

We've got selection out the wazoo this year!

You want a Western Caribbean? We got 'em, in more than one flavor
How about a West Coast? It is there too
New ships? Yep, got 'em

Great selection from a bunch of excellent TA's.

Voting will commence as soon as the website is updated to show the bids
selected for the vote. At that time we will also post the rules of
voting and how the results will be used if something doesn't pop up as
the hands-down favorite.

So keep watching www.ggc2005.com for the news!

Lloyd

Tropicale 2000
Sensation GGC2002
Golden Princess GGC2003
Radiance of the Seas GGC2004
Celebrity Millenium GLC2005

So how many times has Karen Wheelock posted on rtc?


Sue ---found no posts from Google Groups


I have no idea, nor am I overly concerned with that and neither was the
rest of the committee.

As you should know, it gets increasingly more difficult to get TA's
that will bid at all on the GGC's because of the flame level that
exists primarily here. When we posted for TA's to bid, she was one of
them.

Thanks for asking....

Lloyd



I got to thinking and maybe that answer is too short. Let me expand on
it.

When the committee was being formed and discussions started within the
committee, as well as the postings I made here about TA interest, the
responses were underwhelming to say the least. We felt that all too
many of the TA's that are here all the time would not bid, and we were
almost right.

I literally only knew of 2 TA's that would bid when I called for bids.
I had been on the phone to a number of TA's from RTC to try to recruit
them and had received not very encouraging conversations. I will not
say who I called, nor will I say what was discussed. But the
conversations led me and the committee to believe that the responses
would be minimal at best.

So we took the TA's that responded to the call for bids, and I thank
them for their responses and the hard work it took to do those bids in
the face of knowing that whoever wins (and maybe even doesn't win) will
take some flak from some here that get their jollies bitching.

All of that said, the bids that will be posted for voting are the ones
that are available for a GGC this coming year. We think they are
excellent bids, with a broad selection, much broader than in the past.
Soon it will be up to you as voters to decide which of these bids you
want. They will be identified as to who submitted so if that is a big
deal to you, you can factor that in.

Lloyd


I'm sure there are a lot of TAs that read rtc and don't post, but if
they didn't know the requirements had changed, how would they know to
ask for a rfb?

I don't recall seeing a post from you saying you lifted the following
requirements?

1. Be a participating member in RTC
2. Be a full-time travel agent
3. Be owner, principal or can get permission to commit the agency to a
contract.

Sue
  #10  
Old May 31st, 2004, 04:53 PM
Sue and Kevin Mullen
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Default GGC2005 - Pre-Vote Announcement!!!



Lloyd Parsons wrote:

In article , Sue and Kevin Mullen
wrote:


Lloyd Parsons wrote:


We've got selection out the wazoo this year!

You want a Western Caribbean? We got 'em, in more than one flavor
How about a West Coast? It is there too
New ships? Yep, got 'em

Great selection from a bunch of excellent TA's.

Voting will commence as soon as the website is updated to show the bids
selected for the vote. At that time we will also post the rules of
voting and how the results will be used if something doesn't pop up as
the hands-down favorite.

So keep watching www.ggc2005.com for the news!


Hi Lloyd,

Can you tell us what the bids are or do we really have to wait for the
websie to be updated??

sue - who is impatient!


Well, it is time to learn some patience! G


I will try very hard(grin).

sue

 




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