[TheForge] Re: Seattle Board Meeting Minutes Posted

Wed Dec 26 03:32:01 2001

At 10:45 PM 12/25/01, you wrote:

I didn't go to Flagstaff Dave, though i would have liked to!
It was simply too expensive for me.

>Peter, thanks for your input. I like your suggestions and like you said,
>you'll end up having to do them. Well, at least do a little research on
>how an idea would work then submit your idea to the "Membership
>Services Committee", (as quoted from the ABANA web site)
>............................................................................
>..............................
>Membership Services: Develops, implements, and oversees beneficial
>programs that are educational in nature or provide needed resources
>identified as services for ABANA's individual members.
>  Chairman: Bob Fredell [email protected]
>Members:Bob Jacoby, Murray Lowe, Charlie Bateman*, Dave Feterl*,
>Mary Fredell*, Dave Mariette*, John Moriarty*
>............................................................................
>...............................
>I haven't heard of that kind of insurance, but it sure sounds interesting.
>You'll have to ask Brian Gilbert about it, but I don't think that anyone
>will ever get paid for writing. Who determines the value? What about
>copyright issues? etc.... and it's not in the budget. I like the idea of
>having more events out west (did you go to Flagstaff?) and the board
>meeting was in Seattle last November. I think that ABANA only has
>one big event every other year, we (ABANA) needs a proposal from
>someone willing to host a conference out west.
>dave m.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Peter Fels and Phoebe Palmer <[email protected]>
>
>
> > At 10:53 PM 12/24/01, you wrote:
> > Yes...I'm easily confused...my native cynicism abandoned me...sorry.
> > I'd assumed than the cost of insurance covering  the board  from the
> > chapter "fallout" was significant...wrong.
> > " Of real value"
> > Oh , it's easy to make proposals like a shop and health insurance Pool
>that
> > was non profit , for the members...and
> > say , paying writers for articles so as to raise the number and level of
> > hammer's blow contributions.....or , Hiring someone like
> > Jock Demsey to make the web-site something other than pretty...and ,
>having
> > more ABANA events out west  for the members here...
> > But I wouldn't propose things like that, because I know darn well that if
>I
> > do, I'll end up having to do them.
> > Perhaps when my wife has a house....There will be time.
> > I want to strongly state that I realize that ABANA is powered by volunteer
> > efforts,
> > and that  I'm grateful for the huge number of hours you folks put in,
> > and the kvetching you put up with.
> > Pete Fels
> >
> >
>
>
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