[TheForge] ABANA

[Demon Buddha]

Ralph wrote:
> Well,
> Speaking as an displeased reader. I much prefered the content of the Pub
> when Mr McCarty was doing it. It seemed that he had more North American
> smith content than currently. I am somewhat tired of Asian and European
> smiths being showcased primarily.
> We are after all ABANA which last time I looked meant NORTH AMERICA. I know
> there are plenty of good talent here in teh US of A and Canada and Mexico.
> Ralph

PS: I think Jim did an excellent job on the Ring and am not sure why the
board saw fit to fix something that was not broken.  Saving $25K is not
necessarily an appropriate justification for an entity such as ABANA. 
It
is a NON-PROFIT organization and should be run as such.  The $25
reasoning
has a flavor suspiciously reminiscent of that of a for-profit board
room,
and if by any wild chance the board slowly begins adopting for-profit
motivations and strategies to this entity, ABANA will come to perdition.
You CANNOT successfully run as nonprofit entity by for-profit
strategies.
The board could be doing this without even being aware of the error,
thinking they are being helpful when in fact they are inadvertently
ringing the death knell.  Just a thought.