[TheForge] ABANA membership

Tue Jul 9 12:40:00 2002

Dave,
I would love to know what metal mags you get for the cheap price.  Or are
they only newsletters?  Your ABANA membership dues barely pays for the
magazines.  The cost of producing a major mag such as the Anvils Ring is
extensive, let alone receiving the Hammers Blow to boot.
It was also brought up earlier that it would be better for people to join
NOMMA rather than ABANA.  I belong to both and the NOMMA membership is over
$200 a year and only one mag.

 Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Bendall" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 11:02 AM
Subject: [TheForge] ABANA membership

>      Look out, I just had an idea, sparked by several folks mention of
> what they feel they get by being members of ABANA- two magazines, and
> attending a conference every two years. Personally, I like the magazines
> just fine, but may not attend another conference. Therefore, my $45.00
> goes for a monthly magazine. All my other magazine subs. run $10.00 to
> $18.00 per year, with no conferences.
>      Some other organisations have different levels of memberships-
> cheapo magazine only, then the more expensive magazine plus discount on
> merchandise, and voting rights. Would it be practical for ABANA to offer
> similar levels of membership? All the apparent corruption in the ABANA
> board really irritates me, even more so when I consider that something
> like $27.00 to $35.00 of my membership fee is just wasted, unless I buy
> stuff from ABANA at a discount, and attend conferences regularly.  If I
> could just get the mags. and not foot the bill for the more questionable
> goings-on of ABANA, I'd sure prefer it.
>      Just my two cents. What do others think?
>      Dave Bendall in Phoenix
>
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