[TheForge] ABANA membership

Wed Jul 10 12:33:00 2002

Just in passing. There are normally more hobby smiths on the ABANA Board
than full time professional smiths.  In fact, to my knowledge, at the
present time there are only three full time professionals on the board.
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Tull" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] ABANA membership


> Dave
> I think you missed Mikes point. No, NOMMA does not
> have as many members as abana. NOMMA is a very professional
> organization of professionals. And run as such. abana is a club of
> hobbiest,
> dictated to by artistic professionals. That's why you had to start HB.
> The bulk
> of abana's membership is hobbiest who are trying to be inspired by AR.
> That's why the local "guild" is so important. They offer what the
> hobbiest/pro
> needs in calendars, how to's, etc. in six or twelve issues for $15 to
> $20/yr.
> Maybe abana needs to have a hobby division @ $25 / yr to cover HB.
> and a pro division @ $125 to cover cost of AR.  Pro's can write the cost
> off, and
> travel great distances to conferences, and show off their wares in the
> AR.
> The point is ...is that $45 is a burden to a lot of strugeling hobbiest
> whereas a lot of them would love to get "needed input" at a cheaper rate.
> But , maybe again, the board doesn't want those lowlifes, who have the
> ability
> to think for themselves.
>
> On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 22:54:18 -0500 "lama" <[email protected]> writes:
> >
> > Mike I think that you are missing the point.
> > The Fabricator is mostly about fabricating and NOT blacksmithing.
> > NOMMA has how many members? Certainly many times more than ABANA.
> > The point is that AR & HB are well worth the $45 / year in dues.
> > dave m
> >
>
>
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