[TheForge] ABANA membership

Thu Jul 11 00:52:04 2002

At 07:00 AM 7/10/02, you wrote:

If we are going to go that far, then us "artist" types ( this is allegedly 
an Artist Blacksmith Assn) who tend to have dismal incomes should not just 
have much lower rates for membership...but....seeing as you non-creative 
types copy our hard wrought designs and look to us for "inspiration"....you 
all ought to subsidize us !!
Now we're getting some where!!!  Grin.........Pete F

>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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