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[Demon Buddha]

Mike Linn wrote:
> 
> I want to place my dibs now.... Id like to have the collection for display
> at the Alabama Iron and Steel Museum at Tannehill State Park in conjunction
> with our September Conference. If possible Id like to display it during the
> Month of September in the museum. I guess Rob is the "manager" of the
> effort, but as a contributor I want to get my request in early.
> 
> Mike

	Mike et al,

	This is precisely the reason why we brought up the idea of
	having the collection travel for at least part of the year
	for at least the next few years.  If it has its home in
	the Ornamental Iron Museum, or wherever, it should be 
	available to make the rounds to other locations, including
	perhaps some Chapter events, for the other six months.

	It it remains on one place, far fewer people will be able
	to see it.  I would certainly like more smiths to be able
	to get a gander at it, if nothing else, but ideally making
	it more widely available to the general public would be the
	way to go.  I'm open to all ideas on this because I don't 
	know squat about how these things work with museums and who
	would pay the shipping, how the items would be crated, what
	sort of insurance for damage, loss, theft, etc. should be
	secured.  There are a bunch of questions that need to be
	addressed as we make arrangements for the collection's future.

	I see no reason why there cannot be a mechanism for either a
	museum or an ABANA chapter to request a specific time slot
	for getting the collection.  I suppose it can be first come,
	first served, and if there is a conflict, let the conflicting
	organizations contact one another and work it out between them.
	Such scheduling conflicts could serve well as an excuse for
	otherwise unfamiliar chapters to get to know one another a
	wee bit.  One can never know what might arise out of even a
	single telephone conversation. :)

	Best wishes.

	-Andy