[TheForge] Blacksmithing classes

[Andrew Vida]

Daniel Crowther wrote:
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> Yes, I've seen that.  What I was hoping for was a listing of individuals
> giving instruction.

	So basically you are looking for an online course catalog.
	Nice idea, but there are a few questions.  For instance,
	who administers this catalog?  ABANA?  Fine by me but I
	guess then the question of how it gets paid for arises.
	Subsumed by member dues?  Given what I have seen happen in
	the past regarding the ways in which ABANA spends its money,
	I'm not sure that avenue would be met with universal
	acceptance, but I may be wrong.

	One thing ABANA could do, but again how is it paid for, is
	to have schools register with them, perhaps pay a small
	annual fee, and build in a mechanism by which they can
	either build their own catalog pages on the ABANA site
	or simply transfer the data there where they would be taken 
	into a database that in turn could be searched by prospective
	students.  This way, the costs are borne by the schools
	and would be minimal, would provide smiths with a central
	search point and schools with a central marketing point.

	We could get even fancier, but I'll not rube it up unless
	it's called for.
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