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[lama]

Pete, to answer your question,
Check the Division List on the website.
It is under Membership Services and Clare is head of the committee
http://www.abana.org.cnchost.com/business/division_chart.shtml
non profit does not mean no income and to repete what Jack Andrews says,
"One of the problems with that the ABANA video library has faced is the
constant need to make new tapes after they are damaged. The master
tapes are not circulated. This happens as a result of heavy use and
being bounced around by the USPS. Normal use is about 6 to 10 times, so
you can see that the expense is in making new tapes.
DVD's next?
jack andrews"

Are you in California? How does the California group do it? What does it
cost there?
You are welcome to join my local group LAMA http://lametalsmiths.org/news/
and rent our videos. We have over 80 to choose from. Many of the affilliates
have
very good video libraries.
dave mudge

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk@thegrid.net>
> It seems to me, from way out here on the far left coast, that the prices
> ABANA charges to rent videos was excessive for a non-profit whose main
> goal is education. The , um, associates are able to do it for much less.
> What am I missing here?
> I hear it's a good time to buy Southern Calif foothill property... lots
> of free charcoal  and annealed rebar too.
>  sweating out the fire season.......Pete F
>
> lama wrote:
> >Gee Scott I don't know the answer to that one as I don't run the
> >video library. ABANA is a big outfit with a pretty good budget.
> >I would imagine that we have the best quality videos available
> >but since I haven't personally rented any, I can't tell you for sure.
> >Guess you'll have to rent some and let us know if the quality of
> >the tape is worth the price of the rental.
> >Dave Mudge
> >
>> >>>the meantime, the video library is alive and well at the address
above.
> >>>dave mudge

> >>         Are all of the videos originals and in good shape?  Most
> >libraries
> >>that I've seen have 3rd or 4th gen copies that you can barely see and
hear
> >>less over the scritching...
> >>Scott