[TheForge] ABANA Election Results

[Chuck Robinson]

Hey Ralph,
I believe the 40 comped positions were a well kept secret, doled out by the
ABANA board or possibly by the conference directors.
How did you hear about it?
 I'm the GCBA ABANA affiliate liaison and was never notified of their
existence.
I only became aware of a perk when I read in the LAMAGRAM that  3 LAMA
members were receiving free entrance to the Richmond conference in exchange
for assisting the demonstrators.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Sproul" <brhlbsmt at mcttelecom.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] ABANA Election Results


> Ron,  You say it's to expensive as a volunteer, but were you aware that
> there are about 40 comped positions for a conference?
>
> ABANA needs folks to run the set up crew including a manager, 3 welders, 3
> riggers, 3 forklift drivers, and then there are the site crews with
usually
> three volunteers each to cater the demo sites and demonstrators needs, and
> then the gallery crew has comped positions, and some other positions are
> comped as well.
>
> By comped I mean, room, meals, and tuition to the conference.  Many of the
> guys I worked with on the crew had signed on in LaCrosse.  They are
retired
> and liked the idea of donating their time to the cause........and being
able
> to go to the conference by ride sharing.  It was a riot to see the four
guys
> from Minnesota show up in Monty Bygd's Suburban .......jump out and
> go......"we're here - what can we do!"  There meals, rooms and ticket to
the
> conference were paid for the week they donated, and they did some serioius
> work.........but they also had some serious fun!
>
> When you have a talent like welding or rigging of equipment into place, or
> the ability to safely operate a forklift -  your skills are needed and you
> can go to the conference with some of it paid, in swap for your hard work.
> I found it to be very worth the time, but I've done it twice and might jus
t
> come as a spectator next time (where there is such an active crew in the
> Northwest area).
>
> Ralph
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "rw" <rw at itech.net>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 10:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] ABANA Election Results
>
>
> > Ralph, I'm inspired by your response.  Your points seem valid to me.  It
> > also says a lot about the human condition.  Most folks do not know what
> they
> > "really" need.
> > However, I have attended only one ABANA conference (Alfred, NY in I
> believe
> > 1978) as a spectator.  Why?  Too expensive for me.  It would still be
too
> > expensive as a volunteer.  I wish it were different.
> > Ron
> >
> >
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