[TheForge] ABANA Invitation to Bid

[Dave Mudge]

INVITATION TO BID

Artist-Blacksmith's Association of North America, Inc.
ABANA



Is soliciting bids from interested concerns and individuals for a



2007 / 2008 CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATION



This is a one-year service contract, subject to performance review and
possible extension. Bids will be accepted until 6:00 p.m. EST.,
January 15, 2007.



Knowledge of blacksmithing skills and terms is highly desirable for
this position. ABANA is a non-profit, educational, equal-opportunity
corporation established to encourage and facilitate the training of
blacksmiths and to expose the art of blacksmithing to the general
public. There are three separate 1-year service contracts up for bid:



Webmaster – maintain and update existing ABANA website (www.abana.org)
This position requires approximately 6-8 hours / week.



Central Office Administrator – telephone support and administrative
duties in support of the organization, as well as maintaining the
ABANA membership database. This position requires at least 30 hours
per week and many times requires full-time effort.



Conference Coordinator – is the primary point of contact and
organization in support of ABANA's biennial conference. This is a
two-year contract. Off years (2007) require approximately 25 hours of
focused effort each week. Conference years (2008) require full-time
work including long-working hours during the actual conference (June
25 – 28, 2008). The conference coordinator will also be required to
spend approximately 2 full weeks at the conference site and will
include time both before and after the conference.



ABANA views the Conference Coordinator and Central Office
Administrator as two separate positions, consequently please do not
submit proposals that contemplate combining the positions.  However,
the Webmaster position can probably be combined with one of the
positions if desired by the applicant.



The employee hired to fill the Central Office Administrator position
shall provide to the ABANA Secretary reports such as; bi-weekly goals
and projects list, time studies, and supplies expense reports. The
employee shall be paid a monthly salary on the last working day of
every month by the ABANA Treasurer. To receive a detailed job
description of all duties and functions required for these positions,
please contact:







Eric A. Ryser

ABANA Secretary

510 Thurston

Manhattan, KS 66502

redbeans21 at hotmail.com

Subject: ABANA Bids