[TheForge] "Official" news from ABANA N+1

[Larry Brown]

Unfortunately, in the NY metro area which New Paltz is close to, it costs a 
lot of money for anything. For those of us who live here it is a way of 
life and the salaries are larger also. I went to the conference in Kentucky 
and it wasn't exactly cheap or the stores and restaurants in the area also. 
There is a lot to see ironwork wise in the NYC area. It had to potential 
for being a great conference with the ability to draw a lot of people in 
the metalworking fields from the New York area that wouldn't ordinarily 
come to an ABANA conference.
Larry Brown


At 11:12 PM 2/20/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>It's one of the many details of behind the scenes that one doesn't
>realize until one becomes part of the machine. OR,,,,,, ask some
>questions like 'how is a site chosen?'
>Someone like a rep from an Affiliate makes a proposal at the ABANA
>board meeting to host a conference. If several affiliates make a bid,
>then we have to investigate the merits of each. In the case of 2008,
>only the NEB made a proposal and a GREAT proposal it was. They had put
>together a very nice package.
>dave m
>
>On 2/20/07, Saint Phlip <phlip at 99main.com> wrote:
>>OK, after all these limitations, listed below, why the bloody blue
>>blazes did you want to do the conference at New Paltz? Are you guys
>>going out of your ways to find reasons to fail?
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