[TheForge] ABANA Dilema

[robert hensarling]

I really like the Journal  (especially since they lost the woodworking 
part).  That being said, I also like the Anvils Ring, and the Hammers blow 
as I take all three of these publications.  I have confidence that ABANA 
will get on the right track and sort through the issues that are seemingly 
holding it back from getting it's feet back on the ground.  I sure hope they 
do anyway, especially after all the years that both pubs have put into this 
thing.
Robert Hensarling
Uvalde, Tx
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Scheid" <damales at Pollybutte.net>
To: "'Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 2:18 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] ABANA Dilema


>
> I gave up and started sending my $45 a year to Blacksmith journal I get 
> more
> for my needs. This list is great and hard to replace and paided for by
> ABANA.  So,  I suppose I'm a bit of a hypocrite but for the most part with
> the lost of the conference I've become more detached
> Dan Scheid
> /
> Makes you wonder. Doesn't it.
>
>
> I've been a member of ABANA since 1981.  I got my
> ABANA membership renewal in the mail the other day,
> $55 for the coming year.  I like reading the Hammer's
> Blow.  The Anvil's ring has gotten a bit too artsy for
> my taste, and it's hard to find the articles cause of
> all the advertisements.  But anyway, I was weighing
> whether I wanted to renew or not.  I was thinking $55
> a year is a lot for two quarterly publications.  Then
> it occurred to me that ABANA doesn't do conferences
> anymore.  The ABANA web-site is basically unchanged
> for the last few years.  Then I started thinking about
> the numbers, 5000 people spending $55 a year, that's
> $275,000.  Wow, that's a lot to publish two quarterly
> journals.  Then a friend of mine pointed out to me
> that the Anvil's Ring has ad revenue as well.  Where
> does all that money go anyway?
>
>
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