[TheForge] ABANA Dilema

[Rome Hutchings]

4,370 was the membership level as of June 2007.  If you readjust
the income, it is almost a break-even operation.  The Mag's are
contracted, so it's most likely "Fixed Fee", meaning if the membership
numbers go up or down, the Ring and the Blow still cost the same
to produce.

As for the value in ABANA membership, it's a good deal just for
the two publications.  I subscribe to one publication for $70 per
year, and I can't apply for a scholarship from them, or find a local
group to visit when I'm traveling.

There's lots of positive reasons for renewing your ABANA membership
if you think about it.

The cost of the two ABANA publications is the single largest budget item
as you have seen here on the Forge from Ries.....he may be correct, but
the 2007 Budget says $189,195 for publications.  That's still a lot of pie
any way you slice it.

Rome H. Hutchings
The Prairie Forge
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Clearwater, MN 55320
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "dan tull" <dantull at numail.org>
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Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] ABANA Dilema


> 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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