[TheForge] [NEBList] Atlantic Coast Blacksmith Conference (Ashoken, NY)

[Saint Phlip]

Which NEB? New England, or North East ;-)

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 7:34 AM,  <PlumDon at aol.com> wrote:
>
> To: NEB-Directors at yahoogroups.com
> CC:  NEBList at yahoogroups.com
> From: obostrom at cox.net
> Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008  16:43:52 -0500
> Subject: [NEBList] Atlantic Coast Blacksmith Conference  (Ashoken, NY)
>
> All,
> NEB participated in or actually  was a leading partner in the Atlantic Coast
> Blacksmith Conference (ACBC) in  September.  NEB had agreed to put up as much
> as $2500 advance money to help  get it going and with that we got a voice in
> how it would be done.  Myself  and the BOD provided guidance to our ACBC
> representatives, Ralph Sproul and Bob  Compton, and they did a wonderful job of
> carrying the message and helping to  guide the group overall.  There were many
> lessons learned.  It was  interesting for me to note that the huge experience
> that NEB has gained by  putting on two major events a year was a critical factor
> in guiding the planning  and toning down of some participants grandiose
> expectations by interjecting some  sense of reality.  The conference was a smashing
> success.  I was there  and enjoyed the show, the camaraderie, and yup, even
> the work when  required.
> Ralph and Bob did NEB a great service by  being great representatives, and
> NEB participants did us all well by being a  large component of those who
> attended and helped on site with the chores that  needed doing.
> There was another side to the event which  was the money side.  There were
> ultimately three groups that equally  pre-funded the event.  We all ended up
> putting up $1500 as that was all  that was needed up front.  The conference went
> well enough that after all  costs, taxes, etc were resolved, we just had our
> $1500 returned intact and  received another payment of $3500 profit over and
> above our initial  grubstake.  All three principle groups elected to leave some
> cash in the  limited liability corp. (LLC) that was formed in NY state to
> address end of the  year filing costs and to maintain the LLC status in case we
> want (and I think we  do) to have a similar event in the future.  Some of our
> start up costs  included setting up the LLC and I see no reason to do that over
> again when we  can maintain what we have established.
> So there you have  it.  Great  job.  Great meet.  Not a bad profit for the
> treasury.
> Hopefully, Fred can put this note in the  Newsletter for those who don't
> follow the e-mails.
>
> Owen  Bostrom
> President, NEB
> 15 November, 2008
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