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[Bruce Freeman]

Well, I can't agree that it's an east COAST organization.  The 2008
conference was supposed to be on (or near) the east coast and it was
the first in history that was cancelled.  The subsequent conference
was 950 mi. from the east coast - half that distance from the gulf
coast, an 18 hr drive by superhighway from me.

I dropped out of ABANA after attending the 1998 conference.  By any
reckoning, the local conferences were a better deal.  Less travel &
expense.  Lower admission fee.  Fewer things going on so you can see a
greater percentage of them.  Local tailgating with lower  travel
expenses and hence charges (often, not always).



On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:35 PM, peter fels & phoebe palmer
<artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
>
> Just to stir up some sand.......
>
> I can't help but feel that ABANA
> is primarily an east coast organization.
> Most of the conferences are too far away to economically attend, for
> those of us on the left coast.
> Most of the ABANA workshops etc are on the east coast.
> The Anvil's Ring sorta feels like it comes from another country.
> The organization has become so large as to have become an institution
> with all of the baggage that implies..
> Sure, efforts to include us are evident...but......
> Perhaps it should be split?
>
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Bruce
NJ