[TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 189, Issue 8

[Rob Fertner]

I've been told that the Center for Metal Arts in Johnstown are not currently
members of ABANA. If so, then they can't do anything about the trailer.
It's up to the Board to authorize opening of the trailer. Apparently, they
have a board meeting late October and that's when they will open the
trailer.
The Board will have to vote to authorize someone to open the trailer before
their next meeting if we want to do it sooner. Unless there is some
overwhelming push from the membership, I don't see it happening any time
soon. 
It's frustrating not to know for sure if the collection is in there. I hope
so.

Rob
Wichita, KS

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Sent: Friday, September 11, 2020 2:56 PM
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Am I being exceptionally astute here or dense?  You have a ABANA member in
Johnstown who runs a school there for blacksmithing and is probably
responsible for getting ABANA to make Johnstown,Pa the center of the
blacksmithing universe.

How hard would it be to have him go to the trailer (which has to be within a
mile radius from the Bethlehem Blacksmith Shop), take some of his smithing
tools, cut the lock, see if the box is in there, then put another lock on it
- maybe one with two keys.  This isn't that hard and is causing a lot of
angst with some of our members, which after the past two recent debacles, we
should be avoiding like the existing plague...

Did you note that there aren't a lot of emails following this missive?