[TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 189, Issue 8

[Daniel Kretchmar]

I have written to the board and they have responded.  their plans are to
see if the chest is in the trailer when they meet there in October.  I have
also offered to take possession of the chest and act as its caretaker and
shipping agent, in much the same way that Bill did.

Danr.

On Fri, Sep 11, 2020, 6:46 PM Bruce <freemab222 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why not everybody save their breath here and instead write to the ABANA
> Board, or maybe to all the Board members?  Light a fire under them.  Have
> your friends, family and neighbors do the same.
> Bruce
> NJ
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 6:17 PM Rob Fertner <rfertner at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net <theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> >
> > On
> > Behalf Of barry myers
> > Sent: Friday, September 11, 2020 2:56 PM
> > To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 189, Issue 8
> >
> > 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?
> >
> >
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