Subject: Announcing the New Jersey Blacksmith Association

From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 10:23 -0500 (EST)

It is my pleasure to announce the formation of the New Jersey Blacksmith 
Association.  Members of the Allaire Village Blacksmith Guild met at a shop 
cleanup/fixup on Sunday and twelve of us (including six ABANA members) reviewed 
the bylaws, paid initial dues of $5, and elected a board of five directors.

I want to thank all the correspondents of TheForge for all their assistance and 
encouragement in this endeavor over the past few months.

Our next effort will be to apply to ABANA for status as the New Jersey chapter. 
I plan to do so officially as soon as time permits.  (If anyone out there has 
instructions, advice or encouragement, please respond.  We'd kinda like to be a 
chapter in time for Alfred!)

We are seeking more members from in and around New Jersey, and are especially 
interested in people who would like to serve on the board.  If interested, 
please send your initial dues $5 to Bruce Freeman, 222 Laurel Pl., Neptune, NJ  
07753.  (You will receive a receipt by return mail.  Please note that these are 
"initial" dues, not annual dues.  Initial dues are applicable to the annual 
dues, which have not yet been set by the board.  We plan to keep them moderate, 
but haven't assessed our needs yet.)

Bruce Freeman
Acting Chairman
NJBA