Subject: A New ABANA Chapter

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 96 15:58:20 PST

A friend of mine and fellow UMBA member, Phil Burchnell, has recently 
moved to LaPorte, IN.  This past week he got together with a bunch of 
fellow Blacksmithing enthusiasts in the area and they decided to start a 
new ABANA Chapter.  The current working name is the "Michiana" Chapter of 
ABANA and their reason for wanting to form a new chapter is one of 
geographical location. It seems that the events of the IBA and the 
Michigan Chapter are too far away (3 hours or more) to convienently 
attend.
    So, he asked me to inquire what the steps are to actually form an 
ABANA chapter.  They have a place to meet (LaPorte's faire grounds 
evidentally have a blacksmith's shop and the county is already favorable 
to allowing them to host meetings there) and have selected some board 
members.  What he would like to find out is what the legal steps are or 
where they can get that information.  Is there someplace they can write 
to or someone they can call?
    Unfortunately he is not on line so I am acting as an intermediary for 
him and will forward whatever responses I receive to him.

Thank You All, in Advance!!

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Name: Franklyn D. Garland        A Hobby Is Hard work
E-mail: [email-masked]          You wouldn't Do For
Date: 01/14/96                     A Living.
Time: 15:58:20

http://www.mcs.net/~frnklyn/
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From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 21:46:16 -0500

>attend.......

I belong to the IBA and live in the north part of the state.  I seem to
recall some people talking about starting a northern group that would meet
alternating with hammer-ins with the southern section.  If you're interested
you might check with Paul Moffet.  Whichever way it goes I would be interested.

Mark Thomas

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From: [email-masked] (Clay Spencer)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 00:00:41 -0600

>to or someone they can call?

Contact the ABANA Office at PO Box 206, Washington, Mo 63090, 314-390-2133
or Compuserve 72603,3540.
John Pollins, III, is Committee Chairman. [email-masked]
The requirements are:
1. Identify at least 5 current ABANA Members who are in the group.
2. List your group members(name, address, phone) on a roster with ABANA
members noted.
3. Pick a name and list it as you would like it to appear on the ABANA
Chapter listing.
4. Elect and list your group's officers, i.e. President, 1st Vicepresident,
Secretary, Treasurer and Newsletter Editor if you have one.
5. Draw up a set of By-Laws and send copy to the ABANA Office.

After you have this, send a letter petitioning for chapter status.

We highly recommend incorporation as a non profit organization and getting
your status approved by the IRS.

Personally, I recommend a group such as this explore the possibilities of
becoming a subgroup of one of the existing chapters. They could be members
of Indiana BA or Michigan  ABA  and have meetings at their local area.
Tha Alabama Forge Council has a central organization with 12 local forges
who meet at their local area. We have one newsletter, one conference and a
blade symposium and we give about 15 scholarships each year.

Clay