ABANA Affiliate Liaison Letter,
April 2004
We have an Art Poster Contest where anyone can vote for their favorite poster before April 25, 2004. There are some very nice ones so have a look. The winning poster will be printed and for sale at the conference and may be made into a t-shirt as well. Check them out: http://magichammer.freeservers.com/poster.htm ABANA will be awarding Certificates of Affiliation for all of the new affiliates. If your group doesn't already have one, or it has been lost, please contact LeeAnn Mitchell in the Central Office. That reminds me, I would like to welcome the Artist Blacksmiths Association of Finland and Central Minnesota Blacksmiths as our very newest affiliates. The 2004 ABANA Conference Registration can be found here: http://www.abana.org/membership/conference/index.shtml Some of the Family Programs are already filled to capacity so make your plans early. http://www.abana.org/membership/conference/family_programs.shtml We also have the Affiliate Liaison Representative E-mail list that I strongly encourage the Affiliate Representatives to join, http://www.abana.org/affiliates/index.shtml, as this list will become the basis for the Affiliate Liaison Program. I have made an image map of the USA http://magichammer.freeservers.com/abana_image_map.htm. We will be adding the map to the ABANA home page soon. The traveling blacksmith can simply 'click' on any state or international affiliate name and be shown all of the contact information for the affiliate(s) in that state. I am also trying to add a local "must see" ironwork list to each affiliate page. An example is: http://magichammer.freeservers.com/New_Folder/WV.htm Please feel free to add a link to the image map on your group's web site. There were over 160,000 power tool accidents in the USA last year that required medical attention. Take a few extra minutes to be safe!
Dave Mudge, Affiliate Liaison
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