Dear Chapter Officers and Members,

The change in chapter affiliation (Article 111-A), as addressed in the minutes of the November ABANA Board meeting posted on the website at: http://abana.org/downloads/board_meeting_seattle.pdf requires a change in the ABANA By-laws, thus a vote of the ABANA membership (Article Xl). The bylaws are being revised to address changes in the Georgia laws of incorporation and address areas to reflect how we as an organization do business now. Once the changes are made, the revised by-laws will be mailed to all ABANA members for a vote to accept the revised by-laws. After that vote has been recorded and verified, the changes will be official, including the change in chapter status. We anticipate this process to be completed by the end of April. Until that time the chapter status remains as it is now.

Once the by-laws are accepted (assuming the vote is in the positive), as noted in the proposed wording (section 1), all current chapters and former chapters (those involved in the SERBC anvil shoot) shall be as affiliates (as noted in Section 2). As noted in Section 3, all of the former chapters will be deemed to be affiliates without the need for further vote by the ABANA Board, thus requiring no actions for that designation and recognition. Changes may be required in individual chapter bylaws to address this change in relationship and other changes may be necessary in newsletters, letterhead or other related documents.

Please feel free to contact either Jerry Kagele, Bob Jacoby or myself for further explanation or clarification. Our contact information is listed on the web site at:
http://abana. org/business/the_abana_board. html

Safe and Productive Forging

Doug Learn
ABANA President
121 Pebble Woods Drive
Doylestown, PA 18901-2907
cjfdlearn@mindspring.com