Artist Blacksmith's Association of North America
Artist Blacksmith's Association of North America
2009 Annual Board of Directors Meeting Notice
at the National Ornamental Metal Museum on December 3rd through the 5th.
374 Metal Museum Drive, Memphis, TN

Dear:  :
 
Greetings from ABANA!  This is a courtesy notice for the 2009 Regular Annual
Board of Directors Meeting.  The 2009 Regular Annual Board of Directors Meeting
will take place at the National Ornamental Metal Museum on December 3rd
through the 5th.  Location: 374 Metal Museum Drive, Memphis, TN 38106-1514.

The Regular Annual Board of Directors meeting schedule times as follows:

Thursday December 3rd starting at 6pm end at 8pm - Preliminary Business Only
Friday December 4th starting at 8am, Lunch Break, Dinner Break end at 8pm
Saturday December 5th starting at 8am, Lunch Break, Dinner Break end at 8pm

All ABANA Members are welcome!  Please contact our Central Office or any
Board Member if you are planning to attend.  If you have comments and/or any
suggestions you want the Board of Directors to know about, please contact our
Central Office or any Board Member.  Email addresses, phone numbers and
street addresses for your Board of Directors can be found on the ABANA web
site or by contacting our Central Office.

Respectfully Submitted:
Peyton Anderson
ABANA Secretary

If this message has reached you in error please accept my apology!

The new ABANA Board members will be installed at that time, please welcome
new Board Members Steve Williamson, Valerie Ostenak and returning Board
Members Doug Kluender, Peyton Anderson and Jack Parks.

The 2009 Board of Directors will continue it's focus on the 2010 Conference in
Memphis, Tennesse.  The site has been secured and the list of demonstrators has
been completed.  There will be our Gallery, the teaching stations, Ring Project, great
demonstrators, fellowship and fun for all.

Also noteworthy is our expansion of the Members Only Discount Program through
our advertisers.   You can get 5% and 10% or even more off of the products you
already purchase.  Below is a list and the link to the ABANA Website location where
you can find out more about this great benefit of membership.
 
Here are the links on the ABANA Website where you can get full details on how
these great programs work  Click Here for Grainger and Click Here for all other
Vendors.

ABANA Central Office
Phone:  703.680-1632
Fax:  703.680-6222
abana@abana.org

If you have not visited the ABANA Website lately, be sure to checkout some
of the latest news on the home page.  You might want to check out the latest
Constant Contact News in the ABANA Archives, Click Here to View

You don't want to miss out on the ABANA 2010 Conference! We have set
up a Blog to post conference information on, so stay tuned by checking the
ABANA Blog from time to time
Quick Links...
On behalf of ABANA, we thank you for your
continued support of ABANA's mission to
further educational opportunities for blacksmiths
and share this information with all who are interested

 
Sincerely,
Rome Hutchings
Rome H. Hutchings, Member Services Chair