SC - Fw: American Mead Association: Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes

[R.A. Kappler II]

Forwarded with Regards, Puck



>To all lovers and makers of mead:
>The American Mead Association is making a comeback! The organization, in
>disarray since the untimely and tragic death of its president and
>driving force, Susanne Price, in January of 1996, is being brought back
>to life by a group of meadlovers and meadmakers.
>Due to some rather sticky financial goo created after Susanne's death,
>the AMA as we knew it previously will be officially and legally
>dissolved, and a new organization with a new name will be created in the
>next few weeks. (Have to go through the legal stuff before we can get to
>the things we all know and love!!!)
>
>The new board of directors of the as-yet unnamed organization consists
>of:
>Andrew LaMorte, President
>Sarah Wanless, Vice President
>John Bates, Secretary;
>
>Plans for the immediate future include:
>
>1. Revival of the "Ambrosia Adventure" mead-only competition.
>2. Creation of a website / contact point, with message forums and / or
>chat rooms for meadmakers and drinkers, and dissemination of mead
>information of all kinds.
>3. Restoration, as much as possible, of the original AMA's mailing list,
>which disappeared in the shuffle following Susanne's death.
>4. Honey Analysis and Sales: We'd like to revive the "American
>Meadmaker" line of raw unfiltered honeys. Some testing will need to be
>done on each individual honey, of course. This will take some time.
>
>In order to accomplish the above, we need help in several areas:
>1. Please send us your address (including email) so we can keep in
>contact with you and let you know as things develop. If you've received
>this email directly from us, (not forwarded to you) we have some info
>regarding contact with you. If you have not sent us your physical
>address recently, we don't have it! If this email was forwarded to you,
>please send email to <highlander at csn.net> indicating your interest with
>pertinent info.
>2. Please forward this email to anyone you know who was a member of the
>old AMA, or who has an interest in mead. This way we can build a
>database of former and prospective members. There are currently only
>about 50 people on our list, so we know we're missing a lot more of the
>old members than we have!
>3. Website design and hosting: We've had a couple of offers for website
>design. Thank you very much to those who've offered, we'll be contacting
>you individually in the near future to iron out details. If anyone can
>offer, or knows of, free or very inexpensive website hosting, please let
>us know!!!
>4. Logo Design: If any graphic artists out there would like to design a
>logo for the new organization, please contact us!
>
>
>
>In addition to the Association re-forming, a new mead publication will
>be brought into existence. A monthly magazine dedicated to meadmaking,
>mead drinking, and all things "meady" is in its formative state. If you
>or someone you know would like to contribute articles or other
>information to the magazine, please let us know! The first edition of
>the as-yet unnamed magazine is slated for publication in April.
>Anyone interested in the magazine please send us your name and
>(physical) address!!! The first three issues will be sent to you free of
>charge. After you've had a chance to look at three issues, you can
>subscribe if you like it.
>
>
>Please forgive the impersonal nature of this bulk email response.
>However, we thought it was best to get a "mass confirmation" out
>quickly. We will reply individually to each of you who have asked for
>info or offered assistance when time permits. It takes some time to
>respond to 60 emails coherently!
>
>Those of you who have sent your addresses, phone #'s etc. will be added
>to our fledgling database. If you haven't given us your address, please
>do so!
>
>More concrete information will be forthcoming in the next week or so -
>thanks for your patience. It's a bit difficult to get all the people
>together who are trying to run this thing , since we all actually have
>jobs and other inconveniences getting in the way.
>
>Look for more info in your email box soon!
>
>Wassail and Thanks!
>
>Andrew LaMorte, for the new Association
>Keith Wanless, for the new publication!
>
>
>

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