SOME OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS I BELONG TO HAVE A CONFRENCE/GATHERING ONCE A YEAR. IT IS HELD IN DIFFERENT PLACES EACH YEAR AND HAS DIFFERENT SPEAKERS AND SUBJECTS EACH YEAR AND SOMETIMES THE FOCUS IS ON SOME SPECIFIC ITEMS.
PERHAPS IF ORIENTAL ARMS ATTENDS SOME OTHER SHOWS EVERY YEAR SOMETHING COULD BE WORKED OUT AROUND THAT.
AS MENTIONED THE LOUIVILLE SHOW IS A GOOD ONE AND HAS MORE OF WHAT WE COLLECT THAN THE SHOWS IN TULSA OKLAHOMA EVEN THOUGH TULSA IS A BIGGER SHOW. ANOTHER POSSIBILITY IS THE BIG ETHINOGRAPHIC SHOWS IN AUGUST IN SANTA FE NEW MEXICO THERE IS A LOT TO INTEREST OUR GROUP THERE AS WELL. THE BALTIMORE SHOW IS STILL VERY GOOD AND THE AUCTION DOES GIVE US MORE ITEMS TO LOOK AT AND POSSIBLY BUY SO IS ACTUALLY A PLUS. I HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE AUCTION SO DON'T KNOW IF IT IS DONE WITH AN AUCTIONEER OR IS PERHAPS A SILENT AUCTION. I THINK SOMETHING CAN BE WORKED,OUT OF BENEFIT TO BOTH WITH A LITTLE FINE TUNING. A SILENT AUCTION THAT ENDS AFTER THE CONFRENCE WOULD BE ONE POSSIBLE SOLUTION AND THE BREAKS DURING THE CONFRENCE IS ANOTHER IDEA THAT MAKES SENSE.
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