• Military Veterans who are ODBSA members
• Who are our members
  
• Old Dominion Blacksmith Associations brochure
• Application
• Why let me know if you are planning on attending an Event 
• Protocol for members/guests
• ODBSA members classification 
• Library Policies 
• 2010 & 2011 Finiancial Report 

Old Dominion Blacksmith Association
Military Veterans & One Active Duty Military Member:
        We would like to "salute" ODBSA members who served our country in the military. 
                                                Thank You! 

Who are our members:  college students, high school students, engineers (of all kinds), machinists, welders, farmers, building contractors, school teachers, college professors, retired military, active military, clerks, laborers, carpenters, professional blacksmiths, game warren, computer professionals, social workers, purchasers, electric co employees, salesmen, doctors (1 general practice & 1 retired surgeon), buyers, managers, owners of different kinds of businesses, supervisors, firefighter, railroad worker, unemployed, manufacture workers, accountants, gas company employee,  insurance sales,  artists, farriers, postal workers, domestic engineers, few on disability, telephone co. employees and 3 attorneys (two of the last 4 new members have law degrees).  The largest single groups are engineers and business owners. (Nov. 2011) 

ODBSA Brochure (designed by ODBSA member Bill Roy) 
You can now print your own Old Dominion Blacksmith Association brochures. Just print and fold, and you will have your own brochures to pass out to friends, relatives and neighbors. If you do demonstrations for the public, you might want to print some to pass out to the public. The brochure looks better if you use at least # 24 gloss paper but it can be done on plain paper.
On the printer that I use, you just hit Print, then Properties, then Finishing (click on where it says both sides) then Ok). 
Go ahead and link in the .pdf file now---click "HERE"
                              
Click "HERE" for ODBSA Application
 Please do not send in an application unless you want to become an  active member
 (attend some of our events)


Why let me know if you’re planning on attending an ODBSA Event or if you change your mind about attending?
1. If lunch and/or refreshments are provided, our host always needs to know how much food, drinks etc to have for us.
2. If we cancel an Event (bad weather, sickness etc), I can notify you of cancellation by telephone or e-mail the day before.
3. The people that tailgate like to come when we have larger attendance and they have asked me to let them know when this is happening and they will try to come.
4. Every host, even the ones not providing food, etc, always want to know how many to expect and I like to tell them at least by Thursday before the event on Saturday.
5. If we plan hands-on training, we can plan ahead.
6. If we have hands-on public demonstrations, we can plan ahead.
7. You can always attend an event if you did not tell me but as you can see it’s much better for everyone if you do tell me ahead of time.
8. Remember the sooner you let me know the better it is for everyone.


      Protocol for ODBSA members/guests at of our events:

• First thing, when you arrive please go to the sign in table and register with our Administrator.
• When you and your guest sign-in you are not only signing a waiver of liability but it lets us know who is there and if your intentions are to attend the next event. You will be given or you can pick up your nametag. At the sign-in table you can also purchase dvds of ODBSA past events/other events, coffee cups, beer mugs, hats, and t-shirts all of which are offered at ODBSA cost. Also at the table is the ODBSA membership application, ABANA applications etc. If we have admission fee,you will pay at this time. 
• If we have an Iron -in-the-Hat raffle, go see our Treasurer at the Iron-in the-Hat table and
  give him/her your item/items that you want to donate. He/she will prepare a card that describes the item/items that you donated and place a cup (for the raffle tickets) next to your items/item.You can now purchase some tickets (for those that do not donate an item you must donate $10 and buy $10 of tickets. Everyone is required to buy $10 of tickets. Those wanting to buy more raffle tickets later on can come back after lunch and do so. ODBSA definitely encourage you to donate your personally made hand-forged item/items to the Iron-in the Hat.
• After this you can wander over to our Library to see the VP in charge of the Library and check out a dvd or book. Remember that V.P. in charge of the Library wants them back no later that 3 months. You can also visit the Library table after lunch and at the end of the event. 
• Now you can relax, get your coffee and pastries that's offered at each event. Yes, we do have a donation jar and the proceeds go to the person providing these refreshment.  All events start on time at 10:00 a.m. We ask that you try not to be late because this disrupts everything including the demonstrator. If you happen to be late: you must sign-in yourself, get your own name tag, keep and do not give the item/items that you brought for the iron-in-the hat until lunch time and do not go to the library table. All the officers handling these tables want o see the demonstrator. If you are continually late to our events, unless job related, we will ask that you not come back.
• We normally have lunch at 12:00 pm. If our host provides lunch, there will be a fee or a donation jar (provided and the recommended donation for lunch is $7 and all monies go to our host).  After lunch you will be given more time to purchase raffle tickets if we have a raffle and check things out of the library. 
• After everyone has finished buying tickets and checking things out of the library, the Iron-the-Hat
  raffle (if we have one) starts (this is somewhat flexible but usually starts a little
   after 1pm and it lasts about 15 minutes and then the demonstrator starts again).
• All demonstrators are asked to continue until at least 3 pm. At most of our events they will
  continue on well after that. In fact at some events they did not finish until 5 pm.
• At the end of the demonstration we sometimes auction off some of the items that the
  demonstrator has made during the day or items from previous demonstrations.
• Glasses or goggles must be worn, especially, if the demonstrator is working with welding heat. Goggles are provided by ODBSA.  
• There are three things that we ask of members/guests. Arrive early and if you have a
  conversation with someone else while the demonstration is going on make sure this does not disturb the demonstrator and enjoy “your” day.