workload survey

[Fred Sturm]

Ray,
	Nothing to do with ranking techs. (If it were, I'd sure be pretty near
the bottom of the barrel). Yes, it is asking a subjective opinion of the
person responding. That opinion will be considered as a preliminary
piece of information.
	The idea is to present the information gathered under categories
similar to those in the question (exact wording to be negotiated within
the caut committee and caut community). Why? To bias the results in the
direction of higher quality institutions (or at least those who have
that reputation, and who presumably spend more money keeping up their
pianos). 
	To make a "real life" picture useful, we want to hold up a picture of
something to emulate (IMO). Certainly no offense is intended to anyone.
I assume we can look at the responses we get and come to some consensus
concerning which institutions are worthy of inclusion in the first three
categories. My preference would be to list those institutions by name
(though not specifying which have what workload) under each category
except #4, which would be anonymous.
	Just one man's opinion of how to go about making a positive difference
in the overall caut picture. If we can show in a practical way what real
life institutions are doing, and showcase those which other institutions
try to emulate, we'll have some useful evidence to present to the powers
that be when, eg,  we say we need more than one tech to take care of 250
pianos at institution X. (In my case, I have managed to improve my
situation to 1/2 tech taking care of 85 pianos. Used to be contract at
about 1/4 time for the same workload).
	Fair enough?
Regards,
Fred
Ray T. Bentley wrote:
> 
> Fred,
> 
> I don't understand the need for question 2 in your survey:
> 
> "2) Would you describe this institution as
> a) Prestigious conservatory
> b) Prominent music school
> c) Music department of national reputation
> d) Average music department or other"
> 
> It seems to me that this would be a subjective evaluation.  I think the
> first question is enough to cover this information without asking for a
> biased opinion.  Surely you don't intend for this question to rank the CAUT
> technicians in order of their importance, do you?
> 
> Ray T. Bentley, RPT
> Alton, IL