[CAUT] Job Opening, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor

[David Ilvedson]

Most of the school listings I see, would prefer PTG membership and RPT status.   Would new listings start including RPT and CAUT status preferred or possibly you think the RPT status can be eliminated as it has no meaning?   I don't see the need for another "credential".   Would the CAUT credential we much harder to achieve?   i.e. a "real" test.  Would existing College techs be grandfathered in?  Besides, it's easy to talk about it...I know all the stuff concerned with RPT status was years in the making and a huge amount of work...and the politics...YIKES...who's going to take that job on?   Are you guys crazy?

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no>
To: caut at ptg.org
Received: 10/9/2007 1:23:11 PM
Subject: [CAUT]  Job Opening, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor


>This is actually good news... I must respectfully disagree with skeptics 
>to a CAUT certification on the grounds given so far.  Having the 
>advantage of being able to live in and see up close an personal both 
>types of systems I must say that despite the inherent problems in a 
>certified world... that world IMHO presents a far better all and all 
>reality.

>Its not a matter of more letters behind ones name.  Its about providing 
>a truly credible credential that is demanding enough to deserve whatever 
>recognition relevant interest groups can manage to market up for it.  If 
>colleges and universities absolutely know that a person holding a CAUT 
><<meister>> certification is qualified to handle all aspects of 
>administering and caring for a demanding piano intensive environment, 
>then they will be interested.  Indeed... someone mentioned Steinway C&A 
>techs.  There are schools all over the place asking to send their techs 
>to Steinway Academy sessions exactly because they have the sense that 
>this will be of benefit to their schools.  Steinway's all Steinway 
>school policy is as successful as it is very much because they are able 
>to make schools aware that such a school will draw the absolute largest 
>majority of the best musician prospects... and statistics seem to bear 
>this out.  Perhaps a closer alignment between CAUT and Steinway would be 
>of interest in this regard. ???

>As far as whether this is a place to discuss such things... we dont 
>really have a CAUT-L list... so where else for the moment ?


>    Alan, List,

>    As you may know the CAUT Committee is working on such a credential. I
>    hope I'm not overstepping anyone by this post but it seems a timely
>    topic seeing as how we're approaching deadlines for council proposals. I
>    would GREATLY appreciate a dialogue on this. Is it "pie in the sky" to
>    develop a CAUT credential? Is it too exclusive? I don't know if this is
>    a good place for this discussion, but any private emails to me would
>    also help. Eric is now the chairman of this committee and I'm a
>    committee member (along with Alan McCoy) given the charge of developing
>    a curriculum.

>    Thanks