WHY Keep PTG Politics Off This Page?

[Horace Greeley]

Larry,

I do hope you realize how well you make Randy's point.

Best,

HoraceAt 09:32 PM 12/1/95 -0700, you wrote:
>This is in response to Randy Potter's "patriotic" defense of keeping PTG
>politics as part of this page.
>
>Randy, free speech does not mean that there can't be reasonable regulations
>as to time, manner, and place.  No one is really free to speak if the
>"airwaves" are so cluttered and chaotic as to impede or disrupt the purpose
>of the forum.  Imagine if golf enthusiasts, plumbers, and stamp collectors
>all decided that in the name of "free speech" they were going to use
>pianotech as their forum!  Although PTG politics is more closely related to
>piano technical issues than those subjects just named, it is not unusual for
>a new list to spin off an older one when widely divergent interests become
>apparent.  To suggest this route is certainly not unreasonable nor an attack
>on free speech.
>
>A list devoted to PTG politics would not have to be controlled or run by PTG.
> It could be started by a small group of technicians who find a sponsoring
>provider, just as BYU sponsors pianotech.  It would not necessarily cost
>anything.  I think that a separate list to discuss PTG matters could be very
>valuable to the organization.  One of the problems we have in PTG is that
>Council meets only once a year and must hurry through a long agenda without
>sufficient time to discuss really complex issues.  A forum on which these
>matters could be discussed, and new ideas offered, all year long could, I
>think, bring forth a quantum leap in the organization's ability to grapple
>with issues and to involve a larger proportion of the membership in the
>dialogue.  I'll bet hours would be shaved off the Council session, as Bylaw
>amendments could be introduced, refined, and discussed in advance.  It would
>make the organization much more democratic and efficient.  Rather than simply
>be a way to get those pesky politicians off this list, a separate PTG list
>could be extremely useful in its own right.  I hope some members pick up the
>ball and do it.
>
>Larry Fine
>
>
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