ECC needs your help!!

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Bill,
Do you have an estimated cost of purchase
 Joe Goss
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> 
> At long last, the much anticipated Piano Technician's Journal on CD ROM 
> project has a chance to happen.  The Electronic Communications Committee
has 
> forwarded 3 competitive bids to put 20 years, count 'em, 20 years of the 
> Journal on CD ROM to the HO for discussion by PTG Board of Directors in
KC.  
> We figure the estimated purchase cost for members of PTG will be around
$100 
> per CD.  The amazing part of all this is that it can be in HTML format, 
> making yearly updates easy.  Basically, the info in the update would be 
> stored on your hard drive, so there won't be a lot of "disk swapping" to
deal 
> with.  Can you imagine being able to download yearly updates?
> 
> If you want this to happen it is very important to let your regional 
> representatives and board members know that you support the project.  We 
> estimate the "break even" point to be around 500 unit sales.  This
represents 
> a large chunk of change to our organization, but IMHO, will be a very
good 
> investment, especially given the rapid growth of the WWW and the
increasing 
> access to digital media.
> 
> Let your voice be heard!  Help this project will succeed!
> 
> Bill Springer, RPT  
> ECC Chair