What if anything has been considered concerning the "control" of this information. Would it be easy for non-members to get access to this info given the new format? It seems that this info would be easier to transfer to untrained/unqualified tinkers/hobbyists/perpetual "associates", etc. LANCE LAFARGUE, RPT LAFARGUE PIANO SERVICES New Orleans Chapter Mandeville, LA. _________________________________ II III II III II III II III II III II III II III II III II III II ----------------------------------------------------------- lafargue@iamerica.net "Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself." ---------- > From: Ron Berry <ronberry@iquest.net> > To: LANCE LAFARGUE <lafargue@iamerica.net> > Subject: Survey about PTG Journal on CD ROM > Date: Sunday, June 13, 1999 10:48 AM > > Dear PTG Member: > > You are receiving this because we have your email address on the PTG database. > I'm writing to you as a member of the Electronic Communications Committee to > ask for your input about a project we have been working on. I'll include the post > from Chairman Bill Springer: > > <i>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</i> > > Please let us know your interest in this project. The price of this CD would be > determined by the Board and would probably depend on how many we think can > be sold. > > It would be very helpful to us if you would reply to this message with a "Yes I > would be interested in buying such a CD" or "No, I would not be interested." > > Thanks, and forgive this intrusion on your mailbox it will help us verify the addresses in the PTG database. > > Ron Berry > member Electronic Communications Committee > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ron Berry, RPT, Indianapolis, IN > ronberry@iquest.net > Check out the Piano Page at: > http://www.ptg.org/ > for great information about Pianos
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