Apology

[Mark Ultsch]

I started to write an encouraging response to this email.  The word that kept coming to mind was "character."
Thank you, Bill, for having it.  Thank you, Greg, for expressing this more eloquently than I could.

Being a newcomer to this list, I am grateful to you all for generously taking the time to share your
expertise.  I am happy see this level of character and integrity, too.

Mark Ultsch
Wisconsin
multsch@jvlnet.com



----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: Apology


| Bill, Ed and List,
|     THIS is truly what makes this list great! Not only do we usually seek
| to help each other in our professional and sometimes private endeavors
| but most of us have the character to admit when we are wrong! This was
| not an easy thing to do on your part I'm sure. Bravo! I hope that you,
| Ed, can accept the apology with the same decorum that you used in
| responding to the original rant. Ladies and Gentleman of the list, I am
| proud to be associated with you.
|
| Greg
|
| Bill Ballard wrote:
|
| > Ed,
| >
| > Please accept my apology for my disparaging remarks about you. It was
| > wrong of me to assume from your previous posts that you had no
| > background nor any other place besides this list to get you questions
| > answered. Nothing was further from the truth. My second mistake was
| > how I acted on my misgivings about a list member asking for technical
| > help on a matter he had already promised a customer he was capable of
| > handling. Most replies simply gave you helpful suggestions, and these
| > people are what makes this list great. If I had misgivings about your
| > request, my response (sarcasm) didn't address them honestly. It was
| > mean-spirited and not a credit to this list.
| >
| > Sincerely,
| >
| > Bill Ballard
|
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