Convention and Here

[Avery Todd]

Hey, Terry. I think Houston might be a LITTLE out of your way! :-)

Avery

At 07:44 AM 07/03/02 -0400, you wrote:
>I'm starting my planning for Dallas NOW! I'm not letting anything get in 
>my way this time. If you are looking for travel to-and-from Dallas on the 
>cheap, consider driving with me from Tampa. We'll take my new "tank" and 
>pick up a few more on the way! Let me know if you are interested and we'll 
>start planning now.
>
>Terry Farrell
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Christus4@AOL.COM>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 12:33 AM
>Subject: Convention and Here
>
>
> > Esteemed colleagues,
> >
> > I would like to express sincere and great thanks to all of you who
> > participate in the "on-line university" we share here, and also to 
> those who
> > contributed to the "continuing education" forum held in Chicago last 
> week.
> >
> > This was the first national convention I attended since Providence.  I
> > justified the expense of it by the free registration I was able to earn 
> the
> > previous year (finally!).  Yes, it was still expensive - even with low
> > air-fare rate acquired on-line, splitting room expense with some Okee' 
> fella
> > I'd never met, eating "energy bars" and drinking the instant coffee my 
> wife
> > packed for me, cheap meals across the street from the Hyatt at the little
> > cafeteria, avoiding the $5 beers in the hotel (and waiting for the open 
> bar
> > receptions).....not to mention a loss of one week's potential income 
> (even if
> > July is a slow month).
> >
> > There's a bagful of excuses I had for  bowing out (again) from going to
> > Chicago, the biggest of which really might be trying to finish 
> (sometime this
> > century) the house we're building on our own.  But I remember the words of
> > one of my mentors, who said that it's worthwhile to go to the 
> conventions and
> > seminars even if you have to go into debt for a while because it always 
> pays
> > off.
> >
> > Well, the gist of this message is to relate to you all that the investment
> > does pay off!
> > Just today, because of the knowledge acquired and confidence gained last
> > week, I was able to sell a regulation job and other needed action work, 
> which
> > will pay off a sizable chunk of the debt incurred. And this was only the
> > second day back!
> >
> > I'm grateful to not only the instructors of all the great classes taken 
> (too
> > many to mention), the sponsors and exhibitors (ibid), the movers (Les, 
> Paul,
> > et al) and the shakers, technicians from around the globe sharing their
> > experiences and knowledge, the Institute Committee,.....virtually 
> everyone.
> > So much knowledge and talent gathered in one place.   Wow!, can't wait for
> > next year!
> >
> > Meanwhile we have this venue, and since I've been lurking here so many 
> months
> > I've learned so much.
> > I apologize for the length of this post, (for those of you who may have 
> not
> > deleted it already), and also for any perceived mushy sentamentality.
> > My nickel's worth....
> >
> > Chuck Christus, RPT
> > Flagler Beach and Stuart, FL
> >