Saying "No" (was Convention is focused)

[Laura Olsen]

Sir Rook,
Just get your suggestion in early to the Institute Committee (Gary Neie;
Institute Director,
Assistant Directors: Allan Gilreath, Claude Harding, Joel Jones and Rick
Florence) and let them know your background in teaching technicians.
References and a  class outline are good too.  Classes for next year are
being chosen now and will probably be completed by Oct. or Novemeber.  Class
choice is up to the ID and many commitments have already been made.  Don't
take it personally if your class is not chosen, just keep offering it to the
Institute Committee.
Their goal is to provide classes you want to attend.  A complaint I heard
this year was that there were too many classes for everyone and RPT's don't
like attending a class and then finding out it's very basic, as well as
budding technicians don't appreciate classes way over their heads.  Accurate
class discriptions and titles (I know technicians love a good pun and enjoy
catchy titles) that make it easy to understand the intended content of the
class are appreciated.
Laura Olsen, RPT
X-IC

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
Of Phil Bondi
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 7:00 AM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Re: Saying "No" (was Convention is focused)


..it's getting a little warm in here folks..Conrad better get home soon.

Seriously, would this discussion be better placed on PTG-L?

maybe..maybe not..it's just a suggestion.

As the self-inflicted 'Rook', I haven't had this much fun reading posts
related to the subject line since............oh never mind!

I am reading with interest because I have a class idea that has yet to be
developed that is aimed at the beginners. Even though it is aimed at the
people just starting out in this biz, I wouldn't want to restrict it to
'just' the beginners..that would be unfair to the more experienced
technicians, RPT or not, that may get one or 2 things out of that class.

..interesting discussion..I hope it doesn't fade and lose its punch over the
weekend.

-Phil Bondi (Fl.)
tito@philbondi.com