Is there any interest? was Re: no comp.

[Farrell]

".......we can't have a few instructors hold the rest of the PTG hostage with a demand for getting paid more to teach, when there are other who will teach for nothing, or get a small paycheck."

It just struck me as curious how this statement might relate to the discussion regarding how much a piano technician should charge. (The perennial question - should I raise my rate? Well, how much are you worth? And what of the misfits out there that work for peanuts?) I realize it is a different situation, but yet there are some parallels here. Perhaps just a silly thought.

BTW, I love the conventions. They are an educational bonanza. I am eternally grateful to all that give their time in organizing and helping implement the convention, and teach. What a wonderful, first-class affair. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Wimblees@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: Is there any interest? was Re: no comp.


> In a message dated 7/25/02 11:04:00 PM !!!First Boot!!!, 
> joegarrett@earthlink.net writes:
> 
> 
> > Earlier, when this discussion began, I stated that
> > Every Year, the convention MAKES a profit. Sometimes more than others, but a
> > profit, non the less. This money is not being put to good use, but rather is
> > used for some of the frivolous junk that the Board has in their own agendas.
> > 
> 
> Joe
> 
> Kent has already explained the volunteer efforts of the convention. If we 
> want this to continue to be a member driven organization, then we have to ask 
> members to step up to the plate, and continue to volunteer. If, as Del has 
> said, there are members who have opted not to teach any more because they 
> felt being taken advantage of, then sop be it. I think there are enough 
> volunteers who will continue to give their time and talents not to have the 
> PTG suffer. While I agree we might be loosing some terrific instructors, I am 
> sorry, but we can't have a few instructors hold the rest of the PTG hostage 
> with a demand for getting paid more to teach, when there are other who will 
> teach for nothing, or get a small paycheck.  
> 
> But I digress from my point. You say the Board is frivolously squandering the 
> profits of the convention. While the convention does make a profit, we had 
> better be grateful, because it is keeping our dues as low as they are. 
> 
> In 1999, the convention made a profit of $56,169. The PTG net income was 
> $31,466. Take away the profit from the convention, and the PTG would have had 
> a deficit of $24,703.
> 
> In 2000, the Convention made a profit of $46,644. The PTG net income was 
> $3482. Take away the profit from the convention, and the PTG would have had a 
> deficit of $44,162. 
> 
> In 2001, the Convention made a profit of $48,838. The PTG had a deficit of 
> $43,662. Take away the profit from the convention, and the PTG would have had 
> a deficit of $92,500. 
> 
> If we start giving the instructors more money, the bottom line will be higher 
> dues for each individual member. So we either pay members who teach more, and 
> pay higher dues, or we ask them to teach for the current compensation, and 
> have lower dues. What would you rather do?
> 
> Wim 
>