HEY! HAPPY 10th ANNIVERSARY TO US - JULY 15

[David Skolnik]

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Dear Listers of all persuasions -

I don't know if this coming date was acknowledged at the Nashville 
Convention, but it has gone completely unnoted here.  And while those with 
first hand information may be able to refine the record, according to the 
pianotech archives, July 15, 1994 marks the originating post of what are 
now our lists.  I've reprinted it below.

I am not articulate enough to impart, with any poetry or profundity, my 
deep sense of the contribution these lists have made to the fabric of our 
lives, as technicians and beyond.  I was going to say how it has impacted 
the experience of the PTG, and then reflected on the flirtation the lists 
have always had with a certain independence from the Guild, as the two 
primary lists have always been open to all.  I note, as well, my suspicion 
(since I don't have the data) that a sizable percentage of the PTG 
membership does not partake of any of them.  Nevertheless, I cannot, on any 
regular basis, remain conscious of such a distinction.  These lists would 
not exist, as such, without the basic Guild community, and that community 
has been indelibly affected by them.   They are a trove.

If I mention any names, I'm likely to offend by omission,  but it's worth 
going to archive to note those of the original contributors who have 
remained active.  Porritt, Swafford, McNeil are a few, but you 
others...you're presence is preserved.  And I would not permit myself to 
forgo acknowledging my appreciation to two large presences, Newton Hunt and 
Danny Boone.

Thanks to all of you.


David Skolnik



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>I would like to hear from as many college technicians as possible with
>regards to the following dilema.  We schedule over a thousand events
>yearly here at CCM.  They have up until now done all scheduling non
>electronically and are presently exploring options for software
>that will do the job for them.
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>The latest idea is that they will rely on the University VAX network's
>smorgasborg of site liscensed software.  The university's computer
>people are experimenting with a program called "Recital" which is a
>program similar to D-Base.
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>My feeling is that it is far more prudent to buy dedicated software for
>scheduling rather than adapt your needs to a catchall program like
>D-Base.  Afterall, thats the way business generally operates.  For
>example: the pharmacy that I use employs a program called "Parm Ease".
>It was developed and is supported only for this particular
>application.  I think it would be a nightmare if they had bought Lotus
>or D-Base and tried to make it work for their needs.
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>How does your school handle scheduling.  Whats the name of the
>program, is it a local or a vax type system?  Are they happy?
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