Updated Bylaws Report for those of you who are delegates

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi David,
I do not discount your observations, Just wonder as to the why this seems so.
And wonder if there is an equal number of the just tunem in the new RPT's as there in the old.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Andersen 
  To: ron at berrypiano.com ; Pianotech List 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 11:43 AM
  Subject: Re: Updated Bylaws Report for those of you who are delegates




  On Jun 13, 2007, at 7:53 AM, Ron Berry wrote:


    I received an updated Bylaws report which I have posted on the web. There
    is a directory of late and updated submissions at
    http://www.ptg.org/members/docs/2007/Council/


    ron


  As an apparently endangered and, in some quarters, reviled "associate," I'm not sure if I can post to, or go on, PTG-L.


  Let's see: 4,300 members of PTG; less than 400 at the National Convention; to me, if I was active and "owned-in" to  an organization's well-being, those numbers suck. And reveal some deep disconnect between leadership and membership. And now a portion of our membership is actively pursuing more judgement, more exclusion. 


  Makes me feel respected and appreciated. (Irony alert.)


  The RPT test standards, IMO, are ridiculously low. I have followed RPTs and their work for 25 years. The good ones are awesome, and deeply inspirational to me---but that's several.  The others---the majority---are just tune & run guys, with no real interest in piano service.


  Inspiration feels vastly different than exclusion and judgement.


  This is offered with humility; I am one of a big (relative to our discussion---in the hundreds) number of gifted and hard-working men and women who work on some of the greatest pianos in the world on a daily basis, for some of the greatest artists that ever lived---and have made a decision, for whatever considered and no doubt intentional reason, to either not use or not pursue the RPT designation. If I was leading a non-profit service organization based on a highly personalized, difficult, and prized skillset---maintaining great pianos at their highest level---I would literally fall over myself extending hands to those of our profession who have risen to the top of their game, whether members or not. I would welcome and treasure their real-world, hard-won input. I would ask them, in an atmosphere of collegiality, equality, and respect, why they have chosen not to support our fantastic PTG and its best-in-the-world continuing education programs. I would ask them what we can do as a Guild to feel like and be an organization that attracts more than 6 or 7% of its total membership to its national conference.


  This is written and sent with respect and gratitude that PTG exists and that it provides me with an excellent teaching platform, among many other tangible and ethereal benefits; we have a sacred obligation to pass on our hard-won skills to the next generation. I write this because I love our work and our Guild, and as a positive force, willing to work towards understanding and unafraid of genuine, authentic, and respectful communication, confrontation, and resolution---another " highly personalized, difficult, and prized skillset...."


  My best to you----and see some of you in Kansas City. Please feel free to buttonhole me about this subject.


  David Andersen
  Malibu, CA
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