Jessica, I'm sure there are plenty of PTG members who share your disappointment. Have you tried posting your note to PTG-L ( a members-only forum for PTG-related topics), with copy to your RVP? good luck Jessica Masse wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Over the Holidays I painted, freshening up the office, hallways and > kitchen. Project started in the fall. That led to; do I want to hang > my PTG certificates and college certificate back up? I started out > looking for a frame to go with two others so they would, you know > match. (Get them all at the same time oak, wood is now out of fashion). > > Then my renewal certificate with the newer PTG logo came. What am I to > do with one more certificate? I couldn’t find in my package the 2008 > gold sticker to go on the older certificate. Then I noticed that there > is no date or year on the new RPT Certificate. I don’t know about you, > but what good is a certificate of membership without a year of > distribution. Will I be a member forever now I could use this thing > forever even if I don’t continue to pay my dues. > > Really, I take a lot more pride than this in being a member. Thanks to > Sandy at the home office. I took out my letter for the 25 year pin I > received in June. (Nearly lost the pin the second time I wore it; the > back came off). I took the 2003 reissue of the PTG RPT Certificate out > of its frame and placed under the mat my letter for the pin and then > inserted the pin towards the bottom. I won’t have to worry about it > falling from my lapel again. > > Then I carefully removed all the year stickers off the glass and the > 2003 sticker from the certificate. They all came off in one piece > (love those single edge safety blades) and I continued placing them on > the matting around the original certificate from 1985 when I became a > Registered Piano Technician. That original logo is embossed into the > paper and has “Registered Member” in the white above the tools, and > the first letters of The Piano Technicians Guild Inc are also all > embossed. There is still room for a couple more stickers. > > This new certificate I think is a kick in the pants to everyone who > pays their dues. Do you think we could get a “Member in good standing > 2008” gold sticker to put in between the newer logo and the signature? > Then I could continue on the matting adding yearly stickers for the > next 25 years. Yes I’m young enough it could happen that I reach a 50 > year. Or do I just hang this up and never worry about my dues again? > After looking at all of those other certificates and yearly stickers > don’t you think someone might question if I am in good standing for 2008? > > Could we maybe get our old membership cards that need signing back? I > ponder the code of ethics while I sign away (mostly thinking how some > non members would have to change there ways to sign one). Those old > stiff cards make good temperament strip stuffers and candle wax > removers, help locate things stuck in keys etc. I keep using the one > from a few years ago in my tuning bag (its getting a bit rough around > the edges). At least this way the customer can catch a glimpse of the > PTG card when I start to work on their piano. > > Jessica Masse > > RPT Piano Technicians Guild > > Proprietor, *Ebony and Ivory Piano Company* >
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