[pianotech] pianotech at ptg.org

[Wally Scherer]

Since this list will be closing soon (you said December 15), and you need to be a PTG member to be on the new one, I thought I'd check to see if piano world has a piano technician forum. The do! And a lot of you are already on it. Go to: http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/forums/3/1/Piano%20Tuner-Technicians%20Forum.html

Wally

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--- On Sat, 12/3/11, Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] pianotech at ptg.org
> To: "pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: Saturday, December 3, 2011, 8:03 PM
> David said: "Dear PTG Board of
> Directors, members and non-member list
> subscribers,
> I just received the December 2011 Issue of PTG E-News
> which, I assume 
> is distributed only to member-subscribers, thus, those of
> you who are 
> not members, or members that don't read all their email may
> have 
> forgotten the December 15 termination date for this list.
> That, in 
> and of itself, raises an interesting dilemma. One might
> reasonably 
> argue that, in addressing this issue to the Board, it
> should 
> rightfully be directed to PTG-L, however, in doing so, we
> exclude 
> what is likely a significant portion of the pianotech at ptg.org
> 
> community. Unless I'm mistaken, membership in PTG was never
> a 
> requirement for participation in this list community,
> either as a 
> lurker or contributor. To the extent that this is true, it
> does not 
> seem easily possible to distinguish what is internal to PTG
> and what is not.
>  
> However, it is not my intent to open up another
> free-for-all, of 
> which the archives, in their old or new location, are full.
> I have 
> asked Kathy Maxwell to forward to the Board a suggestion
> that, given 
> the range of unresolved issues regarding the HL format, not
> to 
> mention other issues that have been percolating, it would
> seem good 
> public relations to allow a continuance on the function of
> this list, 
> unless it could be convincingly demonstrated why that would
> be 
> impossible, not just inconvenient. In the interim, an
> increased 
> effort in both analysis of software and community response
> (with real 
> data) could continue, hopefully with a larger pool of help
> to assist 
> the committee.
>  
> In the event that such a case (for immediate shut-down) can
> be made, 
> I would hope to see a much greater active effort on the
> part of the 
> organization to migrate as many of the current subscribers
> of this 
> list to the new one. The home office has, I believe, the
> tools, if 
> not the time, to quantify the data regarding numbers of
> current 
> active subscribers on each of the lists. Yes, there is a
> degree of 
> responsibility that individuals have in this relationship,
> but if 
> there remains a significant number who have not yet done
> so, it might 
> indicate a need to revisit the strategy.
>  
> Finally, and with all due respect, I would ask President
> Coleman to 
> reconsider his valediction in future communications to the
> 
> membership.. It may have been an oversight and, certainly,
> he is 
> within his rights to use it in his private communication,
> however, 
> given the tensions within and certainly outside of the
> organization 
> at this point in time, a more neutral alternative might be
> in order.
>  
> Respectfully,
> David Skolnik PRT
> Hastings on Hudson, NY
> 
> David
> I wholeheartedly agree with you. I'm sure Newton is
> flipping over in his
> grave over this!
> Best regards,
> Joe
> 
> 
> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
> Captain of the Tool Police
> Squares R I
> 
>