[pianotech] pianotech at ptg.org

[Joseph Garrett]

Wally,
I guess that's the way to go. Pity, it has to come down to this. I'm
registering as we write.<G>
See ya there.
Joe


> [Original Message]
> From: Wally Scherer <afinetune at yahoo.com>
> To: <joegarrett at earthlink.net>; <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: 12/4/2011 4:40:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] pianotech at ptg.org
>
> 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-Tech
nicians%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
> > 
> >