[pianotech] New List

[John Formsma]

It's pretty simple, despite how truly kludgy and stupid it looks.

There is a new PTG-L, just like there is a new Pianotech list.

Subscribe to the new one(s) at my.ptg.org. Join in the discussion, and let's
try to put an end to this nutty software.

JF

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Encore Pianos
<encorepianos at metrocast.net>wrote:

> Wow, I just went onto PTG-L to read and respond to JF’s message.  I clicked
> on Reply to Discussion, and this is what I got:****
>
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> Subscribe****
>
> *JOIN PTG-L *
>
> *Email Address: *
>
> Enter Email AddressInvalid EMail****
>
> Please choose how you would like to receive Discussion messages: ****
>
> Real Time - One email for each message****
>
> Daily Digest - One email containing all posted messages from the previous
> day****
>
> Legacy - One email for each message in plain text with the ability to reply
> via email****
>
> I would like to opt-out of receiving email message****
>
> [image: Description:
> http://cdn.hlm2.com/App_Themes/Common/images/Directory/progress.gif]****
>
> *Cancel*****
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> That is a new message for me. I am subscribed at this e-mail address, and
> have responded to many e-mails, PTG-L and Pianotech in exactly that manner.
> ****
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> Is Ron Nossaman’s earlier prophecy about the long term integrity of this
> software coming true; i. e. is Higher Kludgic beginning to choke on itself
> and “shit the bed”?****
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> Will Truitt****
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> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On
> Behalf Of *John Formsma
> *Sent:* Monday, October 24, 2011 11:35 AM
>
> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
> *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] New List****
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> David and other PTG members,****
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> I just began a discussion on PTG-L list about the my.ptg.org forum. I know
> talking about it here is wonderfully cathartic, but on PTG-L we can actually
> communicate with those who have the power to change this stuff.****
>
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> I'm all for ditching the stupid Higher Logic crap, but if it happens, it's
> probably not gonna happen by talking about it on this list. ****
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> See you on PTG-L....****
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> JF****
>
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:23 AM, David Andersen <
> david at davidandersenpianos.com> wrote:****
>
> Yeah. Fascinating. Our organization, our dues, our passion, our devotion to
> this community, yet no vote, no voice, no communication. The men on the
> Board and on the Committee responsible for this change looked me in the eye
> at the Convention in KC and said that if this provider didn't get it
> together, they had NO PROBLEM in pulling the plug, and soon; that's close to
> a direct quote. It's 3 months later; what's gotten better? My friends, it's
> a trust issue between leadership and the membership. If someone tells me
> something face-to-face, and then there is no follow-up, no reports, no
> follow-through, trust goes down. It's that simple.
>
> DA
>
>
>
> On Oct 24, 2011, at 8:10 AM, Terry Beckingham wrote:
>
> > Isn't progress just wonderful. Two steps forward. Three steps back. With
> this old list, I find that our posts appear sometimes within a minute or
> two. Now with the new list, it can take up to a day. If we had a vote on it,
> I am sure the new list would disappear and the old list would stay. Sigh!
> >
> > Terry Beckingham
> >
> > At 06:31 AM 10/24/2011 -0500, you wrote:
> >> I posted to the new list a few days or a week ago and it took a good
> long while to show up.... like the next afternoon, I think it was. I'd
> originated the post from email (as opposed to going to <http://my.ptg.org>
> my.ptg.org, etc., etc.), not that that's any excuse for it to be delayed
> like that.  I've accidentally tried to post from the wrong originating email
> address and it manages to tell me so in fairly short order... five or ten
> minutes... so I'm thinking maybe there's something "up" (or actually,
> something "down") at the vendors... could it be? The shock! The horror!
> >>
> >> Paul Bruesch
> >> Stillwater, MN
> >>
> >> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Ron Nossaman <<mailto:
> rnossaman at cox.net>rnossaman at cox.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Well, it appears I've reached non-status on the new list, though I
> haven't received any sort of notification of boycott (is that an
> oxymoron??). I sent two posts today, one over 9 hours ago, the other just
> one hour ago, with neither showing up.
> >>
> >> ?????
> >> Ron N
> >>
> >****
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> -- ****
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> John Formsma, RPT****
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> Blue Mountain, MS****
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John Formsma, RPT
Blue Mountain, MS
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