Mr. Coleman Jr., When you allow that silly advertisement for putting animation in your email, it takes 15-30 seconds for the email to open. If possible, can you PLEASE delete it from your posts. Thank you. Terry Beckingham At 05:33 PM 10/26/2011 -0400, you wrote: >I would be glad to respond to this if you re-post it to ptg-l > >Jim Coleman, Jr. > > > > >-------Original Message------- > >From: <mailto:davidlovepianos at comcast.net>David Love >Date: 10/26/2011 4:19:21 PM >To: <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>pianotech at ptg.org >Subject: Re: [pianotech] new/old list... > > >Greeting Ron. I guess now I know why I haven't seen your name in awhile. > > > >I'm curious about how ads are being run in the local community (of Chicago >I presume), who is running them and what the content is exactly. I >presume from your post that it's a "hire only RPTs" type of ad. Also, >how was it that the funding of those regional ads was paid for from the >national pool of funds? > > > >David Love > >www.davidlovepianos.com > > > >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On >Behalf Of Ron Koval >Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 11:07 AM >To: pianotech at ptg.org >Subject: [pianotech] new/old list... > > > >Yup, it's me. > >I pulled myself out of lurking mode to respond to what I felt was an >example of the reality of >what lies just beneath the veneer of civility - that attitude of >entitlement and elitism that kept >me away from the PTG for years. I finally joined because of this list - >back when it was hosted >by BYU - even before Andy Rudoff hosted. The lure of an "open source" >discussion; where learning >and teaching was valued by many of the technicians I'd get a chance to meet. > >Associate and non-member bashing really doesn't reflect well on the brand >of RPT. > >I read almost everything on this list, but don't respond too much >anymore. It was instructive >to go back into the archives to find out that this list began to be hosted >by the PTG in the fall >of 2002. Even after the move the list claimed: (from the "more info on >this list") > >The "pianotech" list, provided as a community service by the Piano >Technicians Guild, is a forum for piano technicians. The list resides on >the PTG server and is maintained by the PTG, but the PTG does not control >the content in any way. >The "pianotech" list is an open list, allowing anyone to subscribe or >submit posts. > >Contrast that with the new list: (which runs too slow for me to use in a >meaningful way) > >"This site is provided as a service for the members of The Piano >Technicians Guild." > >Perhaps this could be a reason for the push to the new software? I'm >troubled by this shift, perhaps as >much as I am troubled by my (and your) dues money now being used for radio >ads in our local community >that are at best a conflict of interest, and at worst a departure from the >truth. > > From what I understand, membership in the PTG accounts for about a third > of the working technicians in the states. >Of those members, about a half are RPTs. I've got to wonder about my >commitment of time and money >to an organization that advertises against half of the membership... > >Ron Koval > > > ><http://www.incredimail.com/?id=619267&did=10500&ppd=2727,201107241502,9,1,820153269552681380&rui=119956824&sd=20111026>2f2de1.jpg > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20111026/c3f4767b/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 2f2de1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 15037 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20111026/c3f4767b/attachment-0001.jpg>
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