[CAUT] Differences?

[Don McKechnie]

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Jeannie,

Thanks for statistics. I'm glad my perceptions are incorrect.

Don


> Subject:
> RE: [CAUT] Differences?
> From:
> "Jeannie Grassi" <jcgrassi@earthlink.net>
> Date:
> Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:31:45 -0800
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> To:
> "'College and University Technicians'" <caut@ptg.org>
>
>
>Don,
>I can assure you that there were not nearly as many women 30 years ago as
>there is today.  I think that those who started, were more attracted to a
>formal program like NBSS, because most of us found it hard to find someone
>to mentor with privately, or a shop situation that would give us the time of
>day.  So, the impression might have been a bit skewed.  I think a school
>alternative may still be more attractive for several reasons for many women
>just starting out.  
>
>The official PTG membership says that around 20% are women joining each
>month.  However, there is a higher attrition rate for women, and fewer make
>it to RPT status.  Now, of course, there are many factors going in to that.
>I would guess that the female RPTs number closer to 12% of the membership.
>This is just my random sampling based on monthly membership announcements.
>
>Recently, there has been a huge surge in new female members.  As President
>of the Seattle Chapter, I have to say that the past two years has shown an
>increase in women applicants.  We have also had more women drop out than
>men.  We've also had a couple of babies from those new women members.  That
>can put a kink in working on your tuning hammer technique!
>
>Jeannie Grassi, RPT
>Assistant Editor, Piano Technicians Journal
>mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net
>

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