<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1561" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hope that includes some copies of the Guidelines.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Solliday</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu href="mailto:pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu">Paul T Williams</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:54 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] caut Digest, Vol 1090, Issue 3</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Hi Jim,</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>How does one exactly push the door open farther once it is in?</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>And to all,  Thanks for such a great response to my questions.  It is helping out already!  The Music Director will return from an out-of-town trip Thursday, so I am getting prepared!</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Paul</FONT> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD width="40%"><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><B>"Jim Busby" <<A href="mailto:jim_busby@byu.edu">jim_busby@byu.edu</A>></B> </FONT><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Sent by: <A href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org">caut-bounces@ptg.org</A></FONT> <P><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>09/19/2006 11:16 AM</FONT> <TABLE border=1> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD bgColor=white> <DIV align=center><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Please respond to<BR>College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org></FONT></DIV></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></P> <TD width="59%"> <TABLE width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>To</FONT></DIV> <TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>"College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org></FONT> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>cc</FONT></DIV> <TD> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Subject</FONT></DIV> <TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Re: [CAUT] caut Digest, Vol 1090, Issue 3</FONT></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR> <TABLE> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><FONT size=2><TT>Right on Chris! Wim, you absolutely need to get a budget - some kind of<BR>budget, then once your foot is in the door push to increase it. Use<BR>other institutions as examples (without whining). <BR><BR>Jim Busby BYU <BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of<BR>Willem Blees<BR>Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:55 AM<BR>To: College and University Technicians<BR>Subject: Re: [CAUT] caut Digest, Vol 1090, Issue 3<BR><BR>Quoting Chris Solliday <solliday@ptd.net>:<BR><BR>> This is all well and good but without addressing the bigger picture<BR>> it is<BR>> doomed like trying use a watering can to put out a fire (better be a<BR>> very<BR>> small fire). This program needs a realistic budget and along with<BR>> that will<BR>> come more respect for the tech.<BR>> Chris Solliday<BR><BR>In defense of my approach, the problem I face is that I have no <BR>budget. I have been asking for one for five years. The only time I got <BR>any money was when we had a new chair, and she didn't know I was not <BR>allowed to use money from a certain fund. I replaced hammers etc, on <BR>the pianos I thought needed them the most, only to find that is not <BR>what they wanted. <BR><BR>So now, with no budget, whenever there is a need, I go to the piano <BR>area chair and the department chair and lay the problem on the table. <BR>I do give them a figure of what it will cost, but other than that, I <BR>leave the decision entirely up to them. <BR><BR>Wim<BR>Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of Alabama<BR>Tuscaloosa, AL USA<BR><BR><BR></TT></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>