<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space"> <DIV><SPAN class=312244615-02022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hello again Jeff,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=312244615-02022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=312244615-02022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I checked- an institution requiring the RPT credential is not an issue of antitrust. If PTG were boycotting or trying to intimidate institutions that did not us RPT's that would be a problem.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=312244615-02022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=312244615-02022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Best,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=312244615-02022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Dale</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=312244615-02022007> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoAutoSig>Dale Probst, RPT</P> <P class=MsoAutoSig>vp@ptg.org<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jeff Tanner<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 01, 2007 1:51 PM<BR><B>To:</B> College and University Technicians<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] bid savvy<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On Feb 1, 2007, at 1:33 PM, Willem Blees wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=3><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>I agree with you that<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=3>there are non members and Associates out there who might be better<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=3>than RPT's, but until they can put their money where their mouth is,<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=3>they will have a hard time getting their foot in the door. <SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR> <DIV>That's where it becomes an anti trust issue.  I think that point of view is treading on very thin legal ice.</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>Where the problem manifests itself is when manufacturer's like Yamaha and Steinway don't specify RPT.  When a tech can complete all the levels of Steinway and Yamaha training, and tour with their touring artists, but not be qualified for CAUTism because they're not an RPT, the credibility of our claim suffers terribly.</DIV> <DIV>Jeff</DIV><BR><BR> <DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"> <DIV>Jeff Tanner, RPT</DIV> <DIV>University of South Carolina</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></SPAN></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>