<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: [CAUT] PTG Dues</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Nope. I figure the school has a more or less set amount of money to devote to purchasing my labor services.  I can take that money in my paycheck and pay my dues, or I can get them to write the check instead.  What’s the difference?  Plus, I have private clients outside my university job, and thus am self-employed, so my dues are a deductible business expense anyway.  Any time you “get the employer to pay for” something, it will redound on your paycheck, usually in foregone future raises.  There ain’t no free lunch. Curmudgeonly yours, Ken Z. On 1/3/08 12:11 PM, "Paul T Williams" <pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>List, I have a quick question;  Have any of you asked the schools of music to reimburse part or all of your PTG dues as ongoing education? Thanks for any input... Paul T. Williams RPT UNL </BLOCKQUOTE> -- Ken Zahringer, RPT Piano Technician MU School of Music 297 Fine Arts 882-1202 cell 489-7529 </BODY> </HTML>