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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Right on! Ed.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>RP</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ed440@mindspring.com href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">Ed Sutton</A>
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<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> Thursday, July 10, 2008 7:46
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Requirements for
contributing/posting</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kendall-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) <A
href="mailto:Pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech@ptg.org</A> was originally created
by the College and University Technicians group as a way to discuss their
issues and problems.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It became very popular and heavily used, so the
CAUTs decided to give Pianotech to the world at large, and to move their
discussions to a new list serve, CAUT. When people cross-post every thought to
both lists, it defeats the purpose of CAUT, which is to serve a dedicated
community in a concise manner.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) As you know, piano technology is not a
regulated profession in the USA, and many people take advantage of this to
cheat the public with lousy work. PTG is based on the premise that we can
become a voluntary self-regulating profession. Our most difficult problem is
motivating less accomplished technicians to attain and demonstrate basic
skills. "Why should I when all my customers know I'm competent?" "Why
should I bother when somebody as great as So-and-So (everybody knows
he's great) doesn't bother?</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>" </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>By demonstrating willingness to be tested
for basic competency, you motivate your younger colleagues to take competency
seriously.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3) Jumping through hoops? Do you think the exam
skills are hoop jumping? They look to me like the basic skills we use every
day to do professional work. Did your dentist jump through hoops...or perhaps
take some exams to show basic knowledge of dentistry?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hope you'll join us and contribute some of your
skills and knowledge to the work of building and maintaining this wonderful
craft.</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Sutton (RPT)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=kenbean@pacbell.net href="mailto:kenbean@pacbell.net">Kendall Ross
Bean</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> Thursday, July 10, 2008 8:18
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Requirements for
contributing/posting</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=901592123-10072008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Dear Chris:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=901592123-10072008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=901592123-10072008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>(Sigh.) </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=901592123-10072008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=901592123-10072008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Must I join your club, and jump through all the hoops (RPT
requalification), and become a bona fide CAUT, (and stay away from
purely technical discussions!) in order to have anything of value to
contribute?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=901592123-10072008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=901592123-10072008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Or can I by this point be considered to have achieved some degree of
stature in the technical and musical communities, in spite of the
apparent absence of such prima facie endorsements? </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=901592123-10072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>(i.e. - haven't I done
enough already?)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=901592123-10072008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=901592123-10072008><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>(On the CAUT info page it says that CAUT is a
"community service", and also that it is an "open list, allowing anyone to
subscribe or submit posts." Did I somehow
misunderstand?)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=901592123-10072008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=901592123-10072008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Can't I just be a guest for now?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=901592123-10072008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=901592123-10072008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>(It's okay, if my contributions are not pleasing or
wanted I can go somewhere else... ...sniff... ;-)
)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=901592123-10072008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>~Kendall Ross Bean</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=901592123-10072008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=533361603-16112007>e-mail: <A
title=mailto:kenbean@pianofinders.com
href="mailto:kenbean@pianofinders.com">kenbean@pianofinders.com</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=533361603-16112007><SPAN class=901592123-10072008><EM>"The reward for
jumping through hoops is... ...more
hoops".</EM></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></SPAN></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>