<!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 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <DIV><SPAN class=359295512-17072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hey Fred,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=359295512-17072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=359295512-17072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Except for the "lumbering, ossified" part, we are good to go as soon we find the volunteers resources.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=359295512-17072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=359295512-17072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>DP</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=359295512-17072008> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dale Probst, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Midwestern State University</FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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>Fred Sturm<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:09 PM<BR><B>To:</B> College and University Technicians<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Forum format (was Re: Requirementsforcontributing/posting; RPT status<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Hi Dale, <DIV><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN>Thanks for publicly committing PTG to back this venture financially. It is truly inspiring to see the new, nimble PTG in action, able to turn on a dime (in contrast to the old, lumbering, ossified version).</DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN>In a slightly more serious vein, I presume that you are saying that you will use your authority and persuasive ability to move forward on this project, finding some degree of support from home office in a technical way (probably at the cost of some number of PTG dollars, whether directly or indirectly), providing there are enough people willing to stick their necks out and say publicly that they will work on the project on a volunteer basis. Is this about right?</DIV> <DIV> <DIV apple-content-edited="true"><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; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0"> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV>Fred Sturm</DIV> <DIV>University of New Mexico</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">fssturm@unm.edu</A></DIV> <DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV></DIV></SPAN><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On Jul 16, 2008, at 4:05 PM, Ward & Probst, Inc wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><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; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0">Fred,<BR><BR>Thanks for volunteering to help get this started. We've been talking about<BR>this project for a while. Anybody else willing to help?<BR><BR>DP<BR>Dale Probst, RPT<BR><A href="mailto:pres@ptg.org">pres@ptg.org</A></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>