<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Dear Pianotech and CAUT email group members,</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">If you haven’t already heard the big news, the PTG has launched a newly redesigned web site along with an exciting new social media site called my.ptg.org. This new site features a wide variety of ways to connect and interact with chapter members, fellow committee and task group members, the worldwide community of piano technicians and others with similar interests. One effect of this change is that the old mailing lists we used are gone and replaced with online forums.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">To get started, go to <a href="http://my.ptg.org/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 80, 174); ">http://my.ptg.org</span></a>. <span> </span>If you are a PTG member, use your PTG member number and assigned web password as your login information. On the left side of the main page is a section called "Getting Started". Follow the steps to set up your profile and preferences. Just click the PTG logo at the top left or click "Home" to return to this main page at any time.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">If you are not a PTG member, click on "Click here to set up a profile” in step #1. This takes you to a page on the PTG web site where you can create a profile. After you have completed the form, hit submit and you will see a welcome page with a link that says “Please click here to join the PTG community.” Click on that link and it will take you back to the my.ptg.org site to continue setting up your profile.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Please note: If you click on “Edit Contact Information” next to your picture, you can view and/or change your login and password information by choosing “Change Password” from the dropdown menu at the top of the page.</span></i> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">It is very important that you follow #3 of "Getting Started" to set up your "notification settings." You won’t get an email notification that there have been new messages until you select "Real Time" to get each message as it is sent, "Daily Digest" to get one post per day of all the discussions, or "PDA" to get a text-only message suitable for smart phones. Discussions are searchable as is the whole <a href="http://my.ptg.org/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 80, 174); ">my.ptg.org</span></a> site.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">You may notice missing archives. Fear not for these shall return, in a new format, and will be searchable.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">We hope that you take the time to explore the new interactive my.ptg.org and find out how you can participate.<span> </span>Please contact us at <a href="mailto:ptg@ptg.org">ptg@ptg.org</a> or call 913.432.9975 if you have any problems, or have questions about becoming a part of my.ptg.org.</span></p><div>Pianotech Community - <a href="http://my.ptg.org/PTG/PTG/Directory/CommunityDetails/Default.aspx?CommunityKey=6265a40b-9fd2-4152-a628-bd7c7d770cbf">http://my.ptg.org/PTG/PTG/Directory/CommunityDetails/Default.aspx?CommunityKey=6265a40b-9fd2-4152-a628-bd7c7d770cbf</a></div><div apple-content-edited="true"><div><div><div>CAUT Community - <a href="http://my.ptg.org/PTG/CCAdmin/ProductPages/Directory/CommunityDetails/Default.aspx?CommunityKey=76c8d8e5-6fa1-4522-9fa9-006ff252729b">http://my.ptg.org/PTG/CCAdmin/ProductPages/Directory/CommunityDetails/Default.aspx?CommunityKey=76c8d8e5-6fa1-4522-9fa9-006ff252729b</a></div></div></div></div><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; 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