<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 3/17/04 1:17:13 PM Central Standard Time, kswafford@= earthlink.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Michael Travis and I wrote the bylaw that you = cite below. There was <BR>never any intention to make RPTs keep secret their= status as Certified <BR>Tuning Examiners. As one of the authors of the byla= w, I have said that <BR>I think it is acceptable to state the fact of being = a CTE on a <BR>resume/curriculum vitae, for example. The use of the initials= CTE after <BR>one's name is, I believe, prohibited.<BR><BR>Kent Swafford</F= ONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Thank you Kent.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>To go one step further, we all know that officers are not allowed to ad= vertise their office. I might be wrong on this, but when a Board member= is elected, are they not encouraged to send a news release to a local newsp= aper announcing the election? This would considered news, not advertisement.= </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>By the same token, the web site only makes mention I am a CTE in t= he PTG. If people reading this do not know the meaning of the acro= nym, that is not my concern. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Although I know CTE's are not allowed to advertise that status, if=  the subject comes up, I think they should be allowed to tell= a customer they are one.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></BODY></HTML>