<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 5/27/2004 4:23:25 AM Pacific Standard Time, jonpage@= comcast.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><PRE>It seems by many statements I heard that the bar for RPT is = too low. If retested, how many RPT's would not requalify or even want to pay to have this bonified certification. </PRE><FONT face="Courier New, Courier">Jon Page</FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV= > <DIV>   <FONT size=3>  Jon</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>    The other question is what in reality= does a RPT label do for you? Does it make your reputation?&n= bsp;No ,you do. Does it make you a better technician? No you do. My Point is= my mentors were My Father & Dick Hamlett. Dick was a fine tech who was = never a member & who new how to set tunings in concrete as well as = my dad, a Braid white trained tech(in 1950) When Dad became an RpT in = the 70's his rep & technical didn't prove.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   In some cases a client has asked if I'm an = RpT but that's not why they came to me in the first place. For some it's sma= ll seal of approval. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  I think the whole thing is for techs it's a bench= mark at entry level requirements. I know rpts that I wouldn't even pay for = one of there tunings 7 non Rpts that I would.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Dale</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>