<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C46980.CF9315F0"> <link rel=Edit-Time-Data href="cid:editdata.mso@01C46980.CF9315F0">  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue = style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> Thanks, David!<o:p></o:p> <![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p>= Yes, the caut list has left a big tattoo on my = psychic forehead, too.<o:p></o:p> <![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p>= Some things move ahead, but others = don’t—10 years later, Michael Wathen is a high school math teacher with a summer gig at = Interlochen, and an invention to shepherd.  CCM doesn’t use “Recital” or D-Base or Lotus to schedule = the one thousand recitals plus rehearsals each year; we use…pencil and paper!  (Still looking for that perfect software, I = guess.)<o:p></o:p> <![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p>= Lawrence Becker, = RPT<o:p></o= :p> Piano Technician<o:p></o:p> College-Conservatory of Music<o:p></o:p></sp= an> University of Cincinnati<o:p></o:p></sp= an> = <![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p>= -----Original Message----- From: David Skolnik [mailto:davidskolnik@optonline.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 13, = 2004 11:54 PM To: pianotech; = caut@ptg.org; ptg Topics Subject: HEY! HAPPY 10th ANNIVERSARY TO US - JULY 15 <![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Dear Listers of all persuasions - I don't know if this coming date was acknowledged at the Nashville = Convention, but it has gone completely unnoted here.  And while those with = first hand information may be able to refine the record, according to the = pianotech archives, July 15, 1994 marks the originating post of what are now our lists.  I've reprinted it below. I am not articulate enough to impart, with any poetry or profundity, my = deep sense of the contribution these lists have made to the fabric of our = lives, as technicians and beyond.  I was going to say how it has impacted = the experience of the PTG, and then reflected on the flirtation the lists = have always had with a certain independence from the Guild, as the two = primary lists have always been open to all.  I note, as well, my suspicion = (since I don't have the data) that a sizable percentage of the PTG membership = does not partake of any of them.  Nevertheless, I cannot, on any regular = basis, remain conscious of such a distinction.  These lists would not = exist, as such, without the basic Guild community, and that community has been = indelibly affected by them.   They are a trove. If I mention any names, I'm likely to offend by omission,  but = it's worth going to archive to note those of the original contributors who have = remained active.  Porritt, Swafford, McNeil are a few, but you = others...you're presence is preserved.  And I would not permit myself to forgo acknowledging my appreciation to two large presences, Newton Hunt and = Danny Boone. Thanks to all of you. David Skolnik <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> <h1 style='margin-right:.5in;margin-left:1.0in'>Software for Scheduling <o:p></o:p></h1> Michael Wathen 556-9565 = <a href="mailto:WATHENMJ%40A1.BETA.UC.EDU">WATHENMJ@A1.BETA.UC.EDU = </a> Fri, 15 Jul 1994 10:09:00 -0500 = (EST) <o:p></o:p>= <![if !supportLists]>�         <![endif]>Next message: <a href="000001.htm">Software for Scheduling = </a><o:p></o:p>= <![if !supportLists]>�         <![endif]>Messages sorted = by: <a href="date.htm#0">[ = date ]</a> <a href="thread.htm#0">[ thread ]</a> <a href="subject.htm#0">[ = subject ]</a> <a href="author.htm#0">[ author ]</a> <o:p></o:p>= <div class=MsoNormal align=center = style='margin-right:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt: auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.0in;text-align:center'><fo= nt size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </div> <![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p>= <pre = style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>I = would like to hear from as many college technicians as possible = with<o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>regards to the following = dilema.  We schedule over a thousand events<o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>yearly here at CCM.  They = have up until now done all scheduling non<o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>electronically and are presently = exploring options for software<o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>that will do the job for = them.<o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>The latest idea is that they = will rely on the University VAX network's<o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>smorgasborg of site liscensed = software.  The university's computer<o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>people are experimenting with a = program called "Recital" which is a<o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>program similar to = D-Base.<o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>My feeling is that it is far = more prudent to buy dedicated software for<o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>scheduling rather than adapt = your needs to a catchall program like<o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>D-Base.  Afterall, thats = the way business generally operates.  For<o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>example: the pharmacy that I use = employs a program called "Parm Ease".<o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>It was developed and is = supported only for this particular<o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>application.  I think it = would be a nightmare if they had bought Lotus<o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>or D-Base and tried to make it = work for their needs.<o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>How does your school handle = scheduling.  Whats the name of the<o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>program, is it a local or a vax = type system?  Are they happy?<o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p>= </pre><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;marg= in-left: 1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p>= </pre></div> </body> </html>