<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> List: The piano chairperson of a prestigious = music school was in Dallas this past week and gave a recital in our auditorium. I = had a delightful conversation with her about schools, pianos, etc. She = asked if I knew the head tech at her school. I didn't. I looked in our = directory, and he is not a PTG member. Have we made any real effort to ascertain = why some obviously good technicians have not found membership in PTG to = be important? I'm not talking about the accusatory "why are you not = a member?" but something more like "Is there something about = PTG that keeps you from wanting to join?" I really think we could learn a = lot about ourselves and our organization if we asked some prominent = non-members why they aren't in PTG. dave _______________________________________________ <B= R>David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas dporritt@swbell.net _________________________________________= ______ </BODY></HTML>