<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html>   Wimblees@aol.com wrote <blockquote TYPE=CITE>The concept is very good. But I'm not sure if we need to go through a "certification" process to give a CAUT some sort of credibility. I think just offering classes on the topics you listed would be enough. The ones you listed would be ones I certainly would attend. And I wouldn't limit those classes to CAUTS. There are many techs who would get a lot out of those kinds of classes, just to deal with large public schools and/or churches. Wim</blockquote> Again I agree Wim... the concept is very good. But it seems to me that if one is first going to contrive some certification above the basic skills required of an RPT, then it should be more along the lines of what the German Piano Builder's certification implies. I dont think a series of classes, or small adjustments to ciruculum or the like is going to enhance an RPT's ability to do the job enough that it justifies a new title. Just being a member of CAUT show engagement in the basic issue set involved. Anyways... the root problem is off in an entirely different direction anyways. -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <A HREF="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</A>  </html>