<HTML>This is absolutely true. =  Congratulations, Rolf.  Just out of curiosity, which came first, = the (theoretical) creation of the endowed piano tech position, or an initial= contribution designated for piano technology?   (I suppose it cou= ld be "both/and," too) It would be interesting to find out what other piano tech positions are = endowed.  I believe that the Pomona College position in So. Ca. is endo= wed (a very decent 1/2 time position with benefits). The problem with many schools is that there is great competition for end= owment funds, and usually the development people are pretty controlling abou= t it.  That is probably true at all schools to some extent, but if the = school is a liberal arts university it is particularly true.   Tha= t might mean that a potential contribution for a piano technology endowment = won't materialize, but the development VP may not care, since the concern is= to make sure that funds go where development wants them to go.   That is why I think it is so important to move forward with the CAUT cre= dential, and work hard to get the RPT/CAUT  on the university map. &nbs= p;Education, information, creating awareness.  But part of that educati= on should be informing schools of where the endowed piano tech programs are,= and how these programs can be funded, as you describe in your post. Bill Shull In a message dated 6/17/03 7:03:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time, pianos@tra= verse.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Richard is right on the mar= k.  We need to think creatively not only about ways to spend money but ways to raise it as well.  To that end Interlochen = Center for the Arts recently created what I think may be the first endowed chair of pia= no technology in the country.  There isn't enough money in the account= at this time to fund an entire position, but I can either turn the money back to increas= e principal or use the interest every year to supplement the base salary the adminis= tration allocates for that position in order to make the salary more competitive= .  At some point there could very well be a million dollars in the account from whi= ch $50K a year could be drawn to fund a second position. Charitable gift annuities (which virtually every non-profit in the count= ry is selling these days) is another way to creatively supplement a program as= one can designate a specific beneficiary at the time they're set up. The bottom = line with any of these methods is to creatively find ways to fund programs through= donations, savings and investment rather than increased allocations from the genera= l fund.  If you want to see doors fly open at your school this is one way to do it. People will donate to building campaigns and endowed faculty chairs as m= onuments to their philanthropy -- less to unspecified projects and operating funds. =  We should be pushing school administrators to think about funding the piano techno= logy function the same way they do opera, musical theater and chamber music. =  The more positions that can be funded through endowments and restricted funds the= more operating funds can be allocated for such things as instrument acquisiti= on, restoration and higher salaries for faculty and staff. Rolf von Walthausen > "rwest1@neb.rr.com" <rwest1@neb.rr.com> wrote: > Your statement below gets to the heart of the matter/problem. &nbsp= ;I don’t > think administrators have any problem understanding= how they need to spend > money on maintaining some aspect of their university be it pianos, > building, grounds, physical plant, etc.  Ideas to spend money = are legion. > The problem is to find ways to raise money.  We need to do our= homework and > provide the information for administrators to justify spending mone= y on > pianos, but we need to also help in the money raising department an= d that’s > where Fred’s email about universal health c= are comes in.  If an > administrator can have help to fund a piano technician position via > creative budgeting, (funding health care, foundation support, priva= te piano > purchases, etc.) then the position is more likely to be successful. _______________________________________________ caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>