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[John Musselwhite]

>Boy, they must have heard me thinking that very thing. I believe it is very
>appropriate for the PTG to be sponsoring such a list or lists. Actually, I
>was thinking about a newsgroup, which would provide the ease of clicking on
>the topics that interest you. Although, I have no idea if newsgroups are
>harder to maintain or not. Maybe one list and one newsgroup. I, in my short

The problem with a newsgroup is that everyone and his dog has access to it
and there are subjects which I'm sure we would rather not discuss in the
open. As it is, the archives and this list itself are accessable to people
outside the craft, which in some respects is fine, but in others has me a
bit concerned. I'd LOVE to see a PTG only list.  As for a newsgroup, there
is always rec.music.makers.piano, where our technical posts seem to be welcome.

>Newsgroup Reader that does off line(however, I am checking out Free Agent
>and it llooks promising).

I'm using free Agent and swear by it!  Without it I wouldn't be reading
newsgroups much!  Apparantly the registered version does mail too, which
will make things easier.

>>I _really_ like the idea of having two lists - one for PTG members only and

>Would the former require signing up as a PTG member and passwords?
I would suggest it would... if it's for members only then only members would
have access. A password could be your PTG member number.

>have been several good messages posted regarding splitting or staying one
>list. At this time I am leaning towards having one list for all levels. (And

I don't mind that at all, except we still need a "private" place IMO.

                        John

John Musselwhite, RPT               Calgary, Alberta Canada
musselj@cadvision.com              sysop@67.cambo.cuug.ab.ca