How many techs?

[Leslie W Bartlett]

Ouch- so sad you've had such a horrible experience.  I hope some of those
who held those attitudes have gone on to their rewards- somewhere. It's
reprehensible that Guild people would be that rude.   On the other hand,
those are, I think, the exceptions.  Our local chapter seems to be
attended by folks who really don't care that much, with a couple of
exceptions, if one is RPT or otherwise. We're there to learn "stuff about
thingees" and other stuff, too...
les bartlett, 
houston

On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 20:01:59 -0500 "Ted Rohde" <rohde@pdnt.com> writes:
> List,
>     It's this very reason that I have never joined the Guild.  I've 
> been in
> business since 1976, keep several other techs busy, rebuild pianos, 
> and
> learn everywhere I can learn by attending workshops with Yamaha, 
> Steinway,
> etc.  I was called to join in 1979 and, when a little hesitant, was 
> told
> that they would have me out of business within a couple years if I 
> didn't.
> I'm still here.  That call has kind of shaded my view of the Guild 
> for a
> long time.  I hang around on the fringes of this list to try to see 
> if I can
> learn more (which I definitely do!!), but stay really quiet to stay 
> away
> from the "flames" like these.
> 
> Later,
> 
> Ted Rohde
> Central Illinois
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Whatever do you want more associates for?  The guild is already 
> adding more
> associates than RPTs every month and as the older generation dies
> off........  Furthermore why would non-members want to be 
> associates?  They
> aren't full fledged members, they can't vote, and when they do 
> things like
> publish newsletters, start new chapters, teach classes, etc. they 
> are
> resented.
> 
> If you really want new members you will have to do more than offer 
> them
> "goodies", pizza and technical sessions on pitch raising.
> 
> Frankly, it will require some real creativity, but you did great in 
> that
> area in finding a trainee and wife.  So keep up the good work.
> 
> Diane
> 
> 

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