Husband & Wife teams

[Jonathan Adams]

> >One technician does not need the permission of another to start up in
this
> >business.  An existing technician does not own the market in a given
area.
> >Newcomers are free to compete for their market share.  Why wouldn't this
> >same reasoning apply to Ra Byn and Tara?
> 
> Because Tara, bless her heart, is not arriving independently with her own
> independently developed skills. She is there because Robin opened up his
> business to her, providing her with the training and tools for this very
> rare skill.

Tara hasn't even begun to develope skills yet, she is considering learning
the trade.  If Tara were presented with a noncompete clause and refused to
sign, there would be little anyone could do to prevent her from learning to
be a technician anyway.  She could pursue it like any other newcomer to the
trade;  join the PTG, attend meetings, buy the source manuals and PACE
lessons, acquire her own tools,  attend seminars and conventions, and
eventually build her own clientele.  The knowledge is there for the taking,
it is not a rare thing at all.  

Stacy Adams
PTG Associate