Not everyone is welcome !

[Farrell]

Maybe PTG should consider doing away with the "ritual formality". I have to
admit that when I joined my local chapter a couple years ago they did the
vote thing - it was kinda wierd, and I too did feel a bit put off by it. I
had to think to myself "so like, what is the deal here, is this some cult or
something that one has to be evaluated for?" If anyone in the business can
join (which is my full understanding), maybe some bylaws somewhere could be
changed? Perhaps to join one could just fill out an application, pay the
fee, and show that they are involved in the trade in some form or fashion.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: Not everyone is welcome !


> My exerience is that this is a ritual formality and everyone is voted in.
>
> David Love
>
>
> >From: LHSBAND440@AOL.COM
> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> >To: pianotech@ptg.org
> >Subject: Not everyone is welcome !
> >Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 21:27:21 EST
> >
> >In a message dated 3/20/01 4:05:24 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> >Billbrpt@AOL.COM
> >writes:
> >
> >
> > > *Anyone* may join PTG.
> > >
> >
> >This is incorrect I have a friend who was going to join the Pittsburgh
> >chapter of the PTG.  This chapter requires an interview and then they
vote
> >as
> >to if they are going to accept you as an associate member.  They also
give
> >a
> >written test to accept associate members.  He informed the me that they
> >told
> >him that after the test and the interview that they are asked to leave
the
> >meeting and not return until the are voted in or out.
>
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