Is there any interest? was Re: no comp.

[David Love]

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Setting downbearing on different types of boards (old and new, varying =
degrees of crown), theory and methods, would be of interest to me.

David Love
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  From: Wimblees@AOL.COM=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org ; Board@ptg.org=20
  Cc: caut@ptg.org=20
  Sent: July 24, 2002 12:46 PM
  Subject: Is there any interest? was Re: no comp.=20



  Del and I have been discussing what subjects could be offered at the =
convention that would attract more technicians, especially the older, =
more experinced ones who have not been coming to the conventions =
recently, because there just aren't enough interesting topics offered.=20

  The challenge is to come up with topics that might be of interest, and =
an instructor who could present that topic, (or offer to teach it =
yourself).=20

  For the Board, could consideration be given to offer  instructors =
additional compensation to come up with more advanced topics?=20

  Below is the Del's latest comments on the subject. These ideas, =
hopefully, will be taken into advicement by the Institute Committee.=20

  Wim=20

  In a message dated 7/24/02 12:53:31 PM Central Daylight Time, =
pianobuilders@olynet.com writes:=20




      This is where I would like to see some ideas come out. What =
subjects, courses, ideas would attract those who feel the convention =
isn't offering enough? Would there be enough of these kinds of classes =
to fill out a schedule, or are there going to be only a few, like your =
environmental class, that hopefully would attract some of the =
technicians that no longer attend?  The second problem with this is, if =
you have some new classes next year, what will have to be offered the =
following year, and the next? Is there ever going to be enough new =
material to have those technicians you're talking about, coming back =
year after year?=20



    Well, I don't know what could be offered. I don't know=20
    what other people are interested in. What they are doing in their =
'spare' time.=20
    What excites them. What is driving them on. We'll have to search a =
bit.=20


    As to what to do the year after...let's worry about=20
    that next year. Each year will present troubles enough of its own.=20



      The next question is, who is going to teach=20
      those classes? I know you spend a lot of time preparing new =
classes, like the=20
      class I just mentioned. But who else is willing to take the time, =
and present=20
      it, with little or no compensation? Are we gong to run into the =
same problem?=20
      Are the advanced technicians who have given of their time and =
talent for all=20
      these many years, and felt "taken advantage of," be willing to =
step up to the=20
      plate, and do it again?=20



    And that, of course, brings=20
    us back to where this all started. Yes, eventually we are going to =
run into the=20
    same problem. With the current policies it will probably be =
impossible. But=20
    those policies must ultimately change--it is only a matter of time.=20







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