Cause for active tuning Associates to be in an uproar!

[pjr]

In our region, we were told the organization is looking for more 
"serious" associates, ones that would "shut up and take the tests."(as 
someone has just put it).  I think it is discrimination for the 
organization to use the dues of  associates to promote another class of 
membership and additionally require that we put down our own 
classification.  It's time that associates had some say in the 
governance of the organization.

Phil Ryan
Miami Beach


Dave Doremus wrote:
> Whats discriminatory about it? Just the facts, ma'am. I'm not sure 
> rigorous is correct, but otherwise, why the uproar? They could add, 
> 'may be a tuner of from 0 to 50 years experience unwilling to submit 
> his/her work to examination by his/her peers', would that be better?
>
> ----Dave
>
> New Orleans, RPT
>
> PS Geaux Tigers!!!
>
> On 9/2/06, Hechler Family quoth:
>>
>> Sounds discriminatory to me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>> * *
>> *?A Registered Piano Technician (RPT) has passed a series of rigorous
>> examinations on the maintenance, repair, and tuning of pianos.
>> * *
>> *?An Associate is a member who has not passed the RPT examinations.
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