Updated Bylaws Report for those of you who are delegates

[paul bruesch]

David,
As a paid member, you ARE able to sign up to be permitted access to PTG-L,
which is precisely where this commentary belongs, assuming it needs to be
aired anywhere at all. Please keep it OFF this non-political, technical
list.

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On 6/13/07, David Andersen <david at davidandersenpianos.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Jun 13, 2007, at 7:53 AM, Ron Berry wrote:
>
> I received an updated Bylaws report which I have posted on the web. There
> is a directory of late and updated submissions at
> *http://www.ptg.org/members/docs/2007/Council/*
>
> ron
>
>
> As an apparently endangered and, in some quarters, reviled "associate,"
> I'm not sure if I can post to, or go on, PTG-L.
>
>
> Let's see: 4,300 members of PTG; less than 400 at the National Convention;
> to me, if I was active and "owned-in" to  an organization's well-being,
> those numbers *suck. *And reveal some deep disconnect between leadership
> and membership.* *And now a portion of our membership is actively pursuing
> more judgement, more exclusion.
>
>
> Makes me feel respected and appreciated. (Irony alert.)
>
>
> The RPT test standards, IMO, are ridiculously low. I have followed RPTs
> and their work for 25 years. The good ones are awesome, and deeply
> inspirational to me---but that's several.  The others---the majority---are
> just tune & run guys, with no real interest in piano service.
>
>
> Inspiration feels vastly different than exclusion and judgement.
>
>
> This is offered with humility; I am one of a big (relative to our
> discussion---in the hundreds) number of gifted and hard-working men and
> women who work on some of the greatest pianos in the world on a daily basis,
> for some of the greatest artists that ever lived---and have made a decision,
> for whatever considered and no doubt intentional reason, to either not use
> or not pursue the RPT designation. If I was leading a non-profit service
> organization based on a highly personalized, difficult, and prized
> skillset---maintaining great pianos at their highest level---I would
> literally fall over myself extending hands to those of our profession who
> have risen to the top of their game, whether members or not. I would welcome
> and treasure their real-world, hard-won input. I would ask them, in an
> atmosphere of collegiality, equality, and respect, why they have chosen not
> to support our fantastic PTG and its best-in-the-world continuing education
> programs. I would ask them what we can do as a Guild to *feel like* and *
> be* an organization that attracts more than 6 or 7% of its total
> membership to its national conference.
>
>
> This is written and sent with respect and gratitude that PTG exists and
> that it provides me with an excellent teaching platform, among many other
> tangible and ethereal benefits; we have a sacred obligation to pass on our
> hard-won skills to the next generation. I write this because I love our work
> and our Guild, and as a positive force, willing to work towards
> understanding and unafraid of genuine, authentic, and respectful
> communication, confrontation, and resolution---another " highly
> personalized, difficult, and prized skillset...."
>
>
> My best to you----and see some of you in Kansas City. Please feel free to
> buttonhole me about this subject.
>
>
> David Andersen
> Malibu, CA
>
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