ptg member Year in good standing?

[Mike Spalding]

Jessica,

I'm sure there are plenty of PTG members who share your disappointment. 
Have you tried posting your note to PTG-L ( a members-only forum for 
PTG-related topics), with copy to your RVP?

good luck

Jessica Masse wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Over the Holidays I painted, freshening up the office, hallways and 
> kitchen. Project started in the fall. That led to; do I want to hang 
> my PTG certificates and college certificate back up? I started out 
> looking for a frame to go with two others so they would, you know 
> match. (Get them all at the same time oak, wood is now out of fashion).
>
> Then my renewal certificate with the newer PTG logo came. What am I to 
> do with one more certificate? I couldn’t find in my package the 2008 
> gold sticker to go on the older certificate. Then I noticed that there 
> is no date or year on the new RPT Certificate. I don’t know about you, 
> but what good is a certificate of membership without a year of 
> distribution. Will I be a member forever now I could use this thing 
> forever even if I don’t continue to pay my dues.
>
> Really, I take a lot more pride than this in being a member. Thanks to 
> Sandy at the home office. I took out my letter for the 25 year pin I 
> received in June. (Nearly lost the pin the second time I wore it; the 
> back came off). I took the 2003 reissue of the PTG RPT Certificate out 
> of its frame and placed under the mat my letter for the pin and then 
> inserted the pin towards the bottom. I won’t have to worry about it 
> falling from my lapel again.
>
> Then I carefully removed all the year stickers off the glass and the 
> 2003 sticker from the certificate. They all came off in one piece 
> (love those single edge safety blades) and I continued placing them on 
> the matting around the original certificate from 1985 when I became a 
> Registered Piano Technician. That original logo is embossed into the 
> paper and has “Registered Member” in the white above the tools, and 
> the first letters of The Piano Technicians Guild Inc are also all 
> embossed. There is still room for a couple more stickers.
>
> This new certificate I think is a kick in the pants to everyone who 
> pays their dues. Do you think we could get a “Member in good standing 
> 2008” gold sticker to put in between the newer logo and the signature? 
> Then I could continue on the matting adding yearly stickers for the 
> next 25 years. Yes I’m young enough it could happen that I reach a 50 
> year. Or do I just hang this up and never worry about my dues again? 
> After looking at all of those other certificates and yearly stickers 
> don’t you think someone might question if I am in good standing for 2008?
>
> Could we maybe get our old membership cards that need signing back? I 
> ponder the code of ethics while I sign away (mostly thinking how some 
> non members would have to change there ways to sign one). Those old 
> stiff cards make good temperament strip stuffers and candle wax 
> removers, help locate things stuck in keys etc. I keep using the one 
> from a few years ago in my tuning bag (its getting a bit rough around 
> the edges). At least this way the customer can catch a glimpse of the 
> PTG card when I start to work on their piano.
>
> Jessica Masse
>
> RPT Piano Technicians Guild
>
> Proprietor, *Ebony and Ivory Piano Company*
>