You're a lot more tech savvy than me, Mark - so I'll take your word for it. I just find myself wondering if the bureaucracy is getting a little out of control. Its hard to believe, but the guild was thriving before any of us were ever on a computer. :) Ryan On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Mark Purney <mark.purney at mesapiano.com>wrote: > Ryan, > > You're comparing apples to oranges. A piano technician typically has a very > simple website, which exists only to provide some basic information and look > pretty. It serves the simple needs of one person who makes all the decisions > without committees, boards, or councils. Clients are usually kept track of > with a simple spreadsheet or database program, and the website and database > have no need for online integration. > > The PTG requires tons more technology to support the needs of the Home > Office and all the other groups that must work together within the > organization, and the membership tracking has to be extremely sophisticated > and flexible. Everything must work together on a server, and there is a huge > amount of data that must go back and forth to make it all happen. To a > non-programmer, it may all look like simple stuff. But the reality is that > even the most basic-looking functions on a website like ptg.org took some > programmer many hours to implement. And when all of these simple-looking > things must work together reliably, the server-side programming to support > it all becomes incredibly complex. It's more than we can expect inexpensive, > consumer-grade tools to handle. > > The growing needs of our organization make it necessary to use much more > expensive, sophisticated, yet generic tools that don't necessarily do > everything the way we'd like. > > > > > > On 7/5/2011 7:40 AM, Ryan Sowers wrote: > >> You will also find piano technicians who manage over 4000 clients without >> having to invest in software that costs tens of thousands of dollars. >> > > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20110705/2c23f846/attachment.htm>
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