[pianotech] the fate of pianotech (OT?)

[Mike Spalding]

List,

We are assured by President Jim Coleman Jr. that the Council will not be voting on the future of the Mailman list.  I've copied our correspondence below.  :

  I apologize for the extended unwrapped lines in part of this string - I copied and pasted from H/L and the formatting got wacked.  Go figure.



YES.

  Jim Coleman, Jr  RPT

Staff Piano Technician-

    University of Tennessee

President-

      Piano Technicians Guild

jcolem21 at utk.edu

jcpanoman at colemantools.com

602-989-0005  Cell

865-465-7100  Home

865-748-0998  UT Office


    From: Mike Spalding [mike.spalding1 at frontier.com]
  Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 8:49 PM
  To: Coleman, Jim
  Subject: Re: FW: [Board] Council Agenda

    Jim,

  Is it OK with you if I post your reply on the lists?  A number of participants are as concerned as I about the possible actions of Council regarding the future of the lists.

  thanks

  Mike

  On 5/30/2012 1:13 PM, Coleman, Jim wrote:
  Mike,



"Mailman" is a hot topic and there will assuredly be discussions of it in Council but there is no proposal/vote planned.

Now if the Board chooses to put an 'emergency' proposal on the agenda that is a different kettle of worms, however I do not expect that to happen.



Jim Coleman, Jr  RPT

Staff Piano Technician-

    University of Tennessee

President-

      Piano Technicians Guild

jcolem21 at utk.edu

jcpanoman at colemantools.com

602-989-0005  Cell

865-465-7100  Home

865-748-0998  UT Office


     From: Mike Spalding [mike.spalding1 at frontier.com]
  Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 5:38 PM
  To: Coleman, Jim
  Cc:execcom at ptg.org
  Subject: Re: FW: [Board] Council Agenda

   Jim, thanks for your quick reply.  But I am confused.  Israel Stein recently posted to PTG-L that there will be a vote, and I quote:
  "A Council update has just been distributed to all delegates, containing (among mostly procedural information) the following notice:  "Please be sure to discuss the Bylaws proposals with your chapter prior to arriving so that you come prepared to vote. There will also be a question put before Council regarding the futures of the Mailman software as well as the forum software." So how can it also be true that there is no proposal on the agenda?  Perhaps we are playing with strict definitions, where having plans to put a question before the Council is not, strictly speaking, to have a  Proposal on the Agenda.  I hope that's not what this is about.   All I can do is continue to ask:  If there are plans to put a question to a vote in Council, will you please publish the question to the chapter delegates so that they may discuss it with their chapters and come prepared to vote? thanks for your continued indulgence, I am only trying to understand what's happening, Mike Spalding
  On 5/29/2012 2:39 PM, Coleman, Jim wrote:
Mike,



At this time there is no Proposal on the Agenda redarding the Mailman.

During the Long Range Planning Report facts and figures will be presented

regarding the cost of continuing the service.



Jim Coleman, Jr  RPT

Staff Piano Technician-

    University of Tennessee

President-

      Piano Technicians Guild

jcolem21 at utk.edu

jcpanoman at colemantools.com

602-989-0005  Cell

865-465-7100  Home

865-748-0998  UT Office


     From:board-bounces at ptg.org  [board-bounces at ptg.org] on behalf ofmike.spalding1 at frontier.com  [mike.spalding1 at frontier.com]
  Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 4:07 PM
  To:board at ptg.org
  Subject: [Board] Council Agenda

     I understand that there will be a question put before Council regarding the futures of the Mailman software as well as the forum software.  I think it would be in the best interest of the organization for Chapter delegates to be given a copy of the specific proposal so that they can discuss it with their chapters and arrive at Council prepared to vote.   Therefore I am requesting that you send this proposal to each delegate, and also add it to the electronic copy of the agenda book at the PTG.org website.

  thank you

  Michael Spalding RPT


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