[pianotech] LIST POSSIBILITIES

[Carl]

I'm wondering if all this came about because many tuners opted out
of the association .  So much great info. is available on the list, that
being a member , and having to pay dues, seems redundant.  That being 
said, where does the organization get the money it needs to run things.  I'm 
sure  money is needed by the association , for salaries, Journals, etc. 
Obviously, there is much I don't know about how the list works.  The gov.
gets it's money from tax payers, and allocates it where necessary.       

I don't know if I'm even close here, but there is money in
advertising everywhere, including online.  Is it possible that is where we are at ??

We should be enlightened, if that is the case.   Somebody should "SPLAIN" it to us.

If I'm way off base here, I apologize.              ( I am 78 years old )

CT.    ( Winnipeg -Yeeeeaah, Jets )
       




----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Marc Lanthier / Piano Lanco 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 6:08 PM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] Protest the loss of PianoTech by responding


  Keep the list !

   

  I love it and have read it every day for a decade at least.

   

  I stopped paying my dues a few years back but will start paying again if [pianotech] remains. If many readers but non-members do the same, that should cover the costs to keep it going.

   

  Marc Lanthier

  www.pianolanco.com

   

   

  On Feb 25, 2013, at 12:59 PM, Alan Eder <reggaepass at aol.com> wrote:


  As yet another long-time dues-paying and fully enfranchised member of PTG, I just wanted to add my voice to the growing chorus of those of us who find this list both extremely valuable and handy and think it would be the height of irony for our organization to jettison what is for many the single most valuable tool we have towards furthering our professional development in real-time and on a day-to-day basis. I, for one, like receiving all posts and deciding what to read, what to save for a "rainy day," and to delete right away. I want to underscore an important point that someone else made against sub-forums: I peruse pianotech the way I choose which classes to attend at a convention, which is partially by subject, but largely by who is putting forth the information. Yes, there are certain posters whose words I am ALWAYS interested in reading, regardless of the subject matter, and others who are, shall we say, at the other end of the desirability spectrum.  

   

  My two cents, FWIW,

   

  Alan Eder
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