Dale, see an email I sent to your address, I think I've fixed the situation. Jim On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Dale Erwin <erwinspiano at aol.com> wrote: > Yes they are posting but as for me I can't figure out how to get on and > comment...signing in troubles > but I can go there and see what others are posting. I need help. My son > will likely scold me for being dense later.....oh well. > > > *Dale Erwin R.P.T. > Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc. > ** Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S. pianos > www.Erwinspiano.com > Phone: 209-577-8397 > * > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Terry Beckingham <t46xd8jb at xplornet.com> > To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>; pianotech <pianotech at googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sun, Mar 3, 2013 8:03 am > Subject: Re: [pianotech] The fate of Pianotech > > Hi Dale, > > Is pianotech at googlegroups still up and running? I haven't seen a single > post from it in several days. I went to the web site and there were no > recent posts there either. > > Your post to Ron came to me only on pianotech, not via google groups. I > should have received it twice if google groups was up and running. > > Terry Beckingham > > At 10:32 AM 3/3/2013 -0500, you wrote: > > Hi Ron > Thank you for your forthright comments. Please except my personal > compassion for the situation with your mom. I went thru this very thing > last year and it is a very difficult and emotional task to handle and > then...... the world keeps on coming at you. > Ron, the fact that you said "I have pretty well lost my interest in > dealing with PTG" speaks volumes about an organization that has lost its > way. and this ..... > " Once again, I find the total lack of communication from the Board to be > astounding." > *Do they not understand anything about **we the people? The people they > are supposed to serve.* > Are they living in a bubble or what? > Just so you know the majority of Indians have already left the reservation > so to speak, and many on the list have gone to google groups and > unsubscribed to Myptg.org and this list. So I am cross posting this to them > as well @ pianotech at googlegroups.com. > > My thanks to you for helping to provide an amazing on line experience of > continuing education of incalculable value. > The brain trust of the organization and technical expertise and sharing > lives on elsewhere to those who wish to be > involved. The Bible say that without vision..... the people perish. > Kind regards and God Bless > Dale > > *Dale Erwin R.P.T. > **Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc. > Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S. pianos > www.Erwinspiano.com <http://www.erwinspiano.com/> > Phone: 209-577-8397 > * > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Berry <berrypiano at gmail.com> > To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Sat, Mar 2, 2013 11:00 pm > Subject: [pianotech] The fate of Pianotech > > to the online PTG people > > I have been very tied up the past couple of week with my mother in the > hospital and moving her > > to a nursing home. > > I have to say that I was as surprised as the rest of you about the notice > in the PTG newsletter. > > The text in it made it look like I and the ECC were proposing that > Pianotech be closed and that everyone move over to the Google+ community. > Once again, I find the total lack of communication from the Board to be > astounding. My report suggested leaving the email Pianotech running and > starting an experiment with Google+. Next thing I know it is being > announced as the new thing and that people should contact me for > instructions. The G+ community has better options than the Google group and > it less likely to get spam since the membership has to be approved and can > be blocked. I called the G+ community Pianotech just to get that name in > case we liked G+. > > If I had a clue that the Board was going to promote this as the > replacement for Pianotech listserve I would have prepared some instructions > for using Google+. This change could not have occurred at a worse time for > me. I also suggested that the ECC committee be eliminated since all its > past functions are now taken over by staff. I don't have admin rights to > any of the web sites any more. > > I have pretty well lost my interest in dealing with PTG, but still love > the community created by all our online communities. The listserve will > probably be closed, even though there are some functions it provides which > will be hard to duplicate. I am no fan of my.ptg.org and almost never use > it. When I do, it is through email. It could be OK for some committee work. > I do think G+ works better than my.ptg.org, and I imagine G+ will grow > over time at a much faster rate. G+ integrates with Gmail very well, and > that is the way I follow what is going on there. Also the G+ iPhone app is > excellent and easy to use. It is unknown how long G+ will archive items, > and we won't have much control over that. I think it is reasonable to > transfer the archives over to my.ptg.org to integrate them with that > community just to save them. I told the Board when they first were looking > at my.ptg.org that the most important thing was to maintain the Pianotech > archives. Here we are, years past that, and they are still in question. > > I"m still dealing with selling my mom's house and the stuff in it, so I > don't have much computer time. I have faith in the community that created > Pianotech and know that it will survive. It would be much better if it > could all come together in one place rather than four. I think Google > groups or G+ make sense as the place to have it. The google group is more > like the current listserve and the G+ group offers some new features > including Hangouts which are like Skype conference calls. I leave it to the > groups to decide. > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ronald Berry Piano Service > Indianapolis, IN > 317-255-8213 > ron at berrypiano.com > http://www.berrypiano.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ask me about Healthy Chocolate! > http://www.BerryGoodChocolate.com <http://www.berrygoodchocolate.com> > > Public Key > http://www.berrypiano.com/key/Ron_Berry.txt > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130303/cef0fdde/attachment.htm>
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