<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 6/11/02 12:45:56 AM !!!First Boot!!!, mkurta@adelphia.net writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">It would be interesting to poll PTG members (both associates and RPT) as to why they don't attend national conventions. After going to seven, I seem to see the same faces year after year. Curious......</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
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<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">My picks for reasons folks don't attend conventions.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> 1. Not interested</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> 2. Costs too much</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> 3. Too far away</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> 4. I know enough already</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> 5. I'll lose too much business when away</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> 6. I'm shy and not a good mixer</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> 7. Can't get away</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
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<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> 9. YOUR CHOICE......</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
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<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> Mike Kurta, RPT </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>I am curious, are these your excuses, or these the excuses you have heard others give as to why they don't attend the PTG convention?
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<BR>I see the same faces year after year, too. I call them the perennials. They keep popping up year after year. These people have become my friends, and when I travel around the counrtry, I know I can stop by and see them. On our way to Portland, Oregon several years ago, my wife and I satyed with several friends, and had meals with several more. And when we're going to New York in a couple of weeks, We're having dinner with four of them.
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<BR>As far as #4 is concerned, the day I think I know enough, is the day I'll stop working, because I don't want to cheat my customers.
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<BR>As for 8, 9, and 10. How about: 8. I don't care enough about my customers to give them the very best. 9. I've always done it that way before, so it's got to be the best way. And last but not least, 10. I'm too stupid to know better.
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<BR>Wim
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