<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1543" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hi Julia, There are two PTG logos. One for use by associates and the other reserved for RPT's</DIV> <DIV>If I think about it, when I have new cards made I may use both to promote PTG. >g?</DIV> <DIV>I am not sure what the Associate logo looks like now. It seems that there are changes made in this area every year at convention time.</DIV> <DIV>I think that the whole thing boils down to one word, Associate, and the percieved negative it conveys.</DIV> <DIV>What is your reaction to the phone message, " All our associates are bussy now, please wait for the next associate to help you",</DIV> <DIV>or something to that effect.</DIV> <DIV>Mine is a negative one, I want the head honcho.</DIV> <DIV>The whole fuss over a name is not really worth the bother, hey why don't we change and call associates RPT's and RPT's, ASSOCIATES </DIV> <DIV>We would still have the same grumblings</DIV> <DIV>It might be better to set the dues at $400.00 oer year and give a discount of $100.00 for those who have and are updating their skills. As is required in the teaching field. Well not exactly but sort of. To be recertified in Oregon one must take so many class hours every few years to be recertified.</DIV> <DIV>Well enough ramblin'</DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=KeyKat88@aol.com href="mailto:KeyKat88@aol.com">KeyKat88@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:16 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Cause for active tuning Associates to be in an uproar!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Wait a minute,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>      I thought an Associate could use the PTG logo if they used the one that reads <EM><STRONG>associate member</STRONG></EM> underneath. At least thats the way they are showing up on the PTG website.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Julia Gottshall</DIV> <DIV>Reading. PA</DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 9/3/2006 6:50:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, <A href="mailto:ricbrek@broadpark.no">ricbrek@broadpark.no</A> writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>No... "Tuners" are pretty well defined.  You got your RPT's,  and they <BR>have the PTG's permision to use the PTG logo... which is the PTG's right <BR>to decide since the PTG owns the logo. And you got those who have not <BR>for whatever reaons obtained RPT status who are associate members.  They <BR>do not get to use the PTG logo.. which is also the PTG's right do decide <BR>since the PTG owns the logo.  In both cases, Associate and RPT, the <BR>designations were pretty clearly defined and rather dispassionatly at that.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>