<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> Now Paul, were you going to give the same admonishment to Ron Berry? Or is David special? (of course we all know he is!)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Dean<o:p></o:p> <u1:PersonName u2:st="on">Dean May</u1:PersonName>             cell 812.239.3359 <o:p></o:p> PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 <o:p></o:p> <u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:City u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Terre Haute</st1:City></u1:City> <u1:State u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">IN</u1:State></st1:State>  <u1:PostalCode u2:st="on"><st1:PostalCode w:st="on">47802</u1:PostalCode></st1:PostalCode></st1:place></u1:place><o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of paul bruesch Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 4:39 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Updated Bylaws Report for those of you who are delegates<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> David,<o:p></o:p> <div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> As a paid member, you ARE able to sign up to be permitted access to PTG-L, which is precisely where this commentary belongs, assuming it needs to be aired anywhere at all. Please keep it OFF this non-political, technical list. <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div> Paul Bruesch<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Stillwater</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">MN</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p> <div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> On 6/13/07, David Andersen <<a href="mailto:david@davidandersenpianos.com"> david@davidandersenpianos.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p> <div style='word-wrap:break-word'> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div> On Jun 13, 2007, at 7:53 AM, Ron Berry wrote:<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p></o:p> I received an updated Bylaws report which I have posted on the web. There<o:p></o:p> is a directory of late and updated submissions at <o:p></o:p> <a href="http://www.ptg.org/members/docs/2007/Council/" target="_blank">http://www.ptg.org/members/docs/2007/Council/</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> ron<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> As an apparently endangered and, in some quarters, reviled "associate," I'm not sure if I can post to, or go on, PTG-L.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Let's see: 4,300 members of PTG; less than 400 at the National Convention; to me, if I was active and "owned-in" to  an organization's well-being, those numbers suck. And reveal some deep disconnect between leadership and membership. And now a portion of our membership is actively pursuing more judgement, more exclusion. <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Makes me feel respected and appreciated. (Irony alert.)<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> The RPT test standards, IMO, are ridiculously low. I have followed RPTs and their work for 25 years. The good ones are awesome, and deeply inspirational to me---but that's several.  The others---the majority---are just tune & run guys, with no real interest in piano service. <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Inspiration feels vastly different than exclusion and judgement.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> This is offered with humility; I am one of a big (relative to our discussion---in the hundreds) number of gifted and hard-working men and women who work on some of the greatest pianos in the world on a daily basis, for some of the greatest artists that ever lived---and have made a decision, for whatever considered and no doubt intentional reason, to either not use or not pursue the RPT designation. If I was leading a non-profit service organization based on a highly personalized, difficult, and prized skillset---maintaining great pianos at their highest level---I would literally fall over myself extending hands to those of our profession who have risen to the top of their game, whether members or not. I would welcome and treasure their real-world, hard-won input. I would ask them, in an atmosphere of collegiality, equality, and respect, why they have chosen not to support our fantastic PTG and its best-in-the-world continuing education programs. I would ask them what we can do as a Guild to feel like and be an organization that attracts more than 6 or 7% of its total membership to its national conference.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> This is written and sent with respect and gratitude that PTG exists and that it provides me with an excellent teaching platform, among many other tangible and ethereal benefits; we have a sacred obligation to pass on our hard-won skills to the next generation. I write this because I love our work and our Guild, and as a positive force, willing to work towards understanding and unafraid of genuine, authentic, and respectful communication, confrontation, and resolution---another " highly personalized, difficult, and prized skillset...." <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> My best to you----and see some of you in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kansas City</st1:place></st1:City>. Please feel free to buttonhole me about this subject.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> David Andersen<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Malibu</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>