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<DIV>Hello ! Laura and All,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Laura, you are teaching two ( 2
) classes this year,</DIV>
<DIV>Unless you have changed your mind. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Please don't.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Jack</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 6/30/2011 9:57:06 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
laura-olsen@att.net writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>I should
check with Ryan (and maybe he could speak to this), but I am team
teaching one class this year and I received 50% off my registration. I
don't know what the per diem might be or if there is one, but I think I still
got a banquet ticket. I'm not saying it's bad, it's different and less
than it used to be.
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<DIV>Laura</DIV>
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<DIV>
<DIV>On Jun 30, 2011, at 9:09 AM, Dale Erwin wrote:</DIV><BR
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face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> <FONT size=2><FONT
face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> </FONT></FONT>La<FONT
color=navy size=2
face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif">ura<BR> And now the
compensation is even less?<BR>
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<DIV style="CLEAR: both"><FONT size=1><B><FONT color=indigo
face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Dale S. Erwin<BR><A
title=http://www.erwinspiano.com/
href="http://www.erwinspiano.com/">www.Erwinspiano.com</A><BR>209-577-8397</FONT></B></FONT><FONT
size=1><B><BR>209-985-0990</B><BR><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN><B><I><SPAN
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size=1 face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><I><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></I></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><B><FONT size=1>Ronsen hammers/prep<BR>Sitka
Sound boards<BR>Belly packages<BR></FONT></B></SPAN><BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: Laura Olsen <<A title=mailto:laura-olsen@att.net
href="mailto:laura-olsen@att.net">laura-olsen@att.net</A>><BR>To: <A
title=mailto:pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR>Sent: Thu, Jun 30,
2011 5:27 am<BR>Subject: Re: [pianotech] teaching money,(was Irritated
)<BR><BR>
<DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_e95e3cf0-2624-493b-be92-0418a7616f32>It's changed, Wim.
Did you teach last year? Are you teaching this year? While there
is some consideration, depending upon how many periods you teach, it's not
what it used to be.
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<DIV>Laura</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>
<DIV>On Jun 29, 2011, at 11:43 PM, <A title=mailto:tnrwim@aol.com
href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</A> wrote:</DIV><BR
class=Apple-interchange-newline>
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face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></FONT><BR>
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style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 3px"> would like
me to prepare and teach a class for free, pay my own transportation and
room, and pay a full entrance fee to attend a convention in which I will
miss a significant portion of classes in order to present my
own?</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV>I'm not sure when's the last time you taught, Ed, but everytime I've
taught at a convention I got a per diem, a ticket to the banquet, and free
registration. Yes, I had to pay for my own hotel room and transportation,
and of course my food, but then I only taught two class periods. The rest
of the time I was allowed to attend other classes to learn. And
as we have all experienced, there is also a lot of learning
going on between class time and in the exhbiti hall. All in
all, I think it's a pretty good deal. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Wim<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: Ed Foote <<A title=mailto:a440a@aol.com
href="mailto:a440a@aol.com">a440a@aol.com</A>><BR>To: pianotech <<A
title=mailto:pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Sent: Wed,
Jun 29, 2011 4:23 pm<BR>Subject: [pianotech] teaching money,(was Irritated
)<BR><BR>
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color=black size=2 face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
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<DIV id=AOLMsgPart_1_6712fd5f-f365-4d0e-873e-d2a8c375fe1f><FONT color=navy
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="arial, helvetica"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#000080
face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> Dale and Mark write
the following: </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
<DIV
id=AOLMsgPart_0_59ac4774-0145-4200-8d35-a7971cb1b266><U><BR>>>All
instructors that are willing to help perpetuate excellence in the
continued education of our membership are valued, regardless of whether
they are sponsored by a manufacturer or not</U>.
<BR><B> Understood. But money still is the issue. The dues and
convention fees should be higher. You get what you pay
for</B>.<<</DIV>
<DIV id=AOLMsgPart_0_59ac4774-0145-4200-8d35-a7971cb1b266><BR></DIV>
<DIV id=AOLMsgPart_0_59ac4774-0145-4200-8d35-a7971cb1b266>
Agreed. It is easy to say, as an instructor, I am "valued".
Of course I am. The PTG, in order to maximize the profit of
the convention, would like me to prepare and teach a class for free,
pay my own transportation and room, and pay a full entrance fee to attend
a convention in which I will miss a significant portion of classes in
order to present my own? What a bargain! There is no way to
justify that sort of expense unless I have something to sell. I
don't have anything to sell, just some experience gleaned from making
mistakes for the last 35 years. If that isn't worth at least the entrance
fee and a room, then I can't afford to be a PTG teacher. </DIV>
<DIV id=AOLMsgPart_0_59ac4774-0145-4200-8d35-a7971cb1b266> My
last convention was full of classes taught by people that were basically
advertising their wares or services. Their cost of attending is part of
their advertising budget, and selling their services or wares can make the
convention a profitable venture. Those techs that simply have
valuable experience to share will gradually become extinct. This is a
loss, since the original idea of the PTG was to have an organization of
working technicians that could share their expertise. Now, we have
an "institute for profit", and the PTG doesn't want to pay for the
content. </DIV>
<DIV id=AOLMsgPart_0_59ac4774-0145-4200-8d35-a7971cb1b266> On
this course, our future is going to be one of vendor instructors, and I
really think that is going to limit the attraction of the institute.
It looks like a downward spiral to me. </DIV>
<DIV
id=AOLMsgPart_0_59ac4774-0145-4200-8d35-a7971cb1b266>Regards, </DIV>
<DIV id=AOLMsgPart_0_59ac4774-0145-4200-8d35-a7971cb1b266>Ed Foote
RPT</DIV>
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