<HTML><HEAD> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19120"></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">Hi, Noah:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">That's such a nice way of saying it.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">Paul</FONT><BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=noahfrere@gmail.com href="mailto:noahfrere@gmail.com">Noah Frere</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> 10/02/2011 7:27:14 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] RPT</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>Ooh - Laura - good question! that would be sweet.<BR>The rest of you , thanks, really appreciated.<BR>Paul, I hear you 100%. Although every one chooses their own path, and all those paths are good from a mega-standpoint - i still can't help feeling that shooting for RPT is somehow, without sounding too snobby or elitist, umm, how does one say...well...joyous really. It fills one with a certain kind of happiness, joining the ranks of others who <I>you know </I>are trying their best (within reason and allowing for character differences) to be their best. And you know they are, because <I>you</I> are. So i always loved PTG, but now i can really say that the bond is deeper. <BR><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Laura Olsen <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:laura-olsen@att.net">laura-olsen@att.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote>Congratulations, Noah Frere, RPT!!<BR>Do new RPT's still get free registration at the next PTG convention?<BR><FONT color=#888888><BR>Laura Olsen<BR></FONT> <DIV class=im><BR>On Oct 2, 2011, at 5:06 PM, Noah Frere wrote:<BR><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=h5>> Well folks, just wanted to let ya'll know that i passed my final exam (tech) yesterday at SERC, and am now just waiting for the final word from Kansas City...so thank you all for answering my questions all these years...a few more years of questions and i'll start answering too!<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>