<HTML><HEAD> <STYLE>P.MsoNormalRem { MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt } LI.MsoNormalRem { MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt } DIV.MsoNormalRem { MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt } </STYLE> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="IncrediMail 1.0"> <STYLE>v\:* { BEHAVIOR: url (#default#vml) } </STYLE>  </HEAD> <BODY style="MARGIN: 5px 10px 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" background="" scroll=yes bgColor=#ffffff> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="POSITION: relative; DIRECTION: ltr; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" id=INCREDITEXTREGION width="100%"> <DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px" id=INCREDI_TEXT_AREA> <DIV> <DIV>Thanks , David.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It's not that this not for non-members, it just isn't a piano issue.</DIV> <DIV>Thanks also to William and Joe for your posts.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>PTG has a $20,000 fund set aside for the Chapter Grant program.</DIV> <DIV>It is an effort to encourage Chapters to develop interesting/different ways to promote PTG and the RPT brand.</DIV> <DIV>Applications can be found in the Chapter Resource area of <A href="http://www.ptg.org">www.ptg.org</A>.</DIV> <DIV>Basically, the application is sent to the Executive Committee. It is then checked to see if the plan fits the criteria,</DIV> <DIV>     part of which includes some financial commitment on the part of the Chapter.</DIV> <DIV>Since the program started we have only received a few applications per year.  Some were rejected and some were given the OK. </DIV> <DIV>Each rejection was responded to, either by email or direct phone conversation with the contact person,</DIV> <DIV>     as to how  the idea might be changed to qualify.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm sure the beginning of this thread referred to the combined chapter project in the Chicago area which was a very impressive and bold effort.</DIV> <DIV>Another aspect of the Chapter Grand project is the chapters involved have to provide an analysis of the end result at the end of the project. This has yet to be determined in the case of the Chicago project.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks for listening,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jim Coleman, Jr.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>PS I don't see any ads at the bottom of this page but if it shows up......I'm sure someone will let me know.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" dir=ltr id=IncrediOriginalFontSize> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" dir=ltr id=IncrediOriginalMessage><I>-------Original Message-------</I></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=receivestrings> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" dir=ltr><I><B>From:</B></I> <A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">David Love</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" dir=ltr><I><B>Date:</B></I> 10/26/2011 6:57:56 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" dir=ltr><I><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" dir=ltr><I><B>Subject:</B></I> Re: [pianotech] PTG Advertising - was new/old list</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV class=WordSection1> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">OK, I’ll take my answer off the air.  Consider it posted to PTG-L<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">David Love<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">www.davidlovepianos.com<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></P> <DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>William Monroe<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 26, 2011 3:26 PM<BR><B>To:</B> joegarrett@earthlink.net; pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] PTG Advertising - was new/old list<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><O:P> </O:P></P> <P class=MsoNormal>Don't be ridiculous, Joe. It's not censorship, it's business that doesn't concern anyone outside of our membership.  PTG-L is exactly where it belongs.  People need to stop looking for reasons to be suspicious, in this case it's painfully contrived.  Love ya, Joe, but this was silly.<O:P></O:P></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><O:P> </O:P></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal>In particular, I believe Mr. Coleman was responding to David L's particular query, "<SPAN class=apple-style-span><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Also, how was it that the funding of those regional ads was paid for from the national pool of funds?"</SPAN></SPAN><O:P></O:P></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal>I don't think it's too hard to understand that this information is of no concern nor any interest to non-members.<O:P></O:P></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><O:P> </O:P></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal>William R. Monroe<O:P></O:P></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><O:P> </O:P></P></DIV> <DIV> <P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=MsoNormal><O:P> </O:P></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Joseph Garrett <<A href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net" target=_blank>joegarrett@earthlink.net</A>> wrote:<O:P></O:P></P> <P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=MsoNormal>I would be glad to respond to this if you re-post it to ptg-l<BR><BR>Jim Coleman, Jr<BR><BR>Since when is Advertising and comments on the olde list something that<BR>should be ONLY discussed on PTG-L??? Your penchant for censorship is<BR>beginning to annoy me. (Not that that will shake you up or anything, but it<BR>is, at least, becoming tiresome!) Get a grip!<BR><BR>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain of the Tool Police<BR>Squares R I<O:P></O:P></P></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><BR><BR clear=all><O:P></O:P></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><O:P> </O:P></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><SPAN id=IncrediStamp><A href="http://www.incredimail.com/?id=619263&did=10500&ppd=2723,201108041216,9,1,820153269552681380&rui=119956824&sd=20111026"><SPAN name="imgCache" border="0"><IMG border=0 alt="FREE Animations for your email - by IncrediMail! Click Here!" src="cid:631077F2-B6FD-40AC-95F7-D847C74C04B2"></SPAN></A></SPAN></BODY></HTML>