<html dir="ltr"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <style id="owaParaStyle">P { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px } P { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px } </style> </head> <body fPStyle="1" ocsi="0"> <div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Times New Roman;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt;"> <p> </p> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 16px"> <div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; DIRECTION: ltr; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 16px"> <div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; DIRECTION: ltr; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <p>Folks, there is nothing <strong><em>political</em></strong> about whether this List survives or not. It is <strong><em>Inevitable</em></strong>  that it will end as we know it.  Just like the wagon in the pioneer days, party lines, the dial telephone, analog television and cell phones the size of a brick, the world/technology continues to move on.</p> <p> </p> <p>PTG, through most of it's history, has been behind the curve.  Many of you will remember a phrase Fern Henry (one of our outstanding Presidents) used back in the '90s...PTG has finally joined the 20th century.</p> <p>That was less than 10 years from the <em><strong>21st century</strong></em>!</p> <p> </p> <p>It is clearly understood by this Board as well as last year's that the new website was launched too soon and without enough beta testing.  We have good people working on the problems and you will know well in advance when we are ready to reintroduce the improved site.</p> <p> </p> <p>In the meantime let's all work together for a better PTG.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 13px"> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><strong>Jim Coleman, Jr  RPT</strong></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Staff Piano Technician-</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">   University of Tennessee</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">President-</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">     Piano Technicians Guild</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>