<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'> <div><font style="background-color: transparent;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Richard</font></div> <div> </div> <div>The Home Office has information that can help you. Call or e-mail Kathy.</div> <div>The first step you should take is to call the president of the local music and/or piano teachers association. </div> <div>Not to put a damper on your enthusiasm, but when I was in St. Louis and also here in Hawaii, the piano teachers just don't seem to want to hear from us. In St. Louis, the first time I called the president to set up a date to give a presentation, I was told that the schedule for the year was already set. And when I call the next time, I was told that the schedule will be set in a couple of months, and they would contact me. But they never did. In Honolulu, the only meeting I was asked to come to was an executive board meeting, held pool side in a condo building, at which only 6 piano teacher showed up, and I had to give a a presentation on tuning without a piano.</div> <div> </div> <div>But as I said, have the president of your chapter contact the president of the MPTA, and go from there. </div> <div> </div> <div>Wim  </div> <div></div> <div style="clear: both;"> <div> </div> </div> <div></div> <div></div> <div style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: 10pt;">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Richard W. Bushey <rbushey4@embarqmail.com><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Mon, Jan 14, 2013 7:07 am<br> Subject: [pianotech] PTG chapter/piano teacher's meeting ideas<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_518499bb-511e-40e5-8532-7d48e758935e"> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Our PTG chapter (Southwest Mo, - Springfield, Mo.) is trying to come up with creative ideas on how to connect with, and build PTG relationship with the local piano teachers.  </font><font size="2" face="Arial">More specifically, the piano teachers have association meetings from time to time and we had thought of getting our groups together for a combined meeting sometime and have a presentation of some sort, a question/answer time, etc.  This would be the first meeting like this for us, so it's a given that we should each present basic information about each other's organizations, what we're all about, etc. and then.....what? </font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Have any chapters out there done similar things successfully.  Where did you meet, what kind of set up, topics, etc.  Brochures? Fliers? Pamplets? Information packets? Stuff of that nature that summarize basic piano care, or tips for the teachers/students on buying or selling their piano. Share business cards or swap contact lists? </font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Time for idea sharing!  Samples appreciated!</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Thanks in advance.</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Richard W. Bushey<br> Richard's Piano Service<br> <a href="http://www.RichardsPianoService.com" target="_blank">www.RichardsPianoService.com</a><br> <a href="http://www.RichardsPianoService.com/blog" target="_blank">www.RichardsPianoService.com/blog</a><br> <a href="mailto:Rbushey@RichardsPianoService.com">Rbushey@RichardsPianoService.com</a></font></div> <div> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">573-765-9903</font></div> <br> <hr>I am using the Free version of <a href="http://www.spamfighter.com/len" target="_blank">SPAMfighter</a>.<br> SPAMfighter has removed 1152 of my spam emails to date.<br> <br> Do you have a <a href="http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen" target="_blank">slow PC?</a> Try a free scan! </div>  </div> </font>