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<font face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">Jim, unfortunately this
announcement to the pianotech list was several days late.<br>
One would think that an eviction notice would be delivered to the house
being <br>
demolished instead of having to reach the residents by word of mouth
from elsewhere.<br>
<br>
The choice of date was less than diplomatic, as well. <br>
<br>
It seems to me that these decisions are being made mostly by people who
aren't <br>
using the mailman list. If they don't understand its value, they are
not going <br>
to predict the reactions of people who do use and value it very well. <br>
<br>
I write to "myptg" now and then, not very often. My impression of it is
that <br>
it is far too fragmented to be an effective medium of communication.
Also, the <br>
very name suggests exclusion of non-ptg members, and sometimes in the
past they <br>
have been some of the most valuable participants in the "old"
pianotech, before <br>
the attempted move to a web-based forum busted up the community. <br>
<br>
Well, with the passage of time everything must come to an end. Please
keep <br>
the archive, which now contains the most of value for the whole piano
technician <br>
community.<br>
<br>
Susan Kline<br>
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Coleman, Jim wrote:
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style="font-family: Arial;">Pianotech List to Close April 1</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">During the recent
Mid-Year Board Meeting, a significant amount of time was spent
discussing past, present and future member communications.</span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">After reviewing the
Electronic Communications Committee report, statistical information
that was gathered and looking at PTG resources, a motion was passed “<b>to
close mailman listservs on Monday, April 1, 2013</b>.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The Board of Directors
wishes to thank the members of the ECC, past and present, for a job
well done especially knowing the history of the committee and the part
it has played over the last 20 years in the online development of the
PTG.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">We want to take this
opportunity to remind everyone of the Pianotech community at
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://my.ptg.org" target="_blank">my.ptg.org</a>.
Many of you reading this post are posting, or have posted, to this
professional community; so, hopefully, this won’t be a huge transition
for you. The archives will be moved to
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:pianotech@my.ptg.org"
target="_blank">my.ptg.org</a> once the list is closed.</span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">You can read the entire
letter online at </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ptg.org/userfiles/file/forms/MailmanServers.pdf"
target="_blank">http://www.ptg.org/userfiles/file/forms/MailmanServers.pdf</a><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> or look for it in your
RVP Newsletter. </span></p>
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<div>Thanks!</div>
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<div>-Jim Coleman, Jr.</div>
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