<div dir="ltr">Oh, I missed the part about the ptg dot org home page on my first read of John's post. I wholeheartedly agree. Dittos for my dot ptg dot org. <div style><br></div><div style>Paul Bruesch</div><div style>
Stillwater, MN</div><div style><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Encore Pianos <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:encorepianos@metrocast.net" target="_blank">encorepianos@metrocast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Dear John:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Might I suggest you forward your honest and forthright comments to our PTG President. He needs to hear these kinds of things. How he will respond, if at all, is up to him. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Will Truitt<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Formsma<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> Pianotech List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] Protest the loss of PianoTech by responding<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal">Former RPT? Yes, I've thought about that for myself. Never really considered it until all this junk with HL happened in 2011. That event, and its consequences, have remained stuck in my craw.<u></u><u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">It's not really about the dissolution of this list. Seems deeper than that.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I am certainly willing to overlook mistakes, even including HL. But it seems that there is a real disconnect between the organization and many of its members. Only a handful of folks actually like the HL "experience." So...if most of the forced users are opposed to HL, and that's what the organization thinks will propel the PTG into more relevance, I fail to see the point in continuing.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">And I think the <a href="http://ptg.org" target="_blank">ptg.org</a> home page still looks incredibly ugly. And wretchedly retro. Hope that's clear.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Right now, it's all thought and no action. Not sure what will happen when it's time for dues.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">-- <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">John Formsma, dRPT (disgruntled) <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Blue Mountain, MS<u></u><u></u></p></div>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Susan Kline <<a href="mailto:skline@peak.org" target="_blank">skline@peak.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Dale -- FORMER RPT??? If you wanted to get attention (even while using a<br>question mark), I imagine you just did!</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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