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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't know what to tell you Leo,,, =
when they
voted to accept me, I had to leave the room. I've talked to some good
technicians that were turned off by people in the Guild, but we're =
working to
stop that. It should be "Principles before personalities" but, perhaps =
it's not
quite all the way there yet.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=LHSBAND440@AOL.COM
href="mailto:LHSBAND440@AOL.COM">LHSBAND440@AOL.COM</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 20, 2001 =
7:27
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Not everyone is =
welcome !</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a =
message dated
3/20/01 4:05:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, <A
href="mailto:Billbrpt@AOL.COM">Billbrpt@AOL.COM</A> <BR>writes: =
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TYPE="CITE">*Anyone* may join PTG. <BR></FONT><FONT =
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face=arial color=#000000 size=3
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 =
face=Arial
color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>This is incorrect I =
have a friend
who was going to join the Pittsburgh <BR>chapter of the PTG. =
This
chapter requires an interview and then they vote as <BR>to if they are =
going
to accept you as an associate member. They also give a =
<BR>written test
to accept associate members. He informed the me that they told =
<BR>him
that after the test and the interview that they are asked to leave the =
<BR>meeting and not return until the are voted in or out. =
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