<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Stan,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Feelin' fine! That was in no way why we = chose not to attend.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Costs for the booth would have doubled = for me as they changed the rules of the passes to exhibitors. Added to that the ( = what I felt ) snub or what ever you might call it, of attending the convention = as a new RPT and recieving nada becuase I was an exhibitor not a regulary = attending member.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oh well I enjoy the small conventions = as well anyway.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose = Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></FO= NT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jstan40@sbcglobal.net = href="mailto:jstan40@sbcglobal.net">J. Stanley Ryberg</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 23, 2005 = 10:50 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Kansas City (MO = & KS)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <TABLE class=messageheader cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 = border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD class=label noWrap>Date:</TD> <TD>Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:47:59 -0600</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=label noWrap>From:</TD> <TD>"Joe And Penny Goss" <<A = href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A>></TD></TR>= <TR> <TD class=label noWrap>To:</TD> <TD>"Pianotech" <<A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=label noWrap>Subject:</TD> <TD>Re: Kansas City (MO & KS)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <DIV class="messageinfo separator"> <P><STRONG>HTML Attachment</STRONG> [ <A = href="http://us.f810.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter/file.html?box=Inbox= &MsgId=1697_33988959_6498_1711_12697_0_22290_48155_1230021223&b= odyPart=3.15.2&filename=file.html&download=1&YY=98875= &order=up&sort=date&pos=0&Idx=2"><FONT face=Verdana color=#003399>Download File</FONT></A> | <A = href="http://us.f810.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter/file.html?box=Inbox= &MsgId=1697_33988959_6498_1711_12697_0_22290_48155_1230021223&b= odyPart=3.15.2&DataName=&filename=file.html&Briefcase== 1&tnef=&YY=98875&order=up&sort=date&pos=0&a= mp;Idx=2"><FONT face=Verdana color=#003399>Save to Yahoo! Briefcase</FONT></A> ] </P></DIV><XMETA http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><XMETA content="MSHTML = 6.00.2800.1505" name="GENERATOR"> <STYLE></STYLE> <XBODY bgColor="#ffffff"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Stan, Are you saying that there was less = room for exhibitors or that spaces were not used?</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A = href="http://us.f810.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=imatunr@srvinet.com= " target=_blank><FONT = color=#003399>imatunr@srvinet.com</FONT></A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com" target=_blank><FONT color=#003399>www.mothergoosetools.com</FONT></A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="comic sans ms" color=#c00000>Hi, = Joe!  In fact, you are one of the reasons I made that comment...I really missed = seeing you there.  Hope you're feeling well!</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#c00000></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#c00000>No, there = was actually a very good amount of space available...which to my eyes only = underscored the fact that there seemed to be fewer exhibitors or maybe smaller = exhibits.  It was not due to lack of space, = IMHO.</FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV><BR><BR> <DIV>Stan Ryberg <BR>Barrington IL <BR><U>jstan40@sbcglobal.net</U></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>