<!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 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>If Almond Growers can have an association that = advertises to the public (as well as that great "got milk" series), why not the = PTG?  The website is a wonderful start; now we just have to let people know it's there.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Has there ever been an ad from the PTG to the = general public?  (I know, this should go on the PTG list...)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></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=mkurta@adelphia.net = href="mailto:mkurta@adelphia.net">Mike Kurta</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ptg-l@ptg.org href="mailto:ptg-l@ptg.org">PTG Topics</A> ; <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 01, = 2006 12:23 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Upgrading = thoughts...</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3.  Advertising costs money, and = it would take an enormous effort to convince the public that they should use = only registered piano technicians, and to convince technicians themselves = that they should be a part of this process.  Cost vs. Benefit ?  </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>