<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> Ron wrote: As far as priority,  We have been = jacking around with this for 20 years or longer. It is time to get it = fixed.   When you say it is time to get it = fixed, what does that mean? Every time it gets fixed there is somebody not = happy with the way it was fixed. If it gets fixed the way you want it I dare say = there will still be people unhappy. This is a very diverse group of people in = this organization, all with lots of different ideas on how things should be = done.   If you have a problem with the way = things are now that is fine with me. Only please clearly tell us what you think = the problems are, then give us what you think the solutions = are.   <div> Dean Dean May           &nbs= p; cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN  47802 </div>   -----Original = Message----- From: RON MAY, RPT [mailto:ronmay_rpt@bellsouth.net] Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 2:37 PM To: = deanmay@pianorebuilders.com; Pianotech List Subject: Re: = Upgrading.....   <div> Hi All </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black = 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'= > <div> <div>  Dean said "most = of my clientele they have no idea what the PTG is".---And who's fault is = this Dean? I am not picking on you Dean. This is exactly the point I was making.---It is up to the individual members to talk up PTG membership = and we don't do it. If we don't do it ourselves it just isn't going to = happen. </div> </div> <div>   </div> <div>   </div> <div> "What if we dropped = the “benefit” of allowing associates to advertise their = membership with PTG? For those that only want to advertise their association with the = PTG, it might give them a little more motivation to take the test." = -------It was this way for many years until "we again shot ourselves in the = foot"   A number of years ago, = during our National in Philadelphia, I glanced in the yellow pages.  They had a heading telling what RPT and PTG meant and a = listing of the RPT's in that area with phone numbers.  I thought it was = terrific. I don't know if this would be available on a national program but I think = it is worth exploring if it hasn't already been done.   As far as priority,  = We have been jacking around with this for 20 years or longer. It is time to get = it fixed.   Ron May   </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black = 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'= >   </blockquote> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>