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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:mkurta@adelphia.net" =
title=mkurta@adelphia.net>Mike Kurta</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
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title=pianotech@ptg.org>PTG List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 10, 2002 =
6:19 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> 10 excuses....</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It would be interesting to poll PTG =
members (both
associates and RPT) as to why they don't attend national =
conventions.
After going to seven, I seem to see the same faces year after =
year.
Curious......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My picks for reasons folks don't =
attend
conventions.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 1. Not
interested</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 2. Costs too =
much</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 3. Too far
away</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 4. I know =
enough
already</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 5. I'll lose =
too much
business when away</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 6. I'm shy =
and not a
good mixer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 7. Can't get =
away</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 8. =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
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9.  =
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YOUR CHOICE......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 10.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
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size=2> &nbs=
p; Mike
Kurta, RPT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I go every few years but can't afford =
airfare and
lodging every year.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>#1 reason for not going is the =
blasted hotel cost
($$$$). Not practical to stay in another =
hotel/motel 'cause
you hafta get up too early to get breakfast and drive, walk (usually =
not close
enough), or take public transportation over to the convention hotel =
for your
first class, which is already early enough even when you're staying in =
the
convention hotel. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>#2 reason: airfare =
($$$) Could
drive, and it's nice to have your own car when you get there =
(cheaper
than renting one), but it's a loooooong drive from Denver, and more
than a day's drive, which necessitates more lodging costs, unless =
you
camp out somewhere, which I was more willing to do when I was in my =
20's and
30's.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>#3 reason: Classes start =
early, so you
can'</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>t stay up late and enjoy the =
night life of
Kansas City or Chicago or wherever. Unless you stay extra days =
(more
lodging and meals costs). It would be nice if the =
convention were
in a downtown Chicago hotel, but no, it's quite a ways out in the =
burbs. Which is OK if you have your car or rent one, but on =
public
transportation, there's just not gonna be enough time to go downtown =
at night,
stay for any reasonable length of time, and get back out to the hotel =
to get
enough sleep before early classes.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>#4 gotta get somebody to watch =
the house,
bring in the mail, feed my cat, water the lawn so it doesn't burn =
up, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>#5 I do lose some =
business, but not
much ....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I thoroughly enjoy =
the
conventions when I do go, and I learn a lot, and it's motivating, =
career
wise. But every year is a bit much. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> =
--David
Nereson, RPT, Denver</FONT></DIV>
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