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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net" =
title=joegarrett@earthlink.net>Joseph
Garrett</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianomarv@home.com"
title=pianomarv@home.com>pianomarv@home.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 12, 2001 12:55 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Diane H. comments re mentoring of =
techs.</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Diane and list, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Although, your comments were of the original =
subject, I
whole-heartedly agree with you. I personally believe that, the "sponsor" =
signature on the PTG application was originally intended to foster just =
such a
program. But, alas, it has fallen by the way-side. My personal =
experience, was
with a technician, who took that responsibility VERY seriously. He made =
sure
that I had every opportunity to be guided in my persute of becoming a =
good
technician. I owe him everything! I have, in a small way, tried to do =
the same.
To date, I have trained at least 6 technicians, (probably more, but =
memory ain't
what it used to be. :-), in my shop and in the field. The problem is =
that too
many RPTs take the whole situation too lightly and don't recognize their =
obligation obligation to perpetuate this beautiful way of earning a =
living,
(albeit somewhat meager, compared to other fields of endeavor). I think =
that
this is a topic that should be discussed at EVERY chapter in PTG, on a
REGULAR basis! Perhaps, our talking about it here, will encourage =
such
discourse.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Regards, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Joe Garrett</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>P.S. We have a similar musicians program, here, =
but that's
for the beginner students, not for the more advanced. The more advanced =
student
is where, I think we're dropping the ball. It is my hope to promote that =
area a
bit more.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>