<HTML>In a message dated 7/19/2002 7:40:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time, RNossaman@cox.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj:Re: Saying "No" (was Convention is focused) Date:7/19/2002 7:40:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time From:<A HREF="mailto:RNossaman@cox.net">RNossaman@cox.net</A> Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> To:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> Sent from the Internet > >>>>>>>>As for the later we need suppliers and people pushing product in > classes and what a plus for ptg as they don't pay sponsored teachers a > dime however the  down side is that frankly conventions become more than > a little repititous. If the organization wants to court new talent there > has to be incentive because the ego trip of teaching wears off after a > while even if it is an honor to be asked. >     Just my opinion>>>>>>>>>>Dale Erwin Hey Dale, This is more than a little like the discussion about the content of the Journal a few hours ago. Unless someone has developed something defensibly sensible that no one has seen or heard of before, the classes have to be repetitious. How much "oh wow" information surfaces from year to year in this business? Ron N </BLOCKQUOTE>         Hey Ron--- I figured it out ,oh wow!!I,ve just been around the track enough times to be a little bored and cynical plus I hate hotels.Sounds like burnout talking. It must be from piano tech overload.  You know maybe we should just ask Uncle Sam for a 12 month Sabbatical for our 30 years of faithful service that way it'll give us a year to forget all we ever learnt an complained about then we can start over and it'll seem just like the good old days.   I get it. I'll shut up now. I love ptg ,I love ptg ,I love............... >>>>>>>>>>>>Dale Erwin </HTML>