<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 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=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> July 23, 2002 8:44 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: no comp. was Re: = Saying "No" (was Convention is focused)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Del:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I wonder if the = problems you eloquently addressed would be diminished by having conventions every = other year.  Heresy?  Blasphemy?  Maybe not.  It might mean half the effort for the national office and those hard = working souls who work their volunteer hearts out, and possibly more = exhibitors, better classes, more attendees, etc.  Should we skip a year and give it = a try ?  </FONT></DIV> <DIV>Absence makes the heart........</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Mike Kurta, RPT</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080>I think, probably not. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080>The home office staff do a great = job with the mechanics of the convention. And the Institute Committee does a great = job with the technical institute within the constraints of their commission. I = view it more as a matter of guidance and vision coming from the Executive Board. = Where do we want the institute to go and who do we want it to serve? With that = decided, how are we going to get there? </FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr> </DIV></BODY></HTML>