<!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=charter1400@charter.net = href="mailto:charter1400@charter.net">Cy Shuster</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> June 10, 2002 7:53 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Improving the = Journal</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Wim, Del,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I've taken classes from both of you, and I = appreciate your time, effort, and generous sharing of knowlege greatly.  It = really emphasizes the "Guild" nature of the PTG in a warm and communal = way.  I was surprised to find that not only do instructors not get paid, they = have to pay to get into the convention as well.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster, TSO--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Rochester, MN</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr>If you understood from my rant that instructors are = required to pay regristration for the convention, my apology. I didn't intend to put = that idea across. Instructors are not required to pay registration fees for the = Big Convention. (I have been asked to fly to cities on the other side of the = country from my home and pay for my own transportation and lodging so I could = have the pleasure of instructing at a couple of regional conferences, however.) = </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr>Which is a good thing, since instructing does take occupy = one for a considerable amount of time during the class schedule. (Depending on the = class load, of course.) And, invariably the classes one wants to attend are = conducted at the same time as one is instructing. Sigh....</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr>Del</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>