Guidelines

[Jon Page]

If these guidelines are what I think they are: recommendations for maintenance,
then yes by all means; get them to every school in the country.

I'm trying to get this one place to subscribe to a maintenance routine.
Evidently a bare-bones, minimum program is stressing their budget.

Of course, in the mean time the director is off again this year on a tour 
of Europe.
It's tough to pin him down between his jaunts off to NYC also.

Priorities,

Jon Page


At 04:11 PM 04/13/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Don and list....
>
>This kind of bugs me, and here is why:
>
>It is in OUR best interest as CAUTs, and therefor the Guild's best interest
>to get this out into the hands of anyone and everyone who is interested in
>institutional maintenance!  It's not THAT expensive to publish this thing
>to start with.  I was surprised when I had to buy copies.  I think we
>should be sending these things out for free at best or at least at cost to
>any institution or CAUT who is interested, let alone making it available on
>the web at absolutely no cost to the Home Office!  Organizations like ours
>should not by trying to raise money to the extent that they have to
>withhold valuable information that would benefit their dues paying members
>if it were more widely distributed.
>
>I'm sorry folks, but if this document is not useful at all unless it is
>completely accessible to all CAUTs and institutional administrators.....
>This is NOT a guild fundraiser!
>
>Do you think those of us who have been charged with re-writing the
>guidelines should have to buy it too???
>
>OK, sorry...  I'll get down off of my soapbox.  This has been bugging me
>ever since I wanted to have a copy for our chair and music office staff and
>had to buy them!  It's not like we're asking to be paid to write the thing!
>
>Respectfully,
>Scott
>---------------
>
>
>At 01:46 PM 4/13/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >Scott, Bill and List,
> >
> >The Home Office does not like the idea of posting the Guidelines on the
> >CAUT Website. It is a matter of economics. I can understand their
> >argument and I am not inclined to do battle over it.
> >
> >Bill Shull recommends that we do a sales pitch for the Guidelines on the
> >website. Most definitely so IMHO. Also, when the review and revision of
> >the Guidelines is complete, I hope to have a database template of the
> >formula available on the site for download. The database will not have
> >any information on how to use the variables. One will have to purchase
> >the Guidelines to make it useful.
> >
> >I could use a little help from someone out there in regard to this
> >database. It would be best to have the database made as a stand alone
> >application. This would allow one to open it without the need for a
> >specific program. One way this can be accomplished is to find someone
> >with programing skills who can build the application in Mac and Windows
> >formats. This could get expensive if we cannot find a volunteer and
> >would have to pay for the service. Another way is to create a stand
> >alone for both formats using FileMaker Pro 5.0 Developers Edition. If
> >anyone out there has this program please contact me. I have already made
> >the database in FileMaker 3.0. If I understand the promos for Developers
> >correctly, it would be a simple matter to convert to stand alone. At
> >this time I do not have the spare money to purchase Developers. I am
> >trying to get the school to purchase it but so far no success.
> >
> >Don McKechnie
> >Ithaca College
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>Piano - Instrument Technician
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