[CAUT] Differences?

[Keith Kopp]

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Don and Jeannie,

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It is my understanding that at a recent Randy Potter advance training
seminar that half of those attending were women.

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Keith Kopp, RPT

BYU

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From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Don McKechnie
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Subject: RE: [CAUT] Differences?

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Jeannie,

Thanks for statistics. I'm glad my perceptions are incorrect.

Don





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"Jeannie Grassi" <jcgrassi@earthlink.net>
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Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:31:45 -0800

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"'College and University Technicians'" <caut@ptg.org>
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Don,
I can assure you that there were not nearly as many women 30 years ago
as
there is today.  I think that those who started, were more attracted to
a
formal program like NBSS, because most of us found it hard to find
someone
to mentor with privately, or a shop situation that would give us the
time of
day.  So, the impression might have been a bit skewed.  I think a school
alternative may still be more attractive for several reasons for many
women
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The official PTG membership says that around 20% are women joining each
month.  However, there is a higher attrition rate for women, and fewer
make
it to RPT status.  Now, of course, there are many factors going in to
that.
I would guess that the female RPTs number closer to 12% of the
membership.
This is just my random sampling based on monthly membership
announcements.
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Recently, there has been a huge surge in new female members.  As
President
of the Seattle Chapter, I have to say that the past two years has shown
an
increase in women applicants.  We have also had more women drop out than
men.  We've also had a couple of babies from those new women members.
That
can put a kink in working on your tuning hammer technique!
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Jeannie Grassi, RPT
Assistant Editor, Piano Technicians Journal
mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net

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