This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment That supports my statement. I think there has been a recent surge in interest from women, but not as many are staying with it and not as many are upgrading. We'll see how many of them make it all the way through the process. If you notice, percentage wise there are many more women associates than men. jeannie Jeannie Grassi, RPT Assistant Editor, Piano Technicians Journal <mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net> mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net _____ From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Keith Kopp Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 6:25 AM To: College and University Technicians Subject: RE: [CAUT] Differences? Don and Jeannie, It is my understanding that at a recent Randy Potter advance training seminar that half of those attending were women. Keith Kopp, RPT BYU _____ From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Don McKechnie Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 10:11 AM To: caut@ptg.org Subject: RE: [CAUT] Differences? Jeannie, Thanks for statistics. I'm glad my perceptions are incorrect. Don Subject: RE: [CAUT] Differences? From: "Jeannie Grassi" <mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net> <jcgrassi@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:31:45 -0800 To: "'College and University Technicians'" <mailto:caut@ptg.org> <caut@ptg.org> 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 just starting out. 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. 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! Jeannie Grassi, RPT Assistant Editor, Piano Technicians Journal mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/52/b5/86/68/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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