[CAUT] Forum format (was Re: Requirements forcontributing/posting; RPT status

[Ward & Probst, Inc]

Fred,

Thanks for volunteering to help get this started. We've been talking about
this project for a while. Anybody else willing to help?

DP
Dale Probst, RPT
pres at ptg.org
 


-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Fred
Sturm
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 1:55 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Forum format (was Re: Requirements
forcontributing/posting; RPT status


On Jul 15, 2008, at 11:37 AM, Alan McCoy wrote:

> Unfortunately, I don't have the energy at
> this moment, nor requisite skills, to be the driving force behind the 
> project.

	The more I think about this, the more I believe it is a project PTG

should spend a little money on (maybe just adding it to Ron Berry's  
duties). It seems to me that this has the potential to be a great  
service to the membership, and a magnet for attention to PTG itself.
	The initial idea of creating a way of organizing material from the  
lists' archives is already a very worthwhile project. But it could  
morph into much more, possibly becoming a real Pianopedia. For  
instance, it could serve as place for someone like BIll Shull to post  
materials from his Steinway history project, and a way for people to  
contribute information to that cause. It could be a place for posting  
the results of research into the thousands of piano patents. It could  
be a basic central source of temperament and tuning theory material.
	I believe our organization has a lot of latent talent and energy  
among its disparate and isolated members, and that a project like this  
would harness some of that energy and serve as a focal point. All that  
is needed is a good foundation, some kind of skeleton to build on. A  
lot of us have archived personal collections of material from the  
lists. I'm sure many would be happy to post these collections in  
appropriate categories as a first starting point. And then we could  
see where it led.
	This is aimed directly at the board members who are subscribed to
the  
list, in hopes that they might consider taking the initiative. Regards, Fred
Sturm University of New Mexico fssturm at unm.edu