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

[David Ilvedson]

Wait a minute...are we talking about a pianopedia/wikipianopedia or a forum version of pianotech?

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

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From: "Ward & Probst, Inc" <wardprobst at wardprobst.com>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Received: 7/16/2008 3:05:55 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Forum format (was Re: Requirementsforcontributing/posting; RPT status


>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