>> The most effective way to inspire change is to start with ourselves, by making membership more meaningful.<< Here, here! jeannie _____ From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dennis Johnson Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 12:53 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Jeanie's brain storm - was Boston changed to dealers Hi- The matter of licensing probably would come down to the fact that no ones life is endangered as... it's only a piano. Agreed on that, and that none of us would want to loose control of our standards and qualifications- of course. Just talking, but IMO it comes down to meaning. The most effective way to inspire change is to start with ourselves, by making membership more meaningful. The caut endorsement was the most significant proposal in that direction I have seen. dennis. ______________ On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 1:45 PM, <wimblees at aol.com> wrote: I was on the Board when the mention of government licensing first came up. This prompted the Board to put approval of the exams we have now on the fast track, with the intent that the gov. would utilize our exam procedure, instead of creating their own version. (shudder to think what that would have been like) Wim -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Johnson <johnsond at stolaf.edu> To: caut at ptg.org Sent: Mon, Nov 23, 2009 6:14 am Subject: Re: [CAUT] Jeanie's brain storm - was Boston changed to dealers I was not aware PTG ever lobbied to prevent government licensing of our trade. Is this true? One can imagine how at first impression gov regulations would not be attractive, but with hind sight.... I agree. I wonder if this something that could ever be revisited, with careful new perspective of course. best, Dennis Johnson __________ On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 1:56 AM, Diane Hofstetter <dianepianotuner at msn.com> wrote: Mark, What does your wife do? I became a hearing instrument specialist to learn more about hearing and how piano technicians and musicians can protect their good hearing and get help when they have problems. In order to keep my license, I have to have continuing education units also. As soon as I saw that, it occurred to me that maybe it wasn't so wonderful that PTG worked so hard to keep the government from licensing us. The hearing industry _uses_ the government regulatory boards to require their practitioners to keep their education up to date. The government boards are only too happy to allow the professional organizations to specify what the continuing education units consist of. Manufacturers have trainers that travel around the country giving seminars on their products. There are regional conventions, which give classes you can earn CEU's in and national ones that you can earn even more CEU's in. There is a national hearing research center near me and I attend monthly seminars there. You can even earn cEU's taking online classes. The online ones are wonderful because they cover a broader spectrum of subjects than they are able to do at the conventions. Diane Hofstetter CAUT] Jeanie's brain storm - was Boston changed to dealers... Mark Wisner markwisner at earthlink.net <http://earthlink.net/> Sat Nov 21 23:02:40 MST 2009 Previous message: [CAUT] Boston changed to dealers techs mfgrs and other such Next message: [CAUT] Servicing guide rail bushings Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Jeanie, Your "brainstorm" is a little like my wife's profession. In order for Stella to keep her license valid every year she has to pick up a specific number of continuing education credits, which she earns by attending classes at any one of a number of professional conventions, classes, seminars, etc. I'm not seriously suggesting we can apply this to PGT at this time, but in a world where pianos are more important than they are.....what a great way to increase skills, event attendance, and importance to the "RPT" title. Mark Wisner Diane Hofstetter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20091123/f276f894/attachment.htm>
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