(Fwd) Piano Technician Position

[Diane Hofstetter]

Mike,
  Don Santee, who was executive director of PTG around 20 years ago 
presented quite an impassioned talk about this.  It seems that it has to do 
with piano tech's having independently owned and operated businesses, thus 
any large association of us that get together and set prices are in 
violation of the Sherman Anti-trust Act, it has nothing to do with PTG's 
tax-free status.  One chapter, somewhere in the Chicago part of the country, 
got into trouble by deciding that their chapter dues would be equivalent to 
one tuning.  By the time everyone paid their chapter dues, everyone else 
knew what was being charged for a tuning in that area.  Some disgruntled 
person reported them to some legal entity and the chapter got into BAD 
trouble which could have included imprisonment and big fines.   The head 
office couldn't give that chapter any help, because it could have snowballed 
to include the whole organization.  I have forgotten the specific details.

   I did notice over the years that there is alot of misunderstanding of 
what non-profit means and what the actual rules are, which leads to chapters 
not taking advantage of the benefits of that status.


>From: Michael Jorgensen <Michael.Jorgensen@cmich.edu>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: (Fwd) Piano Technician Position
>Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 08:06:41 -0400
>
>David and List,
>         Can we legally discuss salaries?  Can we discuss technician
>compensation relative to the knowledge, skills, time, energy, and
>responsibilities required and compare that with the compensation and
>requirements of other professions?  Can we discuss what we could do to 
>improve
>prospects?  Could or should the PTG dump its tax free status in order to 
>gain
>freedom of speech?
>
>-Mike Jorgensen
>
>
>
>David ilvedson wrote:
>
> > God that seems like very little money for 3/4's of the year...
> >
> > Is this typical of what university work is paying?
> >
> > David Ilvedson, RPT
> >
>


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