underwriter lab (was "What would you do?")

[Roger Jolly]

Well said Ron.
Roger


At 03:37 PM 01/12/99 -0600, you wrote:
>At 09:05 AM 12/01/1999 +0100, you wrote: 
>>
>> I am sorry... I have to aggree with Ron N, and C. Purdy on this. This is no
>> "burden" .. it is a challange that we as an organization are certainly
up to
>> tackling. And if you dont think the manufacturers will sit up and take
>> notice, then you underestimate the power of such things. In this
computerized
>> day and age it is easy to get information out to key players..
>> universities... organizations of all types... even home buyers acess the
PTG
>> pages for information these days. 
>> Richard Brekne 
>> I.C.P.T.G.  N.P.T.F. 
>> Bergen, Norway 
>
>
>Hold on there. I didn't agree at all. I don't think the PTG has any business
>passing judgement on anything as an organization. We are a professional
>organization, not a business or a union. Any opinion proclaimed by the PTG
>regarding any make or model of any piano cannot possibly reflect the
opinion of
>the membership, any more than any single member can speak for the rest. The
>discussion on this list has abundantly and interminably illustrated that
fact.
>I said that individual techs can very effectively kill a piano sale. All it
>takes is a few well timed remarks. Whether the tech knows what he's talking
>about of not has never been an issue in this kind of situation. He is an
>authority figure to the customer, and has a certain amount of built in
>credibility. The public knows SQUAT about the PTG, and wouldn't pay any
>attention to recommendations from such a source anyway. Throw in the
problem of
>finding someone in the organization to make the judgement calls that
represent
>the opinions of the members, the likelihood of finding the FTC on the
threshold
>by Tuesday, and the probable defamation lawsuits from the manufacturers not
>smiled upon by our appointed representative, and it looks for all the
world to
>me like an extremely bad idea.
>
>Count me out.
>
>
>Ron N
> 
Roger Jolly
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