Hello, everybody! On recommendation of Mr.Draine I applied to the Head Office for the status of an "International Correspondent"-- and nothing happened... Maybe their mailbox is out of order? WHAT I CANNOT UNDERSTAND -- WHY IS PTG@PTG.ORG KEEPING SILENCE? Valerius On Fri, 02 February 2001, J Patrick Draine wrote: > > >Hello, everybody! > > > >I am a piano technician from Russia,I am a member of the russian > >association of the piano technicians, but I want to enhance my > >knowledge and pass the qualification exams and be a RPT... > >What are the possibilities? > >Who can give any piece of advice, write directly to my mailbox, please. > > > >Valerius > > Dear Valerius, > The current regulations allow you to join the PTG as an > "International Correspondent." The label is misleading but what it > means is that, living outside the PTG's current jurisdiction (USA, > Canada, northern Mexico), without a local chapter and opportunities > to take exams, you can receive the Piano Technicians Journal, and > enjoy membership rates at seminars and conventions. The annual dues > for an International Correspondent are 2/3 of the standard annual > dues. > An increasing number of ICs are interested in taking the exams and > becoming full fledged Registered Piano Technicians. Some of these ICs > have joined stateside chapters and taken the exams, becoming RPTs. > This is somewhat controversial as they are not truly residents of the > local chapters' jurisdictions. We are in the process of correcting > this problem. There is also some discussion of non-N. American > chapters being allowed in the future. > I suggest that you contact the PTG's Home Office (ptg@ptg.org) for > information on International Correspondent "membership", acquire as > many educational materials as you can afford (20 years of Piano > Technicians Journal are now available on CD-ROM!), attend the IAPBT > meeting in England (May 2001), and the PTG annual Institute in Reno, > Nevada (July 2001). > Oh, and enjoy the flow of information on the pianotech.com list, too. > Welcome, > Patrick Draine, RPT > Billerica, MA > a member of PTG's International Relations Committee Find the best deals on the web at AltaVista Shopping! http://www.shopping.altavista.com
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