(Fwd) International Convention?

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

    I for one don't really care what we call the Convention. How about "The
Big One Held Every Year."  But I do think that although the PTG is primarily
an organization created by piano technicians in the USA, that it's fine to
hold the "Big, National, Annual Convention" or whatever, on the North
American continent.
    This is really such a tempest in a tea-pot over nothing really important
at all, IMHO; similar to some people getting all hot and bothered about a
football team being named after a native American tribe, when even the
existing tribe members don't care what they name the team.


Kevin E. Ramsey, R.P.T.
ramsey@extremezone.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Musselwhite" <john@musselwhite.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: (Fwd) International Convention?


> At 11:34 AM 7/25/01 -0600, Rob wrote:
>
> >Sorry, but one point hasn't really been addressed in the fracas:
>
> Actually, I think it has, though perhaps not to your satisfaction, Rob.
>
> >OK, great, so is this truly 'International' convention going to be
> >held in different countries so that we can all have a turn at hosting?
>
> So far it's been held in both Canada and the United states, which are two
> different countries if I correctly remember my geography classes.
> Considering most other countries don't have enough "local" RPTs to form a
> chapter yet let alone put on a large convention I suspect that North
> America is "it" be default.
>
> >And can afford to attend using local currency? No? National it is
> >then....
>
> That's a different question. I was able to afford to go to Reno (a
> different country from mine) only because I had quit smoking for 100 days.
> I met members there from a half-dozen other countries so International it
is!
>
> With the loosening of the AmeriCanadian border lately perhaps we may see
> the  International convention here in Calgary again in the near future.
> Until members can be "beamed" from place to place I suspect the convention
> will be held somewhere in North America just for the convenience, though
> there's been talk of one in Hawaii. That one *will* be expensive!
>
>                  John
>
> John Musselwhite, RPT    -     Calgary, Alberta Canada
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