proper use of PTG name

[Gary McCormick]

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Jeannie,
I'm sorry but I posted a reply to Wim to this list before I saw this.
What is PTG-L?
Gary Mc
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Jeannie Grassi=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 8:51 AM
  Subject: RE: proper use of PTG name


  Wim, and others,
  Would you please continue this discussion on PTG-L?=20
  =20
  Thanks,
  jeannie
    -----Original Message-----
    From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On =
Behalf Of Wimblees@AOL.COM
    Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 8:42 AM
    To: pianotech@ptg.org
    Subject: Re: proper use of PTG name


    In a message dated 8/30/01 11:02:30 PM Central Daylight Time,=20
    cedel@supernet.com writes:=20



      I am currently a PTG chapter president.  Does that make me a =
president of the=20
      PTG?  I would consider that misrepresentation.


    If you are a current member of the PTG, you are not allowed, by our =
Bylaws,=20
    to use your position in the PTG in any advertising. This includes =
being an=20
    officer, examiner, or member of a committee.  =20




      I can't imagine a former President (of the whole organization) not =

      maintaining=20
      his membership in PTG until his dying day.  Maybe the ad is not =
technically=20
      false, but I'm quite certain it will give the false impression.  =
No one=20
      should=20
      resort to that.  Too bad.=20

      Regards, Clyde


    There is a former president of the PTG who is no longer a member of =
the PTG.=20

    A person who is not a member of the PTG may not advertise membership =
in the=20
    PTG. Yellow Pages across the country are supposed to have paper work =
on this.=20
    Technically, this person could be sued for false advertising. If the =
PTG=20
    wants to pursue this to the full extent, it is my understanding that =
the PTG=20
    could force the technician to change his/her phone number.=20

    But now comes the big question. This person is advertising he is a =
former=20
    president and thus presumably a former member of the PTG. Since he =
is clearly=20
    stating he is a former member of the PTG, can the PTG legally stop =
him from=20
    advertising as such.=20

    Any legal minds out there want to answer this?=20

    Wim=20




      Gary McCormick wrote:=20

      > There's a new tuner in town; he's got a nice ad in the yellow =
pages where=20
      he=20
      > also claims to have been a former president of the PTG.=20
      > So, I go to ptg.org to look up where he's from, and he's not =
listed!  I go=20
      > back to the yellow pages, and sure enough, he doesn't have RPT =
in his ad.=20
      > Is this misleading, or copyright infringement?=20
      > Gary McCormick=20
      > (By the way, I just turned in my own application for membership =
in the=20
      PTG,=20
      > to my area president, Kirk Alford)=20







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