Convention

[Allan L. Gilreath, RPT]

Terry,

In the Convention Book, page 3, the policy reads, "Only Institute
registrants may attend classes.  Spouses and children of PTG members may
register to attend classes at the member rate.  Guides for visually impaired
registrants may attend classes at no charge."

This is done to limit the classes to those who are funding the program.  No
one else is supposed to be in classes which is the reason for wearing the
name badges.

Check with Sandy Roady at ptg@ptg.org about exhibit hall passes.

We look forward to seeing you in Chicago.

Allan
Allan L. Gilreath, RPT
Director - TEAM2002
June 26-30, 2002 - Chicago, IL
agilreath@mindspring.com
http://www.ptg.org/conv.htm
Assistant Directors: Gary Neie, RPT - Claude Harding, RPT - Joel Jones,
RPT - Laura Olsen, RPT

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
Of Farrell
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 9:03 AM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Re: Convention


I may be dense, but I am having quite a difficult time understanding this
auxillary policy - and I will be in Chicago with my wife and son.

I am a member of PTG - I will pay the member registration fee and be able to
attend educational classes at the conference (I understand that much).

My wife is not a member of piano anything, but she is a very good and
enthusiastic pianist. I'm sure there would be one or two classes she would
enjoy attending while hanging out at the hotel with me for a week. Is there
some opportunity for her to attend a class or two short of registering as a
non-member and paying the full non-member registration fee? I'm also sure
that she (and my 12-year-old son-Jr. pianist)) would enjoy touring the
vendors exhibit area once or twice. Is there some way they could walk
through there with me? Is there some level of registration ($$) they would
need to do to make this happen?

Thanks.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol R. Beigel" <crbrpt@bellatlantic.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: Convention


> The Convention web site is on www.ptg.org   I believe it said that family
> members could attend classes at the member rate.  This is certainly a much
> better deal than the Mid Atlantic Conference in Pennsylvania next week.
I
> would have had to pay an extra $100 on top of the member price for my
> daughter to attend some classes - the non PTG member technician rate!!!
>
> I really think family members should get a break.  Often, a spouse is part
> of running the piano service business.  And there comes a time when your
> kids grow up enough to get interested.  I think a member benefit of PTG
> should be a discount rate for your family to attend classes - at least
until
> they decided they want to become members in their own right.
>
> In my mind, their is a HUGE difference between family members of PTG and
> those technicians who steadfastly refuse to join the organization and earn
a
> living tuning pianos.  In my kid's case, she spent years folding and
> stamping PTG newsletters, helping with PTG publicity events, etc.  and
now,
> at least in PA, the PTG wants to charge her an unfair price to attend her
> first seminar.  That is certainly no way "to grow your own"!!!
>
> Carol Beigel
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > Hi list,
> >  I am thinking of taking my wife to the national >in Chicago.If she
wanted
> to
> >attend a class or two with me,would she have to >pay non-member
fees?,what
> is
> i>ncluded in an auxillary pass.
> >Thanks,
> >Hazen Bannister
>
>