Convention pay off

[Richard Moody]

I believe the Guild is loosing money by not charging slidding fees for
convention attendees.  The Guild is short $50 dollars at least because
I could not go through the exhibit hall for one afternoon.  That was
DC in 2000.  Now I get a Journal issue that states they must raise
dues to make up for the amount they spent over what they took in in
2001.

If they would have daily rates for the Convention I think $1,000 to
$10,000  extra  could be generated over the "one fee for everyone,
whether they attend 4 days or not."

                    000ric



----- Original Message -----
From: Carol R. Beigel <crbrpt@bellatlantic.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 7:30 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
|
|