Welcome aboard John! I'm glad the board has approved another intern. Its hard to imagine going into the committee cold! Ward told everyone to bring good shoes to Grand Rapids: Man, was he right! My feet really hurt that first day. Ward brings to pairs of shoes and alternates: great idea. On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 9:05 AM, John Dorr <a440 at bresnan.net> wrote: > Hi list, > > I, too, attended my first national convention/institute. I had been to > several of the PNWC regional conventions. I was blown away by this event, > as many are. > > I was a little busy. I was our Chapter's convention delegate, underwent > training with Israel Stein to become a technical examiner, assisted with a > technical exam and led another technical exam, presented two classes, played > in the A440 Big Band on Saturday night, attended other classes as time > permitted, blasted through the exhibition hall wishing I had more time to > spend there, and was nominated, interviewed, and selected to be next year's > intern on the Institute Committee. > > Additionally, Ed Sutton asked me if I would write something for the Journal > about my first national convention experience. WHEW!!! (Ed, if you're > reading this, I nominate Rob McCall to write that piece! Did you see his > posting from a day or two ago?) > > My only regret about the conference was this: I didn't get to watch much > of the British Open! (I'm a golf nut) But I DID see almost ALL of the > playoff in the airport waiting for my flight. > > All in all, like everybody else here, I had a most WONDERFUL time of it, > and am looking forward to serving it next year. I also would like to thank > the Institute Committee for a smooth job! Everything I could want or need > was accommodated, not being a coffee junkie like some others... (grinning, > Ron, I love you!) > > As a lone technician, nearly, in Helena, Montana, who moves from living > room to living room with scarce contact with other people in the industry, > this event was a great time for learning, comraderie, starting new > friendships, and recharging the batteries. WELL DONE. > > Let's see you all in Las Vegas!! > > John Dorr, > Helena, MT > > > > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090722/8718f03a/attachment.htm>
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