A printed copy is fine for people/businesses want/need it. The issue is judicious use of our planet's resources. The "chasing arrows" on the recycling triangle symbol represent "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle," not "Eliminate, Eliminate, Eliminate!" I feel that more "opt-in" opportunities are appropriate, rather than the current dearth of "opt-out" possibilities. Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Ken & Pat Gerler < kenneth.gerler at prodigy.net> wrote: > I guess I could print out a copy of the Local Techs and keep it BUT, my > wife/Office Manager/Appointment counselor keeps the directory open to the > local techs when a call comes in for "urgent" tunings, or someone thinks our > rates are too high to give referrals. > > Ken Gerler > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net> > *To:* pianotech at ptg.org > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 30, 2010 8:16 AM > *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] PTG Phone > > Thanks Paul. Mine goes straight in the trash. > > ***TODD PIANO WORKS* > Matthew Todd, Piano Technician > (979) 248-9578 > http://www.toddpianoworks.com > > > --- On *Tue, 11/30/10, paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net>* wrote: > > > From: paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net> > Subject: Re: [pianotech] PTG Phone > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 2:06 PM > > I made that suggestion to our chapter president when I received my most > recent directory. It is now being discussed by the powers than need to > discuss it, but there is a lot involved. e.g. it doesn't JUST go to member > technicians, and some member technicians (and other recipients, presumably) > do not have access to an online version. > > Hopefully PTG will be able to minimize the number of paper copies, and > hopefully they'll be able to do it a long time before we get the *(#^% phone > book companies to quit printing millions of copies of useless paper and > putting them on our porch in the rain. > > Paul Bruesch > Stillwater (Snow, actually) MN > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 7:37 AM, Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net<http://us.mc838.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=toddpianoworks@att.net> > > wrote: > <snip> > > Maybe they could also stop sending those big, thick membership > directories thru the mail each year (I got two last year), and save on costs > and help save the rainforest at the same time :-). > > </snip> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101130/40211413/attachment.htm>
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