On 9/12/2010 12:01 PM, Joseph Garrett wrote: > Ron N. said: "Gettin' old Joe. When I did it in 78, it was still > "Craftsman", not RTT." > Ron, > Whatcha mean "Gettin'?? I am! The "official" label was R.T.T., (which > stood for Registered Tuner Technician). The verbal "Title" was Craftsman > Member. Never understood all that, but that's what it was. Obviously, > your memory is failing as well.<G> You're who, again? Nope, the official names, labels, designations, ranks, and statii were allied tradesman, student, apprentice, and craftsman. RTT came in with the elimination of the allied tradesman and student categories, and the categories became rtt and associate (I think). Rtt definitely came after, and replaced craftsman. When the change was in the final argument phase, as opposed to the perpetual argument phase, I sent one of the participants the suggestion that we change the name of the organization to something other than PTG, adopt a new logo for the new parent organization, which any member could use, and retain the old logo and PTG name for exclusive use of the currently "craftsman", proposed RTT members. Wim ought to remember that one, since he presented and argued it. Of course, he's old too, so... Ron N
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