I've been on PW for years. Love it. -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Wally Scherer Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 7:40 PM To: joegarrett at earthlink.net; pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] pianotech at ptg.org Since this list will be closing soon (you said December 15), and you need to be a PTG member to be on the new one, I thought I'd check to see if piano world has a piano technician forum. The do! And a lot of you are already on it. Go to: http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/forums/3/1/Piano%20Tuner-Tech nicians%20Forum.html Wally A FINE TUNE - Piano Tuning & Repairs Wallace T. Scherer, piano technician, music educator 5020 Canal Drive, Lake Worth, Florida, 33463-8014 Telephone: 561-432-4121 Web page: http://aftune.angelfire.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-FINE-TUNE-PIANO-TUNING-REPAIRS/1298450103661 85 ------------------------------------------------ FREE TICKETS: http://aftune.angelfire.com/freetics.html --- On Sat, 12/3/11, Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net> wrote: > From: Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [pianotech] pianotech at ptg.org > To: "pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org> > Date: Saturday, December 3, 2011, 8:03 PM > David said: "Dear PTG Board of > Directors, members and non-member list > subscribers, > I just received the December 2011 Issue of PTG E-News > which, I assume > is distributed only to member-subscribers, thus, those of > you who are > not members, or members that don't read all their email may > have > forgotten the December 15 termination date for this list. > That, in > and of itself, raises an interesting dilemma. One might > reasonably > argue that, in addressing this issue to the Board, it > should > rightfully be directed to PTG-L, however, in doing so, we > exclude > what is likely a significant portion of the pianotech at ptg.org > > community. Unless I'm mistaken, membership in PTG was never > a > requirement for participation in this list community, > either as a > lurker or contributor. To the extent that this is true, it > does not > seem easily possible to distinguish what is internal to PTG > and what is not. > > However, it is not my intent to open up another > free-for-all, of > which the archives, in their old or new location, are full. > I have > asked Kathy Maxwell to forward to the Board a suggestion > that, given > the range of unresolved issues regarding the HL format, not > to > mention other issues that have been percolating, it would > seem good > public relations to allow a continuance on the function of > this list, > unless it could be convincingly demonstrated why that would > be > impossible, not just inconvenient. In the interim, an > increased > effort in both analysis of software and community response > (with real > data) could continue, hopefully with a larger pool of help > to assist > the committee. > > In the event that such a case (for immediate shut-down) can > be made, > I would hope to see a much greater active effort on the > part of the > organization to migrate as many of the current subscribers > of this > list to the new one. The home office has, I believe, the > tools, if > not the time, to quantify the data regarding numbers of > current > active subscribers on each of the lists. Yes, there is a > degree of > responsibility that individuals have in this relationship, > but if > there remains a significant number who have not yet done > so, it might > indicate a need to revisit the strategy. > > Finally, and with all due respect, I would ask President > Coleman to > reconsider his valediction in future communications to the > > membership.. It may have been an oversight and, certainly, > he is > within his rights to use it in his private communication, > however, > given the tensions within and certainly outside of the > organization > at this point in time, a more neutral alternative might be > in order. > > Respectfully, > David Skolnik PRT > Hastings on Hudson, NY > > David > I wholeheartedly agree with you. I'm sure Newton is > flipping over in his > grave over this! > Best regards, > Joe > > > Joe Garrett, R.P.T. > Captain of the Tool Police > Squares R I > >
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