[pianotech] new/old list...

[David Love]

Greeting Ron.  I guess now I know why I haven't seen your name in awhile.

 

I'm curious about how ads are being run in the local community (of Chicago I
presume), who is running them and what the content is exactly.  I presume
from your post that it's a "hire only RPTs" type of ad.   Also, how was it
that the funding of those regional ads was paid for from the national pool
of funds?  

 

David Love

www.davidlovepianos.com

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Koval
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 11:07 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] new/old list...

 

Yup, it's me.

I pulled myself out of lurking mode to respond to what I felt was an example
of the reality of 
what lies just beneath the veneer of civility - that attitude of entitlement
and elitism that kept
me away from the PTG for years.  I finally joined because of this list -
back when it was hosted
by BYU - even before Andy Rudoff hosted.  The lure of an "open source"
discussion; where learning
and teaching was valued by many of the technicians I'd get a chance to meet.

Associate and non-member bashing really doesn't reflect well on the brand of
RPT.  

I read almost everything on this list, but don't respond too much anymore.
It was instructive
to go back into the archives to find out that this list began to be hosted
by the PTG in the fall
of 2002.  Even after the move the list claimed: (from the "more info on this
list")

The "pianotech" list, provided as a community service by the Piano
Technicians Guild, is a forum for piano technicians. The list resides on the
PTG server and is maintained by the PTG, but the PTG does not control the
content in any way. 
The "pianotech" list is an open list, allowing anyone to subscribe or submit
posts. 

Contrast that with the new list: (which runs too slow for me to use in a
meaningful way)

"This site is provided as a service for the members of The Piano Technicians
Guild."

Perhaps this could be a reason for the push to the new software?  I'm
troubled by this shift, perhaps as
much as I am troubled by my (and your) dues money now being used for radio
ads in our local community
that are at best a conflict of interest, and at worst a departure from the
truth.  

>From what I understand, membership in the PTG accounts for about a third of
the working technicians in the states.
Of those members, about a half are RPTs.  I've got to wonder about my
commitment of time and money
to an organization that advertises against half of the membership...

Ron Koval




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