Piano Technicians Guild
Oklahoma Chapter Minutes
July 21, 2005

The meeting was held at Edmond Music

Those in attendance:
Nathan Sobel, Blane Morris, Keith Morgan, Keith McGavern, Bob Scheer, Norman Cantrell, Greg Lynch, Shem Taggert, David Bonham, Barbara Bonham, Bob Qualls, David Scroggins and Ben Davis.

Call to order at 8:42 A.M. by Bob Scheer.

Invocation by Norman Cantrell.

The minutes were read and accepted.

No treasurer's report.

Newsletter report: Barbara made a request for more articles for the newsletter.

Announcements/Discussions:
The PTG convention report was made by Norman Cantrell. He toured the new home office and the Jack Wyatt museum. He stated that it's a very impressive museum.

The Golden hammer winner was Nolan Zeringue.

Norman Cantrell is chairman of Bylaws committee.
The bylaw that caused the most discussion was Proposition 5 regarding membership application. It did not pass.

The TSA Seminar is October 27-30 in Austin, Texas. Held a brief discussion on the seminar and the advantages of going.

We now have our insurance policy through the Home Office with $1000.00 deductible.

Next barbecue at David and Barbara Bonham's. August 20th, 4 - 8 P.M.

The technical presentation was by Bob Scheer. The topic: Customer Relations

Round Table discussion on how we deal with customers and the problems we run into. Scheduling, staying on schedule, conformation call or postcard, no shows, call backs.

Meeting ended at 10:52 A.M.

Respectfully Submitted,
Nathan Sobel
Secretary