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Dawn, this is excellent. Given what Stone has said about us and what his people have said, I think we need to absolutely prohibit anyone having anything to do with that project from coming anywhere near any WKPP dives. I personally will not show up or dive with anyone from the usdct anywhere near the dive site. That means anyone even sympathizing with them. We can't take the risk anymore. Stone nearly finished cave diving off with his personal preference free-for-all, and now we will be the victims if we make any mistakes. We can not afford to have anyone around us who has a track record of making mistakes, and being involved with Stone and not walking away when they saw the real story is prime face evidence of stupidity beyond the pale, and represents a risk to us all not only from that standpoint, but from the obvious sabotoge standpoint. Keep in mind that Stone has publicly stated that we will all "get killed" because we are "not perfect". He can kiss my ass. My input is to keep it to strong referal system only, and involevement with Stone is like mental bankruptcy in the cave diving credit check. Besides, we do not need to retrain singing pigs - there are too many good people out there to have to put up with the strokes from the past. We don't have to be nice to any of them anymore - they are finished in this game. They had their last hurrah, and they blew it. Dawn Kernagis wrote: > > WKPP team, > > This upcoming year will be an extremely busy one for the Woodville Karst > Plain Project. We have dozens of sites that need to be checked out, > connections to be made, samples to be collected, and lots of new cave to > explore. > > With this busy schedule at hand, you guys are going to have to be very good > at being a team to make the most out of the time we dive together. There > are several standards we have set to make sure everyone is on the same page > and our team efficiency is at a maximum : > > --------------------------------- > > 1)Everyone diving with us on-site must be full cave certified. > > 2)We have reinstated the sponsorship program. This means if you do not have > a gas diver or an extremely experienced support diver (someone who has done > support for the team on a _consistent_ basis for atleast two years) to > vouch for you and your ability, you need to find one before your next team > dive. I will be asking for names of sponsors next time we dive. > > Sponsors will dive with the new members, teach them standards, gear > configuration, and emergency procedures before bringing them on site for > the first time. They will also ensure that the new members are diving under > more experienced team members once they have started working with the > project > > This also means established support and gas divers must make time to help > new divers. This is a fundamental duty of all WKPP team members. > > Mentors are an important part of the team structure that we need to really > emphasize - this is the only way to pass on what has been learned, and it > has been extremely important in bringing up new gas divers since day one. > Every single diver on the team should take advantage of opportunities to > dive with the more experienced members whenever possible > > 3)New people coming to help the team out will do surface support for their > first time on-site. Please realize everyone helps out with surface work, so > you will not be the only ones doing it! > > 4)We are going to start setting up rescue/O2 administration/CPR courses for > team members throughout the year. This will ensure everyone is up-to -date > with standard emergency procedures. Either Ken or I will get back to you > with further information as this comes together . > > 5) I will be collecting copies of DAN Master insurance and Full Cave cards > during the first team meeting this year. If you cannot make it, you need to > mail these to me asap. If I do not have your copies on record, I cannot let > you dive. > > ---------------------------------- > > ***Please realize these are all being set in mind as to what is best for > the team. There is no reason we have to accomodate anyone at risk of the > rest of the WKPP members . We have already proven what we can do with > efficient teamwork, the right attitude, and the best cave divers out there > - we will not allow anyone or anything to jeopardize this. > > We are looking forward to an extremely productive season for the WKPP!!! > There will be plenty of diving for everyone involved - we have a lot of > goals to accomplish as soon as conditions allow! > > I'm looking forward to seeing everyone again soon! Thank you for your time, > > Dawn Kernagis > WKPP > >
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