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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John.Robinson@HS*.co* [mailto:John.Robinson@HS*.co*]
> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 10:19 PM
> To: cavers@cavers.com
> Subject: Promoting a constructive forum for information exchange
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> Hi,
> 
> I have been reading some of the articles on this web site and it is
> apparent to me that some people are spending much to much time putting
> each other down and not nearly enough time communicating in a
> constructive manor. I hope that I can influence this to be an 
> open forum
> where people can express their ideas without fear of being slammed or
> otherwise put down. I would also hope that divers of differing
> levels of ability and or training can also benefit (at my 
> multibillion dollar
> company that produces satellite communication systems for the 
> entire world,
> we strongly believe that no question is a stupid question and 
> that putting
> others
> down is extremely inappropriate). Also, I would hope that 
> divers would not be
> put
> at risk of possible death because of fear of embarrassment 
> over a dive gone
> bad (not that I have had such an incident) or be afraid to 
> ask questions, learn,
> or allow others to know about mistakes (so they can learn 
> from their mistakes
>  in a constructive manor). A community that puts down its own 
> members only
> diminishes itself in the eyes of everyone else and may result 
> in a loss of some
> of the advantages that the tech diving community currently enjoys.
> 
> John
> 
> p.s. I appreciate the constructive remarks I have receive concerning
> my last email and am currently looking into DIR and I apologies to the
> members of this group that don't fit the above description. I 
> should also add
> that it has been about 8 years since my Full Cave course and DIR may
> not have been around at that time.
> 
> 

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