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------Original Message------ From: GHardigree@ao*.co* To: Mary_Jane_Humphrey@em*.ms*.co*, cavers@cavers.com Sent: April 7, 2000 4:55:56 AM GMT Subject: Re: Gue requirement to dive Madison Blue In a message dated 4/7/00 12:30:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Mary_Jane_Humphrey@em*.ms*.co* writes: << >One very important question was left out. How can spending >$19 for a GUE membership make us such a safer diver that we >will be allowed in Madison ? Dont get me wrong, i have been >wondering alot here lately if i was going to renew my CDS >membership or not and it has nothing to do with what is going >on here ( GUE and Madison) . At the same time i have to ask >myself, is GUE going to be any better in a year or two? It >takes money to run an organization. How do we know GUE wont be >chasing the dollar a year from now trying the stay afloat like >the rest are doing. I would like to see GUE make it but so far >all i have heard and seen is alot of talk and finger >pointing. Gary, I think one has to consider first principles.If you have serious questions about that money you send to the CDS/NACD each year and are wondering if those organizations really represent you, what the money goes to and if they are responsible with it, GUE shouldn't even figure into those deliberations. You don't have to belong to an organization to cave dive. Whatever reasons you have for doubting the validity of belonging to the CDS, having another organization to jump to shouldn't be part of that decision. If and when you have made the decision to leave those folks behind, then you can begin to look at GUE and decide if they have a program that interests you. If they don't, then perhaps there should be a new organization made up of divers disillusioned by the cliquish and irresponsible behavior of the entrenched agencies and devoted to safety, responsibility and accountability. It could even be associated with GUE. Call it what you will, but this is how such groups are born, out of need. Later, JoeL ----------------------------------------------- FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com Reserve your name now at http://www.email.com
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