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Joel, Kind of touchy aren't you? READ my post. I accused you of nothing inappropriate. I had heard of the loss of a computer system by the CDS and noticed that it was not included in your "needs to be accounted for" list. So I added it. Now reel your waggling tongue back in before you step on it again. Lee Joel Markwell wrote: > on 4/19/00 8:13 PM, Lee and Lucy Gibson at lonestar@al*.ne* wrote: > > > How about including the Mac computer that was purchased by the CDS for a past- > > publisher that was never returned in that audit.. > > Lee, > > Where the hell do you get this shit? You are so good at being WRONG! > > I was not given one penny for the computer that I bought when asked to edit > UWS. I spent $2100 on my Power Computing Macintosh clone, which I still > have, and $785 on a MAG Innovision 17" display. Why I spent that money when > I didn't need the computer for work at that time I'll never know. > > I also spent over $300 of my own money Fed Exing, mailing, copying, getting > photographs burned onto CD, buying paper, software and so on. The CDS DID > buy a laser printer, which Beth Somers has (the current editor). If anyone > owes ANYONE money, it's the BOD that owes me, I'm out cash, not the > membership (it is their money, BTW). At the time I was so disgusted with the > whole array of bozos that I never pursued it, I collected together the > receipts then said, "screw it!" I believe that I was reimbursed some money > on a scanner early on, but my cash outlays far exceeded that small amount. > > I'll pose for an audit ANY DAY, dipshit, where my tortured tenure as editor > is concerned. That I FAILED as editor, I take ultimate responsibility for, > but the money is a non-issue and that anyone thinks otherwise is a testament > to what an inbred, gossipy nest of snakes occupies the inner recesses of > some of the darker holes of the CDS. > > When I took over as editor I was promised that my ONLY job would be to edit > the newsletter. I was promised a liason to the Board, someone to acquire the > articles (so that I could focus on the lay-up), someone to sell the > advertising, someone to do the Member's Manual and the CDS printer assured > me she understood and could do digital. > > NONE of the above happened--EVER. NOT ONE PERSON DID THEIR JOB--not even a > small part of it! The liason disappeared until the shit hit the fan and then > surfaced in the 10th inning. NO--ZERO articles were ever provided by Mr. > Article Wrangler. NO--ZERO ads were sold by the ad man, I arranged for them > and in some cases even created them. The printer didn't know DICK about > digital publishing and was a hindrance, not a help. At one point they had an > issue of UWS in their hands for two months before printing it. The Member's > Manual was unceremoniously dumped in my lap a couple of weeks (?) after I > started. When I got the member's list it was completely out of date and > inaccurate, in fact it took the Board's gopher three attempts and three > weeks to send me one that wasn't off by 400 members. I was forced to update > the lists myself and that took over a month (that list that I updated was > eventually used to set up the member's list on the website). Robert Laird > was the only person who did and still does his job, although to be fair, the > editor of another dive mag was good enough to offer to help with scanning > slides etc. I think two other members volunteered as time wore on for > proofreading, etc. > > Don't get me started on this . . . . > > The current Editor, Beth Somers has done a superb job. She managed to > HERSELF find the help she needed to get the job done and succeeded where I > failed. She and I have remained friends. But I will never be ashamed of the > fact that I made a sincere effort and put several hundred hours of effort > and many dollars into volunteering there and elsewhere. I know that the > hardest job in the CDS is Editor, as I suspect is the case at the NACD. For > those of you who read the newsletters and enjoy them, take the time to thank > them because they rarely get thanks for what they do. > > Lee, you are truly a totally classless act and CLEARLY a moron. You must > surely have to have the word "BREATHE" taped to the inside of your dive mask > or else you'd be taking the big dirt nap right now. > > Try not to speak. > > JoeL
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