In a message dated 8/3/00 12:13:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time, GHardigree@ao*.co* writes: > I guess JJ didnt fully cover DIR or correctly answer the questions asked of > him when he paid AOL a visit. Talking about being a day late and a dollar > short ! Gary, JJ did indeed do a fine job discussing DIR, GUE and exploratory diving during both his appearences in the AOL Scuba Forum Chat room. For people who have AOL accounts but missed those appearences, the logs from both presentations are available for downloading in the AOL Scuba Forum Library area. That doesn't necessarily make this a dead topic, however. Jerry, who is the Scuba Forum's message board area manager, suggested Mike as a guest for our regularly scheduled Thursday night feature, "Tech Nite." Generally we welcome the opportunity to have new presenters for this program. The Chat area manager, Joel Silverstein, and myself, the Forum Leader, do not usually actively pursue guest presenters during the summer months. The attendence and activity in the forum tends to be slow due to so many people being busy with diving, vacations, and such. By the same token, since Mike offered we were not inclined to turn him down either. Mike will be discussing a variety of topics, including DIR for recreational diving, and other subjects dependent upon the questions generated by attendees. As a West Coast diver he will like also discuss the state of advanced diving in that area and possibly share some of his experiences and perceptions of East Coast wreck diving based on his trips to this side of the country. As for other's particpating as guest "speakers," we're always willing to consider such offers. If the individual has something of interest to offer to our subscribers or is a recognizable figure in the industry we're certainly open to the idea. However, contrary to what some might hope, there is no budget for paying guests to make appearences. Such appearences are strictly voluntary. Anyone without an AOL account should have no trouble joining in tonight's discussion if they'd truely like to. There are plenty of resources offering free trials to AOL. Simply set-up a trial account, log on to AOL, click on keyword, enter the world scuba and follow the links. Just be sure to cancel the free trial in the alotted time to avoid the standard fees.
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