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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01C0455D.43C47F00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mike, the minutes of the last two CDS BOD meetings will show just how lame you are as an organization. The record shows how little you have done for cave diving. The minutes will show that one big issue with you "people" is what booze to serve at CDS socials. Real impressive for your "good reputation". Wayne Marshall spent full time attacking me and the WKPP, he went to the NSS about us, and then he got caught stealing $25,000 from the till. I will not go into what he was found to be doing with the money, but he joins a long list of reputed scum of all flavors in the "community" that we will not tolerate in the WKPP. I love it when my biggest enemies are always the lowest insects. Your current Head Goober is one Steve Omeroid who censored Beth Somers and then fired her as editor for printing an article in the UWS that was written by me. That makes three UWS editors who have been fired for printing articles written by me. This article was about the World Record cave dive - I guess that is not what you want in UWS - again - real stupid on your part, and very telling about the organization. WKPP members did get involved with the CDS and NACD for a brief time there, but what we found were a cover for cave diving "instructors" of the lowest order, a bunch of trailer trash fast slobs and congenitally stupid red necks who are trying to eek out a living prostituting our sport under cover of the NSS/CDS. NO THANKS, MIKE - the WKPP and GUE will go their own way, and will take over , and are in fact now far larger than the CDS, and far more productive. You all need to take up golf and get out of our game. We are totally and permanently done with the CDS. We are where the action is, and don't forget it. -----Original Message----- From: Michael Poucher [mailto:mpoucher@at*.ne*] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 9:20 PM To: Cavers Subject: CDS Reply As Mr. George Irvine points out, the time the CDS Board spent discussing the WKPP is indeed wasted time. We should be spending our time talking about making the sport and our organization better. We should be spending our time giving CDS members a better value for their dues. We should be talking about how to educate the public on why the once crystal clear Wakulla Springs is green the majority of the time from nitrate pollution. We should be talking why the Falmouth-Cathedral System is in the same condition. We SHOULD be working together to address some of these issues together, as a united front, rather than bickering over petty differences and events that are way past. If we don't, it isn't going to matter much longer, because in 20 years our springs will be cesspools from pollution and nitrate loading and barely flowing because development and industry is sucking up the groundwater and huge pipelines will be draining our rivers to carry water to South Florida. The CDS Board is considering a request that the NSS review its endorsement of the WKPP project status because we are tired of the Director of the WKPP continually attacking our name and reputation. We have no problem with the WKPP itself. It is indeed a worthwhile and successful project. We would like to work with the WKPP to further our mutual goals, but this is impossible with the constant attacks. Wayne Marshall is gone. We have put in procedures to prevent a repeat of that situation. Checks have to be signed by two Board Members, the Treasurer and Chairman, and must be written by the Administrative Manager. We are now in the best financial shape we have been in years and we have the resources to begin providing real benefits to cave diving and our membership. We have gone beyond Wayne Marshall and George needs to get over it as well. Steve Ormeroid did indeed offer to refinance Cow Springs. Our current mortgage is at 10.25% interest and a balloon payment of $13,000 is due in February 2002. Steve offered to refinance now at 5.9% or whatever the minimum IRS-imputed interest rate is at the time of closing. Because Steve is a Board Member, there is a conflict of interest, but Counsel advised that the conflict was waivable by the Board. However, after much discussion and soul-searching, the Board determined that the conflict of interest was too great and voted not to accept the proposal. It�s a dead issue now. Michael Poucher NSS-CDS Leadership Director ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01C0455D.43C47F00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D4><SPAN=20 class=3D360205810-03112000><STRONG>Mike, the minutes of the last two CDS = BOD=20 meetings will show just how lame you are as an organization. The record = shows=20 how little you have done for cave diving. The minutes will show that one = big=20 issue with you "people" is what booze to serve at CDS socials. Real = impressive=20 for your "good reputation". </STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D4><SPAN=20 class=3D360205810-03112000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D4><SPAN=20 class=3D360205810-03112000><STRONG>Wayne Marshall spent full time = attacking me and=20 the WKPP, he went to the NSS about us, and then he got caught stealing = $25,000=20 from the till. I will not go into what he was found to be doing with the = money,=20 but he joins a long list of reputed scum of all flavors in the = "community"=20 that we will not tolerate in the WKPP. I love it when my biggest enemies = are=20 always the lowest insects.</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D4><SPAN=20 class=3D360205810-03112000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D4><SPAN=20 class=3D360205810-03112000><STRONG>Your current Head Goober is one Steve = Omeroid=20 who censored Beth Somers and then fired her as editor for printing an = article in=20 the UWS that was written by me. That makes three UWS editors who have = been fired=20 for printing articles written by me. This article was about the World = Record=20 cave dive - I guess that is not what you want in UWS - again - real = stupid on=20 your part, and very telling about the = organization.</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D4><SPAN=20 class=3D360205810-03112000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D4><SPAN=20 class=3D360205810-03112000><STRONG>WKPP members did get involved with = the CDS and=20 NACD for a brief time there, but what we found were a cover for cave = diving=20 "instructors" of the lowest order, a bunch of trailer trash fast slobs = and=20 congenitally stupid red necks who are trying to eek out a living = prostituting=20 our sport under cover of the NSS/CDS.</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D4><SPAN=20 class=3D360205810-03112000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D4><SPAN=20 class=3D360205810-03112000><STRONG>NO THANKS, MIKE - the WKPP and = GUE will=20 go their own way, and will take over , and are in fact now far larger = than the=20 CDS, and far more productive. You all need to take up golf and get out = of our=20 game. We are totally and permanently done with the=20 CDS.</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D4><SPAN=20 class=3D360205810-03112000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D4><SPAN=20 class=3D360205810-03112000><STRONG>We are where the action is, and don't = forget=20 it.</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV align=3Dleft class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr><FONT = face=3DTahoma=20 size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Michael Poucher=20 [mailto:mpoucher@at*.ne*]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 02, = 2000=20 9:20 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Cavers<BR><B>Subject:</B> CDS = Reply<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> <P>As Mr. George Irvine points out, the time the CDS Board spent = discussing=20 the WKPP is indeed wasted time. We should be spending our time talking = about=20 making the sport and our organization better. We should be spending = our time=20 giving CDS members a better value for their dues. We should be talking = about=20 how to educate the public on why the once crystal clear Wakulla = Springs is=20 green the majority of the time from nitrate pollution. We should be = talking=20 why the Falmouth-Cathedral System is in the same condition. We SHOULD = be=20 working together to address some of these issues together, as a united = front,=20 rather than bickering over petty differences and events that are way = past. If=20 we don't, it isn't going to matter much longer, because in 20 years = our=20 springs will be cesspools from pollution and nitrate loading and = barely=20 flowing because development and industry is sucking up the groundwater = and=20 huge pipelines will be draining our rivers to carry water to South=20 Florida.</P> <P>The CDS Board is considering a request that the NSS review its = endorsement=20 of the WKPP project status because we are tired of the Director of the = WKPP=20 continually attacking our name and reputation. We have no problem with = the=20 WKPP itself. It is indeed a worthwhile and successful project. We = would like=20 to work with the WKPP to further our mutual goals, but this is = impossible with=20 the constant attacks. </P> <P>Wayne Marshall is gone. We have put in procedures to prevent a = repeat of=20 that situation. Checks have to be signed by two Board Members, the = Treasurer=20 and Chairman, and must be written by the Administrative Manager. We = are now in=20 the best financial shape we have been in years and we have the = resources to=20 begin providing real benefits to cave diving and our membership. We = have gone=20 beyond Wayne Marshall and George needs to get over it as well.</P> <P>Steve Ormeroid did indeed offer to refinance Cow Springs. Our = current=20 mortgage is at 10.25% interest and a balloon payment of $13,000 is due = in=20 February 2002. Steve offered to refinance now at 5.9% or whatever the = minimum=20 IRS-imputed interest rate is at the time of closing. Because Steve is = a Board=20 Member, there is a conflict of interest, but Counsel advised that the = conflict=20 was waivable by the Board. However, after much discussion and = soul-searching,=20 the Board determined that the conflict of interest was too great and = voted not=20 to accept the proposal. It’s a dead issue now.</P></DIV> <DIV>Michael Poucher</DIV> <DIV>NSS-CDS</DIV> <DIV>Leadership Director</DIV> <DIV></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01C0455D.43C47F00--
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