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In message <63A2F27739@co*.ci*.uf*.ed*>, Ken Sallot
<KEN@co*.ci*.uf*.ed*> writes
>I had an interesting afternoon. When I first got back to my office
>from lunch I had a message on my answering machine from Pete Butt.
>While talking to Pete, I got a call on my machine from George Irvine.
>
>Both of the calls were about the same thing, and I'm going to try to
>correct something here.
>
>A recent posting said that Jim King, Bill Stone, and Wes Skiles were
>responsible for printing out email messages from these internet
>mailing lists, taking them out of context, and producing them to
>officials here in Florida trying to get WKPP permits revoked.
>
>I know nothing about this. However, like other WKPP members, I
>have unsubscribed from these lists (I still read rec.scuba because
>it's not really technical in nature), so I missed this message.
>
>Pete and George have assured me that Wes Skiles has nothing to do
>with this email printing out thing. I know nothing about whether or
>not Jim King or Bill Stone are doing this at all, and could care
>less because I feel that the WKPP can stand on our accomplishments
>and have nothing to worry about.
>
>Let me make this clear for the record. Neither Wes Skiles or any
>company he does endorsements for are going out trying to get WKPP
>permits revoked. As a matter of fact the opposite might be said in
>some cases. The NSS-CDS and NACD have both committed themselves
>to supporting the WKPP. Dive Rite, a company that was apparently
>mentioned in this posting, has employees who have influence with
>the NSS-CDS that have been supportive of the WKPP (thank you
>Mr. Hires).
>
>There have been serious allegations made on these public forums
>before. I myself have been guilty of some, however my biggest
>bitches about products I wound up getting the opportunity to bring
>up with Lamar Hires a few weeks ago at Devil's Ear. My biggest
>complaint had been gap reels, I felt there wasn't a decent one
>on the market. I had the opportunity to talk with Lamar about
>my gripes, and he informed me of the changes that Dive Rite is
>putting in place in regards to the reels, and other new developments
>that will help improve the quality of their products. His attitude
>impressed me because he didn't blow me off, but rather he spent the
>time to talk with me and tell me what they are fixing and what went
>wrong.
>
>Well, that's about all I wanted to say. I hope to avoid wasting
>anymore bandwidth because I realize probably more then needed has
>already been wasted.
>
>Ken Sallot
>WKPP Support Diver
Ken,
You know communication is a wonder of the modern world. We can
talk to people on the moon in real time etc. You summed up things in
fine style. Thanks
Regards
Chris
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