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It seems rather obvious what George has in mind: 1) Gain control of the NACD
for his own purposes and those of the WKPP, 2) Then kick all of the rest of
the cave divers (including instructors) out of the organization (or at the
very least run them off with his obnoxious predjudism). Are you thinking
ahead to what happens then? Cave property management and access, training and
certification all based upon what gear George thinks you should buy and how
George thinks you should put it on.
There are some that think that this is an exageration but the more you
understand the "I'm okay but the rest of the cave diving world that doesn't
agree with me is a dumb redneck" attitude the more you understand that this is
predjudism and egomania in its purest, ugliest form. I know for a fact that
Lloyd Bailey doesn't believe it ( you'll have to get rid of him George). I
know that the NSS board doesn't believe it ( I know, George, you think that
all of them are ignorant fools, too).
95% of the cave community aren't fools, George. On the whole, they are
well educated, intelligent, thoughtfull people. Mother nature has a way of
taking care of those cave divers who are not (natural selection).
In any activity, professional or not, there is more that one method
utilized.
You have helped to develop a very successfull method, George, that works for
you. The vast majority of the community uses other gear and other methods
that work for them. The safety record of the community proves the other
methods are safe as long as you follow the rules of cave diving. ---------
From: gmiiii@in*.co*
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 1996 9:04 PM
To: Elena Casson; cavers@ge*.co*
Cc: techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Re: NACD BOD Mtg
On Mon, 14 Oct 1996, Elena Casson <ecasson.hrp@ma*.he*.uf*.ed*> wrote:
>To all:
>2. Jarrod Jablonski was appointed to the board to fill the remainder of
>Milledge Murphey?s term as an instructor board of director.
>Unfortunately, the term for this position expires at the end of 1996. The
>board is nominating Jarrod to keep this position at the Annual Membership
>Meeting which will be held at the NACD Workshop on November 9th.
Elana - this is a big step in the right direction. Now we need to make
Jarrod the Training Director, get his new book out, and really get some
quality
on the teaching front that matches what we are doing on the access and
environmental front.
We can spin off the old school, and they can start the National
Association
for Misinformation, Redneck Stupidity, and Useless Gear Sales as a third cave
divin' group.
We need to move forward, and it is obvious who in this communitiy is doing
that, and who is hiding in the shadows complaining, hiding cave, selling
non-functional gear, and doing nothing for any of us, and it is time to turn
this around.
WKPP will do everything it can to help this organization shake off the
goobers and get with the program.
George M. Irvine III
DIR WKPP
1400 SE 11 ST Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316
954-493-6655 FAX 6698
Email gmiiii@in*.co*
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