I am sure they had only the best of attentions and just sincerely felt they were not able to "properly support my needs"<G> Gilliam would not surprise me a bit. I have started organizing a show for next year and we will be doing an ever increasing number of mini shows so that we can get out and meet people on a more personal basis. JJ At 11:16 AM 6/30/2000 -0400, Trey wrote: >Jarrod, why did they kick you out of the Australian "tec" show, and do you >think it was Mouth and Gilliam who had anything to do with it? > >I guess they can see the handwriting on the wall, so to speak. > >We need to run our own mini tec shows and DIR demonstrations everywhere to >offset this stupidity. Let's start scheduling a few more of these and really >get these morons panicked. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jarrod Jablonski <JJ@gu*.co*> >To: Gawain.Lynch@fe*.co*.au* ><Gawain.Lynch@fe*.co*.au*>; quest@gu*.co* <quest@gu*.co*> >Date: Friday, June 30, 2000 10:47 AM >Subject: Re: OzTek 2000 > > > >This one is classic. > > > >They ask me six or more months ago to present and I committed to the date. > >Leaving the country during prime exploration is not something I take > >lightly and I pushed several other obligations away, kept the spot open > >despite several good opportunities, and promised my girlfriend a trip to > >Australia. > > > >They had agreed to pay my way over or to have the company sponsor the event > >and get a free booth. We agreed to the latter. > >Then two weeks before departure they send me a mail that says we have > >pulled your speaking spot because we no longer feel we can properly support > >your presence. In essence the show is not doing well enough to let you have > >a booth but we are too crowded to make a free space for you. Rather > >oxymoronic. Of course none of this applied to any speakers other than >myslef. > > > >Feeling pretty certain what games where being played I then volunteered to > >pay my own way, and asked about buying a booth. Their response. No >thanks<G> > > > >Personally the whole thing leaves a bad taste in my mouth but I am sure > >that I can find a way to occupy the time with diving and now I have a > >better feel for the political games being played by people seemingly afraid > >of information. However, I missed the opportunity to meet people interested > >in diving outside of politics and I have an angry girlfriend. We plan to > >come over on our own in the near future for some DIR demonstrations. > > > >Politics at its best. > > > >Best, > >JJ > > > > > > > >At 07:47 AM 6/26/2000 +1100, Gawain.Lynch@fe*.co*.au* wrote: > >>Does any one have any idea why JJ and Robert are no longer coming to OzTek > >>2000 in Melbourne next month. > >> > >>We were all looking forward to seeing and hearing from them both and now > >>nothing... > >> > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: quest-unsubscribe@gu*.co* > >>For additional commands, e-mail: quest-help@gu*.co* > > > >Jarrod Jablonski > > > >President- > >Global Underwater Explorers www.gue.com > >CEO Extreme Exposure www.extreme-exposure.com > >VP Halcyon Manufacturing www.halcyon.net, www.browniedive.com, >www.tankfill.com > > > >Global Underwater Explorers www.gue.com > >GUE is a non-profit educational, research, and exploratory organization > >with hundreds of dedicated members around the world. > > > >Extreme Exposure www.extreme-exposure.com > >Extreme Exposure and Halcyon manufacturing produce some of the scuba > >industry's most novel and robust diving equipment designed by many of > >diving's most active explorers. > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: quest-unsubscribe@gu*.co* > >For additional commands, e-mail: quest-help@gu*.co* > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: quest-unsubscribe@gu*.co* >For additional commands, e-mail: quest-help@gu*.co* Jarrod Jablonski President- Global Underwater Explorers www.gue.com CEO Extreme Exposure www.extreme-exposure.com VP Halcyon Manufacturing www.halcyon.net, www.browniedive.com, www.tankfill.com Global Underwater Explorers www.gue.com GUE is a non-profit educational, research, and exploratory organization with hundreds of dedicated members around the world. Extreme Exposure www.extreme-exposure.com Extreme Exposure and Halcyon manufacturing produce some of the scuba industry's most novel and robust diving equipment designed by many of diving's most active explorers. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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