At 08:26  2/07/00 , Trey wrote:
>Jarrod, is it true the  organizer of Oztec 2000 is the local head of TDI? Is
>it true that he is a deep air fan? Is it also true that he was on the boat
>when Rob Palmer died?
>Is it true that this Oztec had Batman as its star speaker last year, and
>that this year they have his wannabe little brother and a list of strokes
>that would bring tears of laughter to an American audience?
>
>JJ, sounds like you got lucky. Unfortunately , anyone who wanted the real
>deal got fucked, but then if anyone thought they were going to get any
>different out of TDI, well then they need to see PT Barnum.

Trey, I forwarded JJ's note to the Australian cave diving list
and got a fairly rapid response from the head of TDI Australia
(organisers of OzTec 2000). Well, a couple of responses actually. 
One public, and one private one.

In his public response, the local TDI head wrote:

 > "Tell you what Billy, you give the $2500 to get them here and 
 > I will help you organise another show. Aside from that, it is 
 > none of your business."

So he won't take JJ & Robert's money but he'll take mine, and 
it's still none of my business. And JJ and Robert still aren't 
welcome.

So here, publically, I'm offering the $2,500 for him to put
Jarrod and Robert back on the programme and back in the show,
under the previously agreed terms, if he hasn't managed to piss 
them off completely.

But I don't think this is about money. I think that's a smoke-
screen. JJ already offered him the money and still got refused. 
I think there's another agenda running here. When I asked the 
TDI guy how hard Guilliam was pulling his string, he got very
excited. Even asked me to go round and visit him. I said that 
wasn't necessary 'cause I'd be quite happy to hear his confession 
by email.

There's too much hubris round these people. I can't forget that
when these same people had the opportunity to finally disassociate 
glamour and deep air diving when Rob Palmer killed himself, they
lied instead.

Anyway there's eight of us DIR divers in Sydney who regularly
charter boats and dive together. If anyone in Sydney wants to 
bypass the bullshit and the run-around and go straight to the 
real stuff email me. We can arrange DIR-friendly training, 
equipment that isn't priced to make your nose bleed, sound deco 
advice,good fun diving with people who tell the truth. and, 
(as the t-shirt says): 

       no deep air no personal preference 
      no stuffed hose no bondage wings no 
      air bail-out no steel slings no dual 
      bladders no wrong deco no stroke mix 
        no tom no brett no bazza no rt  
              N O  S T R O K E S !!!

Life's too short and there's too much ocean to dive for all 
the underhand stuff.

rgrds        billyw




>->>>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...
> >>> >>
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