Please send me your telephone number so I can speak with you. Thank you Mike Walsh 512-249-2283
_____ From: Charles Goldsmith [mailto:wo...@justfamily.org] Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 07:38 To: David Cc: CaveTex Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Jimmy James ? Ok, let's not do this on the list server. David, I know you mean well, but replying to a flaming post only causes problems. Please do not reply to this post to the list server, and that goes for anyone else. If you have an opinion, post only to myself or to Jimmy. I refer you to Rule #1: http://texascavers.com/rules.html On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 1:35 AM, David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> wrote: I seriously doubt Jimmy James is the last posters real name. I see no reason why anyone would find Jimmy James opinions credible. He obviously does not understand Mike's decades of dedication to the cave community. There is a whole lot of secret caving going on because of people like Jimmy. It is good to have some transparency now and then. I have seen nearly a hundred Jimmy James fly by and soon forgotten. But I have only met one person like Mike Walsh. I will take one Walsh over a thousand James anyday. When someone takes on an authoritative roll, it is impossible for others to know why that leader made the decisions they do. In Mike's case, I am only guessing that the TCC model requires him to sale the product the TCC offers. In the business world, an aggressive entrepreneur can come across as annoying. In my business, I have to walk a fine line between being too self-promoting eventhough I know I am the best there is at what I do. I support Mike and the TCC, but I have never contributed or attended. And did Jimmy James take any time to help anybody ? And for the fine speleo-work that James accomplished, was it sincerely in the best interest of the caves or caving community ? I make a motion that the TSA publishes all of Jimmy James reports and let us all nit-pick his version of what caving really is. David Locklear President of NaturFest Association NSS #27639 Texas recreational arm-chair caver for almost 30 years.
