[PSUBS-MAILIST] Beware of reporter

[tmsmalley@usinternet.com]

I hope so!

Signed,
Goofball II





>
>From: "John R. Farrington" <jrf@austin.ibm.com>
>Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 14:31:55 -0500
>To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>Subject: Re:  [PSUBS-MAILIST] Beware of reporter
>> I hope they don't take the usual "Goofball builds submarine" tack the
>> national press often does. Locals are fine, but the national folks
>> like to make fun of people they see as "unhip hobbyists."
>> 
>> 
>> >From: Ray Keefer <Ray.Keefer@Sun.COM>
>> >Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 10:46:37 -0700 (PDT)
>> >To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>> >Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] reporter called
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >I just had a reporter call me. She was Louise Nap from Wired News. She heard
>> >about us from John Farringtonand is going to follow up with John for
>> >further interviews.
>> >
>> >The article is going out sometime next week.
>> >
>> >Regards,
>> >Ray
>
>
>
>It's OK if they want to take the "Goofball builds submarine" tack.
>I'm not afraid of the truth.  ;-)
>
>
>Seriously, in our 2 other talks with the media, I've always
>tried to convey that we've really researched what we're doing,
>and in our case, are following plans designed by engineers.
>
>Louise and I have chatted briefly, and probably tomorrow, Monica,
>myself and Louise will have a phone interview.  Her editor or
>someone like that had come across our website and wanted Louise
>to do a story about us.  Of course, we'll once again ask that
>they mention the psubs.org website, just so the readers don't
>think that Monica and I are the only goofballs out there!
>
>Hopefully it'll turn out to be good PR for psubs in general.
>
>-John
>