Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Manned Submersibles Book

["Tim Smalley" <TMSmalley@usinternet.com>]

Count me in too. If you need a few more bucks let me know.
Tim Smalley
St. Paul, MN


----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Cotton" <gregc02@attglobal.net>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 11:25 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Manned Submersibles Book


> This is great news indeed!
>
> If you're making a list (and checking it twice) please put me down for a
copy. You can rest
> assured that it won't end up on ebay, you couldn't pry it out of my hands.
>
> Thanks for all your work on this!
>
> Greg Cotton
>
> From:           SeaLordOne@aol.com
> Date sent:      Fri, 21 Dec 2001 22:46:25 EST
> Subject:        Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Manned Submersibles Book
> To:             personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> Send reply to:  personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>
> > Shipmates,
> >
> > Please let me give you an update on the Busby Book.  I have been
> > negotiating behind the scenes with the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO)
> > for over a year now.  As far as copyright goes, NAVO's position is that
> > the book it is in the public domain.   At one point they offered to
> > provide a link on their own web page to my website, if I would be
willing
> > to put the document on my own website.  But they later decided that the
> > document is so out of date that they no longer want to support it in any
> > way.  But they encouraged me to make it available to the public.
> >
> > Why has it taken me 18 months to report all that to psubs?  Well,
> > establishing the public domain issue only took a few months.  But, more
> > interestingly, my interactions with various Navy personnel over the
months
> > led me down an unexpected path.  After digging into this issue for me,
one
> > of the librarians indicated that he had heard something about a
misplaced
> > shipment of orginal, virgin 1976 Busbys.
> >
> > After much sleuthing, and many months, they found a shipment of well
over
> > 100 unopened Busbys in a NASA library in Mississippi.  I expect the
entire
> > lot to be delivered to me within 30 days.  When I receive then, I will
> > make arrangements to distribute them to psubs members.  The books will
be
> > free, but I will probably have to charge $5.00 or something like that
for
> > shipping.
> >
> > Here is the deal I cut with the Navy.  They will give me all of the
books
> > for free, with the understanding that I will hand them out for free, and
> > that those who recieve them will not sell them, either.  So if, as I
begin
> > to distribute them, I start to see a rash of "excellent condition"
Busbys
> > for sale on e-bay, I will be forced by the terms of my agreement to
cease
> > distribution.  This is an honor system thing.
> >
> > I had hoped to make these books available as a Christmas present for
> > psubs, but it looks like they will not arrive until after the first of
the
> > year.  Please do not contact the library yourself...it has taken me 18
> > months to set up this deal, and I don't want anything to upset it at the
> > last minute.
> >
> > When the books arrive, I will announce them.  I did not want to share
this
> > informatin until I had the books in my basement, but since folks are
> > asking, I thought I would share the good news.  It isn't over until the
> > fat lady sings, but my NASA contact sent me an e-mail just yesterday
> > saying that my boxes (our boxes) have been moved from the library to the
> > shipping department.  So please just sit tight on the Busby issue for a
> > month.
> >
> > Doug Farrow
> >
>
>