Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Manned Submersibles Book

[harry.spillett@bigfoot.com]

Doug,

Well Done for ploughing though all of the red tape to set up this deal! I am still in the early stages of planning my own sub but being one of the few Brits on the PSUBS list I am finding it very hard to track down any sort of litterature, Busby certainly does not feature in any UK librarys!

Please put me on your list! I would love to get my hands on a copy. If, as some others have suggested a donation is in order to a suitable charity this seems more than reasonable. After all what goes around comes around! 

Merry Christmas to you all, 

Harry

---Original Message-----
   >From:     	SeaLordOne@aol.com
   >To:         	personal_submersibles@psubs.org
   >Subject:     	Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Manned Submersibles Book
   >Reply-To:     	personal_submersibles@psubs.org
   >Date:    	22 December 2001 03:46
   >
   >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they later decided that the document is so out of date that they no longer 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
   >
   >
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