Paco II
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I have no love for FB, but the decisions of the mods of the individual groups have nothing to do with Facebook.
Dive Boat Conception Missing Divers Relief Fund
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If they allow these fundraisers to be promoted on their pages, they will be inundated by fundraisers and they have no way to vet them. When we set up a gofundme to raise funds to search for Cameron when he disappeared off the coast of Cozumel, the Cozumel4u facebook page made an exception for us against the objection of a couple of their mods. As soon as we closed the gofundme and acknowledged that he was unlikely to be found after a week of searching, they took it down. This subject is touchy for fb because of the potential for abuse.
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Chris and I settled on $35K because we wanted to provide a $1,000/per diver for their families to help pay for hotels and other expenses that might not be covered by insurance. This is stressful enough for them that we want to get something to them ASAP. This is the community wanting to support the community.
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@The Chairman thank you for all you do on this forum, so much of which I am sure is behind the scenes and under appreciated. @cerich I also appreciate the business ethic, customer service and expertise that you bring to the table, and I really like your products!! While so many were just trying to hunt down information and chime in with our opinion of what might have happened, you stepped up and actually did something useful to the families. You rock. I hope that as many that are willing to spend considerable time on this forum commenting and reading etc. are also willing to give, no matter what amount it all adds up.
For the surviving crew, they also have a long and difficult road ahead of them. It seems like quite a few people on here have had direct interaction with them on past trips. Perhaps we can consider what might be done for them also? I don't know how they are paid (salary vs. hourly etc.), but they are now potentially on a lessened income while also having some increased expenses on top of dealing with the after effects.
For the surviving crew, they also have a long and difficult road ahead of them. It seems like quite a few people on here have had direct interaction with them on past trips. Perhaps we can consider what might be done for them also? I don't know how they are paid (salary vs. hourly etc.), but they are now potentially on a lessened income while also having some increased expenses on top of dealing with the after effects.
The Girls that Scuba group mod actually responded and they said no fundraisers. Period. They were also removing links people had posted that included audio of the mayday call. Called it too disturbing.
Girls that Scuba is a business
They also have a very large closed group on FB. Yes, they are a business and have some weird stuff going on in the closed group. It’s a nice place for the gals, but weird sometimes.
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