I think the first thing I should point out is that I am not retired, even though a group that includes some of my previous staff members keep telling everyone that I am retired so they can justify trying to open the quarry without me.
The person that posted prior to me added someone from the group that was trying to take over the quarry as an administrator to the page so they could take over the operation of the page without my consent. Somehow, she seems to think that running a facebook page makes her staff for the quarry. She was an admin on the page as a courtesy based on a misplaced friendship and a unjustified trust of her since she only dove the quarry once or twice every few years and seems to have asthma attacks. I later removed her from the page as she was never staff or a paid employee and basically tried to hijack the page for her group. I was previously warned about her actions by another dive shop owner but chose to ignore it since it didnt have an effect on my business. I was later proven wrong. I deleted her and the others from the page when things became obvious that they were making an attempt to open the quarry after hearing about a meeting they had and later being asked for a copy of the proposal I initially used to open the quarry. It seemed that they expected me to give them a copy of the proposal so they wouldnt have to write one themselves to take over the quarry. The group had also started a rumor that I was retired and they told others that they had my approval to open the quarry without me which was not what I told them or anyone else. personally, I think someone got $$$$ in their eyes and thought they could make a ton of money off the quarry by running it as a club membership system or something and without a breathing air compressor. They even tried to get donations from divers to finance their endeavors.
As for her new page, I consider her infringement on my business to be an issue. She/They copied most of the photos on the Madison Quarry Facebook page and put them on their page and named it the "Official" Madison Quarry page. I contacted FB and had the pictures removed from the page. When this happened, she made a post on their page making a lot of other statements and even accusing me of "Hacking" her accounts and mentioned having her husband take legal steps against me. I am not a Psychiatrist by any means, so I wont say what I think about this person. I wouldnt want to violate any HIPPA regulations. Ill just leave these screenshots here for your viewing pleasure.
When someone reminded her that I renewed the domain madisonquarry.com, she decided that the domain would be given to the neighborhood or the shopping complex.
I have dealt with people trying to take over the quarry several times in the past and made sure the quarry stayed open. This time, it seems that some of my staff decided that they could operate it without me and brought in a few people that seemed to have some influence even though they were not connected to the dive industry at all. There are so many rumors that have been started by them and others that think they are the best option to run the quarry, Im not sure who to believe anymore when I hear something new.
Basically, what I am dealing with concerning the previous poster is someone that has irritated several dive shop operators at one point or another and is more involved in "Dive Politics" than they are actually diving. The end result is the quarry will not be opening this year and after all the fallout from her group has dissipated, I will know more about the following years. Hopefully, they will stop acting like spoiled brats and leave the business side of things to people that actually know how to operate the quarry.
