Wait a minute! We gotta pay to pick up their trash for them!? :11: That's almost as bad as being one of those folks on the side of the hwy picking up garbage for community service hours...not that I have firsthand experience!
TrashFest '08 - Oct 4th
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Wait a minute! We gotta pay to pick up their trash for them!? :11: That's almost as bad as being one of those folks on the side of the hwy picking up garbage for community service hours...not that I have firsthand experience!
PvilleStang
Contributor
I'd guess that's part of how they get the 10,000 dollars worth of stuff to give away. Plus, they've got to pay people to do such a great PR job over there!
lmwb_1977
Contributor
Wait a minute! We gotta pay to pick up their trash for them!? :11: That's almost as bad as being one of those folks on the side of the hwy picking up garbage for community service hours...not that I have firsthand experience!
Suck it up ya big baby, its cheap and were so gonna win...5 bucks isnt alot for first prize
That's why I prefer the Lake Travis cleanup. They give away nice prizes and the entry fee is $0.00
Besides, I'll be working the Texas Parks & Wildlife expo that weekend.
Besides, I'll be working the Texas Parks & Wildlife expo that weekend.
ftwdiver14
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LMWB...sign me up. As of now I have no plans that far in advanced. I have been told I need more experience picking up trash. Practice makes perfect you know.
lmwb_1977
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Okay so heres the new list...
LMWB - Silt Sifter
Kvalve - Watergod
Nathan - LMs lessor half
Matt - "Frank"
To Mack, yuppers hence why I may not get my Melissa with me, you buddy stealer you
BTW Ill be in tomorrow at 10, gotta get gear TX sucks so tivo the game and dive instead
Put that on your sig line.
PVILLE, maybe your should be on her team and get some of that gear that she is picking up from Mack.
I agree that it is a bit of sacrilege having it on Texas OU weekend. Maybe they should provide screens to watch the game on and then cleanup after (no cleanup before, gotta have beer while watching the game).
Pville, I don't know why you have so much animosity but let me clear up some of the blatant false accusations.
- Registration fees have been cut in half for this year. Don't think of it as paying to clean up trash. Think of it as a contribution to your BBQ dinner and FREE BEER. Your entry fee barely covers the banquet costs. Our goal is to transform this into a fully sponsored event with free shirts for everyone. See post #2.
- Entry fees do not go towards door prizes. Every single door prize was a donation from a sponsor.
- Trashfest organizers (I operate the website) are not paid one penny, nor even reimbursed for our motel room or travel expenses. The persons organizing the event change every year or two.
- I recall seeing no emails from you or anyone on the matter of which day to hold the event. Figuring you would include "University SCUBA club" in your signature line, I scanned for the text in every mailbox/folder we have with no results.
- If you consider our emails to be SPAM then PM me your email address and I will ensure it gets removed. Every participant email address we have was obtained voluntarily from the registration forms.
- The event date will not change this year. Too many materials have been sent out. We would be willing to hold the event on a Sunday if it produced better results but I think it is obvious that Saturday is much better. For one thing, over half of our participants come from Houston and holding it on Sunday would mean either skipping the awards banquet, making a 3 hour drive late at night after the awards banquet (and FREE BEER, I don't think so), or staying over Sunday night and needing to miss time from work on Monday.
Personally, I would like to see it be an all weekend event with some type of activity on Sunday.
Todd Hasken
TGCC Vice-President
- Registration fees have been cut in half for this year. Don't think of it as paying to clean up trash. Think of it as a contribution to your BBQ dinner and FREE BEER. Your entry fee barely covers the banquet costs. Our goal is to transform this into a fully sponsored event with free shirts for everyone. See post #2.
- Entry fees do not go towards door prizes. Every single door prize was a donation from a sponsor.
- Trashfest organizers (I operate the website) are not paid one penny, nor even reimbursed for our motel room or travel expenses. The persons organizing the event change every year or two.
- I recall seeing no emails from you or anyone on the matter of which day to hold the event. Figuring you would include "University SCUBA club" in your signature line, I scanned for the text in every mailbox/folder we have with no results.
- If you consider our emails to be SPAM then PM me your email address and I will ensure it gets removed. Every participant email address we have was obtained voluntarily from the registration forms.
- The event date will not change this year. Too many materials have been sent out. We would be willing to hold the event on a Sunday if it produced better results but I think it is obvious that Saturday is much better. For one thing, over half of our participants come from Houston and holding it on Sunday would mean either skipping the awards banquet, making a 3 hour drive late at night after the awards banquet (and FREE BEER, I don't think so), or staying over Sunday night and needing to miss time from work on Monday.
Personally, I would like to see it be an all weekend event with some type of activity on Sunday.
Todd Hasken
TGCC Vice-President
Suck it up ya big baby, its cheap and were so gonna win...5 bucks isnt alot for first prize
Well, all right...since you're guaranteeing a win!!
lmwb_1977
Contributor
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