<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr">Hi Alan,</div><div dir="ltr">I’m in Texas, USA. A long way from NZ! </div><div dir="ltr">Right now I’d say the sub I’d like to build is in the gestational/ideation phase: 2-3 person, ~150m capable, 8-10 hour operational duration. There are a some 30-60m lakes within a couple hours of me but I’d eventually like to do ocean exploring as well.</div><div dir="ltr">I have some rudimentary drawings I’ve made over the last year or so that I’m just beginning to throw math at, but nothing remotely finalized yet. I’d like to increase my <i>very</i> <i>basic</i> knowledge in CAD/3D design to better facilitate the process.</div><div dir="ltr">Believe it or not I’ve actually never been on Facebook and it’s not something I’m willing to engage in, so email chain it is then! I’ll try not to pester the group too much!</div><div dir="ltr">Thanks for the quick response, Alan!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Quinn</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 20, 2021, at 23:05, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydp2b93ff5yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div></div>
<div>Hi Quinn, </div><div>Congratulations on finding us. </div><div>I am not the administrator, just a regular on the site. </div><div>Yes the discussion part of the web site is pretty well dead. It should be removed or maybe kept as a resource only. I messaged there when I first joined years ago and fortunately someone directed me on to this email forum. </div><div>We are operating a bit more on Facebook. </div><div>Under Personal Submersibles Organization</div><div>I tried but couldn't copy the link. If you have</div><div> trouble finding it let me know. </div><div>As for fees, I'm not sure what's happening with them. I believe they weren't compulsory. </div><div>I have paid them in the past but haven't had a reminder for ages.. </div><div>You couldn't come to a better place if you are building a home made sub. Plenty of experience from members from around the Globe. </div><div>What part of the World are you living in? (I am from New Zealand) and what sort of sub were you wanting to build?</div><div>Alan</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Wednesday, July 21, 2021, 03:18:17 PM GMT+12, quinn via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp2b93ff5yiv2647039638"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="ydp2b93ff5yiv2647039638p1" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:18.2px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="ydp2b93ff5yiv2647039638s1" style="font-size:18.24px;">Hello,</span></p><p class="ydp2b93ff5yiv2647039638p1" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:18.2px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="ydp2b93ff5yiv2647039638s1" style="font-size:18.24px;"><br></span></p><p class="ydp2b93ff5yiv2647039638p1" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="ydp2b93ff5yiv2647039638s1" style="font-size:18.24px;">I signed up for a psubs membership and paid the $35 fee through paypal on 29/05/21. When I tried to use the UserID provided on the paypal receipt</span><span style="font-size:18.24px;"> (</span><span class="ydp2b93ff5yiv2647039638s1" style="font-size:18.24px;">UserID:</span><span class="ydp2b93ff5yiv2647039638s1"><font face="PayPal-Sans, Calibri, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif" size="3" style="background-color: inherit;"> </font></span><span style="font-size:18.24px;">162221957946037)</span><span class="ydp2b93ff5yiv2647039638s1" style="font-size:18.24px;"> </span><span style="font-size:18.24px;">to sign in to the membership page on the psubs website</span><span style="font-size:18.24px;"> </span><span style="font-size:18.24px;">I received errors stating that “The information you provided does not match our records”. </span></p><p class="ydp2b93ff5yiv2647039638p1" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:18.2px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:18.24px;">After numerous attempts at following the given instructions to sign in I emailed the website contacts, jon@psubs.org and publicrelations@psubs.org. </span></p><p class="ydp2b93ff5yiv2647039638p1" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:18.2px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:18.24px;">I never received a response. </span></p><p class="ydp2b93ff5yiv2647039638p1" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:18.2px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:18.24px;">I was going to initiate </span><span style="font-size:18.24px;">a fraudulent chargeback via paypal tonight when I searched the website again and discovered this possibly-alive email discussion group (the online forums being all but dead as far as I can tell).</span></p><p class="ydp2b93ff5yiv2647039638p1" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:18.2px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:18.24px;"><br></span></p><p class="ydp2b93ff5yiv2647039638p1" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:18.2px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:18.24px;">If anyone is out there, I’m interested in building my own submersible. I know it’s an achievable goal and there are like-minded individuals who have succeeded at this. T</span><span style="font-size:18.239999771118164px;">he website being somewhat barren and dated, i</span><span style="font-size:18.24px;">s psubs still an active organization? Would membership be beneficial in such a pursuit? If so, how does one contact the administrators to resolve issues? Are there resources available to novice members beyond an email chain archive? Obviously I have a lot of questions and don’t want to clutter a private email group with endless basic queries. </span></p><p class="ydp2b93ff5yiv2647039638p1" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:18.2px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:18.24px;"><br></span></p><p class="ydp2b93ff5yiv2647039638p1" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:18.2px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:18.24px;">I hope this reaches someone out there. Thank you in advance for your response,</span></p><p class="ydp2b93ff5yiv2647039638p1" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:18.2px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:18.24px;"><br></span></p><p class="ydp2b93ff5yiv2647039638p1" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:18.2px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:18.24px;">Quinn</span></p></div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br></div>
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