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JJ is currently teaching in Germany and has had a difficult time reading and responding to mail about Mike Bruic's policy statement or questions raised about GUE standards. He's asked me to make sure that his notes make it onto the list-- he's had time between classes to write the short response below and he is sending a longer response to this list later. He is also sending me a longer policy statement that I am to post to the GUE website. If he finishes it tonight I should be able to get it up on www.gue.com sometime tomorrow. anthony rue true@gu*.co* ........................................... The DIR Information Network: www.gue.com * www.dirquest.com www.halcyon.net * www.extreme-exposure.com www.browniedive.com * www.tankfill.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: jj@gu*.co* Subject: GUE standards Hello all, I am currently traveling in Europe doing instruction and have not been able to read or respond to the recent notes generated by Mike Bruic's decision to require GUE membership or training at Madison Blue. I will be responding to a larger number of related issues soon, but first I want to directly address Tom Mount's questioning of GUE's standards. Tom, we have known each other for nearly ten years. You have all of my personal contact information, and you know that I have never been subscribed to these lists. If you are interested in discussing any aspect of training or GUE just let me know through direct contact. I am always happy to hear from you. I will be able to post the instructors' standards in the near future. It is on the long list of to do's. It really seemed to us there were more pressing tasks to accomplish, but I will bump it up in priority. There seems to be a lot of talk about printed standards among agencies, but in my experience most organizations rarely actual practice what they print. For example, what are TDI's instructor standards? I don't know-- but I became an Trimix Instructor Trainer several years ago on a cellular phone call with Brett. We had never met and he knew next to nothing about me. He only asked that I pay the dues before the card would be on its way. How can this happen, particularly at the instructor trainer level? More importantly how can it happen so often? I am constantly being told of instructors around the world who have received or been offered certifications without any particular effort or skill demonstration, let alone fitness qualification. While in Germany for the last week I have a half dozen stories that make one cringe. I have always liked you, Tom, and gotten along well with you. However, your pronouncement that IANTD requires a yearly physical fitness evaluation for instructors doesn't reflect accurately my personal experience. I do not know one instructor from any agency that has ever been required to complete any type of fitness test for a requalification. I also do not know of a single technical diving instructor (save our own GUE instructors) that has ever done any sort of fitness test prior to becoming being certified. As for standards and GUE's dedication to quality education, please watch in the next day for a more detailed posting on GUE's website. I did not want to post a book-length post to the list. Interested parties can visit www.gue.com/classroom/ for more information. I will attempt to respond to any questions cc'd to me in as timely a manner as possible. I will be traveling in Croatia next week and I am uncertain of access but will do my best to engage any relevant discussions. Have a great week. Jarrod Jablonski President- Global Underwater Explorers www.gue.com CEO Extreme Exposure www.extreme-exposure.com VP Halcyon Manufacturing www.halcyon.net, www.browniedive.com, www.tankfill.com Global Underwater Explorers www.gue.com GUE is a non-profit educational, research, and exploratory organization with hundreds of dedicated members around the world. Extreme Exposure www.extreme-exposure.com Extreme Exposure and Halcyon manufacturing produce some of the scuba industries most novel and robust diving equipment designed by many of diving's most active explorers.
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