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Susan, these are the two jokers out of the deck. When either one of these guys does his first technical dive, I will be surpised, and technical does not mean deep air, or a rebeather in a swimmming pool. This is typical . susan m. innes wrote: > > For those of you asking about the NAUI tech standards. > > I have a complete set for anyone who's interested. > They will also be available at DEMA. > > There was a committee. I have no idea how you got on the committee. The > committee did make input but the standards were primarily written by Jeffrey > Bozanic (cavers should know him pretty much) and Timothy O'Leary of South > Padre Texas. I don't know his e-mail. Jeff can probably be located through > Lamar Hires. > > The standards do have some bizarre parts. Mandatory covers on all oxygen > bottles second stages (maybe dive rite has an interest) (just kidding), > there is deep air (i.e. use of air below 130), tri-mix is broken up into two > courses. I think the standards can be fixed with input from the membership > and direct contact with Tim or Jeff. > > Personally I've been very involved with NAUI for years and think their > recreational program is the best. However, in my opinion the technical > standards were written too fast and without enough input from others. But > NAUI is an organization where changes can be made by the membership and > those alot more competent than I am should take the steps to see those > changes come about. In the meantime, as written now, I think there are some > parts which could cause serious injury, ex. #1: air below 130. But I'm a > newbie so I'm not really qualified in this arena. > > And I'm not entirely convinved as to why NAUI moved into tech but then again > I'm not necessarily saying they shouldn't. > > All I can say for sure is that NAUI will listen and make changes accordingly > if the suggestions are made. No single individual "controls" any aspect of NAUI. > > Anyone seeking more detailed info can e-mail me personally. Also the > Chairman of NAUI, Keith SLiman will also reply to any questions or other > comments. His e-mail is ksliman@ea*.ne* > > Timonthy O'Leary's mail address is > > American Diving > 1807 Padre Blvd. > South Padre Island, Tx. 78597 > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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