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In reference to the message posted by me on Sat, 7 Mar 1998 09:31:37, Subject: Unsafe Tech Agencies, I forgot to mention that the person that sent me the private e-mail (and the one I am yelling back at is Bob Raimo of the Scuba Depot, known on this forum as Raimo4252. My understanding is that he is very strict in sticking to the right way of doing things. However, if you look at previous posts, he says he has information about clear standards violations but won't name the instructor. But, he brings up stuff that happened between him and me three years ago. There were no standards violations with the referenced incidents, and IANTD didn't tell me to change anything that I was doing or even imply that anything I had done was wrong, showed bad judgement, etc. He was just pissed that someone else was threatening his monopoly on tech diving in the Brooklyn-Queens area. Why won't he name the referenced instructor? Either (1) He doesn't have all the facts and knows it, (2) The instructor in question is outside of a 30 mile radius of his store and is therefore not a threat to his empire, (3) There is some sort of professional relationship that he feels he should not damage, (4) Some other reason that only would make sense to him. So what's Mr. Raimo to do now? He might call and fax IANTD and TDI and ask them to pull my instructor ticket(s) (My previous post was very unprofessional and according to TDI and IANTD standards, lack of professionalism is grounds for expulsion -- NOT). Bret Gilliam will say to him, "Bob, I don't have time for this bullshit. If you have information about standards violations or something like that, I'll talk to you...Is there anything else I can help you with?" Patti at IANTD might call me and ask me to stop antagonizing Mr. Raimo because she doesn't have time to respond to his calls, faxes, etc. Mr. Raimo might even pay an attorney $75 to call or write me, threatening to sue me for something. What will I do? Continue to ship excellent gas mixing products to dive shops who want to set up for nitrox, trimix, etc, maybe teach a few classes to students who want to be trained and are willing to pay for it, read various Internet forum archives, maybe respond to some posts -- In short, the usual stuff. See Ya, C. Randy Bohrer, President Underwater Applications Corp -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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