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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BF5637.5E630180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sorry for having to post this on tech divers but, over the Christmas = holidays several divers showed up at Madison Blue Springs with TDI Cave = Diver C-cards and were turned away (we DO NOT recognize, nor accept TDI = cave certifications at Madison). In a effort to save anybody holding = one of these cards the trouble of driving all the way to Madison, I = would like to post the guidelines for the"cave diving" cert's that we do = accept at Madison. 1. We recognize all cave diver certification cards of all levels that = are issued by the NACD, NSS/CDS, or GUE. 2. We honor cave diver certifications by other agencies if the training = committee(s) of one or more of the following, the NACD, NSS/CDS, or GUE = officially recognize the other agency instructors in a instructor = crossover capacity. (i.e. IANTD cave instructors are officially = acknowledged and recognized by the NACD Training Committee)=20 3. Cave diving certifications from non-profit organizations whose sole = purpose evolves around cave conservation, and/or preservation are also = honored. Provided that the agency has a sound published teaching = curriculum and certification standard(s) that are enforced within the = agency, and they coincide with those of the NACD or the NSS/CDS. The = agency must also be officially registered as non-profit in the country = or region of its origin (i.e. CDAA). 4. Any for profit organizations that have a w.w.w. site must post a list = of all active status cave instructors, keep it up-dated, and available = for public review on their web site in order for their c-cards and/or = instructors to be accepted at Madison Blue Springs for cave diving = activities. If the organization does not have a web site, then a written = copy of the instructor listing(s) shall be provided by that organization = upon a formal written request by Madison Blue Spring within 14 days of = notification.=20 5. Madison Blue Springs reserves the right to make any changes, and/or = amendments it so deems necessary to any of its written policy and/or = rules. Mike Bruic Madison Blue Spring =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BF5637.5E630180 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3616.1301"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> <DIR> <DIR><FONT size=3D2> <P align=3Djustify><FONT size=3D3>Sorry for having to post this on tech = divers but,=20 over the Christmas holidays several divers showed up at Madison Blue = Springs=20 with TDI Cave Diver C-cards and were turned away (we DO NOT recognize, = nor=20 accept TDI cave certifications at Madison). In a effort to save = anybody=20 holding one of these cards the trouble of driving all the way to = Madison, I=20 would like to post the guidelines for the"cave diving" cert's = that we=20 do accept at Madison.</FONT><B></P> <P align=3Djustify>1.</B> We recognize all cave diver certification = cards of all=20 levels that are issued by the NACD, NSS/CDS, or GUE.</P> <P align=3Djustify></P><B> <P align=3Djustify>2.</B> We honor cave diver certifications by other = agencies=20 <B>if</B> the training committee(s) of one or more of the following, the = NACD,=20 NSS/CDS, or GUE officially recognize the other agency instructors in a=20 instructor crossover capacity. (i.e. IANTD cave instructors are = officially=20 acknowledged and recognized by the NACD Training Committee) </P> <P align=3Djustify></P><B> <P align=3Djustify>3.</B> Cave diving certifications from non-profit = organizations=20 whose <B>sole </B>purpose evolves around cave conservation, and/or = preservation=20 are also honored. Provided that the agency has a sound published = teaching=20 curriculum and certification standard(s) that are enforced within the = agency,=20 and they coincide with those of the NACD or the NSS/CDS. The agency must = also be=20 officially registered as non-profit in the country or region of its = origin (i.e.=20 CDAA).</P><B> <P align=3Djustify></P> <P align=3Djustify>4.</B> Any for profit organizations that have a = w.w.w. site=20 must post a list of <B><U>all</B> <B>active status</B></U> cave = instructors,=20 keep it up-dated, and available for public review on their web site in = order for=20 their c-cards and/or instructors to be accepted at Madison Blue Springs = for cave=20 diving activities. If the organization does not have a web site, then a = written=20 copy of the instructor listing(s) shall be provided by that organization = upon a=20 formal written request by Madison Blue Spring within 14 days of = notification.=20 </P></FONT><B> <P align=3Djustify></P><FONT size=3D2> <P align=3Djustify>5.</B> Madison Blue Springs reserves the right to = make any=20 changes, and/or amendments it so deems necessary to any of its written = policy=20 and/or rules.</P> <P align=3Djustify><FONT size=3D3>Mike Bruic</FONT></P> <P align=3Djustify><FONT size=3D3></FONT><FONT size=3D3>Madison Blue = Spring</FONT></P> <P align=3Djustify><FONT=20 size=3D3></FONT> </P></DIR></DIR></FONT></DIV></BODY>& lt;/HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BF5637.5E630180-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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