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Mr. Ward, I was the person responsible for organizing that demo in Monterey, and I'd like to apologize for the way things were (or weren't) handled. Essentially that event evolved rather quickly with very little wind up time to prepare or brief the shop staff (who answered all the phone calls and emails). It simply came to pass that Mr. Kane made a very generous offer to present a demo on DIR in Monterey and I was interested in taking advantage as soon as possible. NO ONE was excluded from the activities for any reason; in fact the only individuals at the beach attempting to exclude people were PADI/SSI/NAUI instructors keeping their students away. Anyone would have been welcome, even if your initials were MJB. Everyone presenting was very patient and all questions were answered clearly, factually, and appropriately. I am not entirely certain who told you about the "blackballing" of individuals working for other shops, but I can assure you that he or she was incorrect. If you wish to discuss this further, please feel free to contact me privately and I'll cheerfully dispel any other untruths you may have heard about the demo. Additionally, if you wish to attend the second demo (8/19 and 8/20), I'd be glad to see you, and quite happy to book you a spot on the boat. And that goes double for anyone else who'd be willing to open their minds to a new idea. Going to a DIR demo doesn't mean that you're admitting you're wrong or that someone else is right- it simply means that you're willing to learn. And what's wrong with that? Andy Chris Ward wrote: <intro snipped> > > BTW, my only "incident" with DIR to date: > > Monterey DIR demo. Was going to attend, got into fracas with DIR > evangelists on rec.scuba and basically decided not to go....Scott(DIR), > emailed me and said "don't listen to them, come to the demo and check it > out, we'd love to have you". This was 2 weeks before the demo, I called and > left 3 voice messages and 2 emails to the shop hosting the event trying to > get a slot and get on the boat. Never received a word back. Scott > announced about 2-3 days prior to demo that there were spots still available > on boat, I called and left 2 more messages and emailed 3 times......no > response. I later found out(according to another person who wanted to go), > that personnel from competitive dive shops were blackballed. None were > allowed to attend, at least certain ones. This doesn't sound any different > from your OzTek fiasco, other than it was inter-shop instead of > inter-agency. Regardless, I, as an individual diver, interested in seeing > your demo was not allowed to hop on your boat, because I work for a > competitive shop. I couldn't make it Saturday, because I had to work. -- Andrew A. Voss Webmaster Monterey Bay Dive Center http://www.mbdc.to 831.656.0454 225 Cannery Row Monterey, Ca. 93940 -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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