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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C1035E.724F66E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just as a thought. I read a post a little bit ago that called Mount and = IANTD and others money hungry for offering classes. While I am not = disagreeing because I am lookinh at haveing to pay for an advance class = eventhough I am proficient in what I would learn from that class I still = need to take it to move into some of the other classes I would like to = take. I was diving with an x instructor this last weekend who confirmed = that I would not benifit much from an advanced class and suggested that = I would fair better to spend that money to improve my gear. Which I = agree but back to the point. DIR I assume also charges for classes as = well? So why would your opinion be different about DIR. A business = cannot exist without profit. I am not trying to put any orginization = down but it sounded like that post was as blind as the people they were = talking about. I learn a lot from this list and also weed through the BS and I know = this is technical diving so promoting the sport falls by the way side in = order to minimise risks. The people on this list already took the plunge = into diving for the most part. So I can understand the bickering. = However, because people make money for what they teach in my eyes is not = a valid argument in and of it's self. Unless DIR is free then I = apologise Thom ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C1035E.724F66E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.3019.2500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Just as a thought. I read a post a = little bit ago=20 that called Mount and IANTD and others money hungry for offering = classes. While=20 I am not disagreeing because I am lookinh at haveing to pay for an = advance class=20 eventhough I am proficient in what I would learn from that class I still = need to=20 take it to move into some of the other classes I would like to take. I = was=20 diving with an x instructor this last weekend who confirmed that I would = not=20 benifit much from an advanced class and suggested that I would fair = better to=20 spend that money to improve my gear. Which I agree but back to the = point. DIR I=20 assume also charges for classes as well? So why would your opinion be = different=20 about DIR. A business cannot exist without profit. I am not trying to = put any=20 orginization down but it sounded like that post was as blind as the = people they=20 were talking about.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I learn a lot from this list and also = weed through=20 the BS and I know this is technical diving so promoting the sport falls = by the=20 way side in order to minimise risks. The people on this list already = took the=20 plunge into diving for the most part. So I can understand the bickering. = However, because people make money for what they teach in my eyes is not = a valid=20 argument in and of it's self. Unless DIR is free then I = apologise</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thom</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C1035E.724F66E0-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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