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From: Udo Rotmistrenko [mailto:udo@hy*.or*]
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 12:43 PM
To: Quest List; Jarrod Jablonski
Subject: Survey of NE DiveBoats re: GUE acceptance.
JJ;
Ladies and Gentlemen;
Following rumors that there are certain boats and dive shops up in New
York City and vicinity that will not honor the GUE Tech Certification, I
sent the attached email to various dive boats, listed on the North East
Dive Boat Association's website.
You can see the text I wrote and answers that I have received, whereas
still a few are outstanding.
I know that GUE has insurance, but I think something has to be done for
the public image, at least removing unnecessary rumors that limits us in
our diving in the NE region and maybe in other locations of the
continental US.
Updates will follow as they come in.
Regards;
Udo
P.S.: Text is reformatted for readability.
P.S.S.: Seeker's answer is the most outrageous
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In a message dated 7/9/2002 3:47:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,
udo@hy*.or* writes:
Hello;
My name is Udo Rotmistrenko, I am the president of Hydronautics - Diving
for Science and Adventure, Inc.
We are a volunteer organization that supports regional Universities and
Colleges with scientific projects ranging from shallow water recovery of
Paleo-Indian artifacts to deep sea projects.
Now, most of our research divers, either are or will be certified for
Trimix by Global Underwater Explorers, GUE http://www.gue.com based out
of Florida.
The certification is called Tech 1 and if you follow the link, you can
see their standards for the certification card.
http://www.gue.com/classroom/standards/gue_tech1_student.pdf
I was told that your boat may not recognize the GUE Technical
Certification card for dives requiring Trimix for deep wrecks. Is that
true?
//snip//
Looking forward to your answer.
All the best
Udo Rotmistrenko
President Hydronautics - Diving for Science & Adventure, Inc.
Technical Director New York Institute of Anthropology, Inc.
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Seekers Answer
Dear Mr. Rotmistrenko:
I am an SDI/TDI instructor trainer at the highest level and Seeker
is a training facility, I am also a certified commercial diver and
I work with several municipalities, contractors, film makers,
writers, as well as Rutgers marine biologists and field station
scientists.
I've been working and exploring the Northeast for 20 years and
have trained many divers of all levels. At this time it would not
only be unwise, but irresponsible for any operator to accept any
GUE certification as they are not an internationally, or for that
matter, nationally recognized agency with merit, credibility or
insurance. It is unfortunate that you as well as several other
groups like yourself have been mislead by GUE as being a
certification agency. However, I would be happy to reevaluate your
divers for certification and train any new divers by competent and
experienced instructors knowledgeable of the area. If you would
like to discuss this further please do not hesitate to call.
Best regards,
Captain Dan Crowell
President Deep Explorers, Inc. - Seeker Digital Productions
Vice Chair Philadelphia Chapter of the Explorers Club
Rutgers University Institute of Marine and Coastal Science Undersea
Research Team
SDI/TDI Instructor Trainer
732-836-0729
732-223-1734
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Jean-Marie's Answer
Subject: Re: DeepWreck Cert. Question
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 23:04:16 EDT
From: DiveKenJ@ao*.co*
To: udo@hy*.or*
Hell-o
I will pass this e-mail to Captain Ken. I am curious as to where you
received your information?
Jean Marie
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CHARIOTEER' Answer
Subject: Re: DeepWreck Cert. Question
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 22:38:28 EDT
From: CAPTGREGGF@ao*.co*
To: udo@hy*.or*
At the present time we are not running any charters as we have sold our
boat.
We will recognize all certifying agencies that are generally recognized
by
the Eastern Dive Boat Association.
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