Michael Guerrero
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Not a chance, especially if I was doing those dives with that club.
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As an active diver (25 dives a year) would you join a club that wants you to do an OW pool certification every year?
A question that keeps coming up is what do you gain from being a member of this group?
Richard.
For me getting in a pool is free any time it's open. for others in this area getting in a pool is only an tank rental or air fill if you have your own tanks. so that's no big deal. Since I do alot of trips by myself they've asked me to help them plan some trips. but I agree if it's not somewhere I want to go then I'm not going just because.If I lived somewhere where the nearest open water was three hours away, I think I'd consider $10 to get in a pool and blow some bubbles would be a bargain. Our local pools charge $25 an hour for a LANE. And getting to refresh your emergency procedures would be a bonus.
The group expects you to do three trips a year with them -- trips where? Is the group making money from these trips? Are they trips to places you want to go? I can see the benefit of having known people (who have had to keep their skills sharp ) to travel with, if you are going to do the types of trips that are involved anyway. It sounds as though you have to travel to ocean dive at all, so if these trips are ones you would do anyway, why not?
On the other hand, if somebody profits from them and you are required to do them, what's the benefit to you of belonging to the group at all?
No I'm not a member, I just wanted some other points of viewsI'm going to give this a BIG HELL NO! And are you taking part in such a club, and if so why?
As an active diver (25 dives a year) would you join a club that wants you to do an OW pool certification every year?