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[DebbyDiver]

Your organization does not sound like it is on the up and up. You are 15, you can't start a 501C3 organization. I'd like to see where on Reef's webpage that you are endorsed to be soliciting on their behalf.

We do surveys with REEF another non profit organization go and visit them reef.org

A search of the reef.org website that turns up references to Ocean Watch is referring to the now-defunct organization, Ocean Watch Foundation, that I helped start so many years ago. It does NOT refer to your web page, which seems to be the only thing you happen to have organized.

From your web page:

South Florida Ocean Watch Written by Brett Saturday, 18 April 2009 17:41 Ocean watch is a non-profit group that is set out to help the Florida Coast line and all of the Florida Reefs if we can. We are partnered up with REEF another non-profit group that tracks Fish and reefs by taking surveys so we are groped up with them and we go diving and take surveys!! We teach Kids and young adults about the fragile reefs and there eco system and the Florida coast line. (WE DO NOT SUPPLY ANY SCUBA GEAR)

I feel that you are trying to ride on the good name that Ocean Watch had for itself for a few decades. By the way, I was one of the originators of that organization back in the 1980s and that is why I have a special interest in trying to find out what it is that you, as a 15 year old kid, are up to.

Sorry kiddo but I smell a scam. I've e-mailed Reef with your web link and I'm awaiting their reply.

 

[ScubaBrett22]

Sorry Mam but i am 15 yes but my dad who is ehh 39 i don't know but he owns the company. I called REEF and i asked them if we can work with them and asked if it was okay to use there logo and this isn't a scam because A. we don't ask for money b. WE have a calender for dives and C. i don't scam people so please do not think i am scamming people

I Created this group after i cam back from Seacamp and i wanted to have a group that is designed to help protect and preserve Reefs so i Teamed up with REEF and we both work together every time i take a group out we log the dive and fish. South Florida Ocean Watch is for everyone 13 and up. We Teach about Coral, Fish and how to keep the oceans clean. We are not scamming anyone

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[Diver0001]

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After discussing this, we decided to roll back this thread to the last on-topic post and delete everything after that. If your post was deleted please don't take it personally.

The thread is open again. We'll be watching it and all futher off topic posts will be deleted.

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[DebbyDiver]

Thanks, Diver0001. Excellent mod job! I'll be keeping a close eye on this one as well.

 

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This thread is closed AGAIN.
please go play somewhere else.
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