awetmedic
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and no I did not know, this is my first day here.
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There is a philosphical if not ethical reason for being founded in information from the entire community instead of a business or just one agency. A nonprofit is supposed to be all inclusive. Branding with any one agency goes against the fundamentals of serving all of society. It would be like mixing religion with our nonprofit.
We do have experienced instructors on staff. Walmart is legally able to issue diver certifications, anyone can. A certification card does not always prove the diver who hasn't dove in 5 years knows what he is doing. The point about the experienced diver program was in response to somebody saying that our certification won't ever be good enough.