Cyprian
Contributor
(Cross posting between the Texas forum and the DIR forum)
Howdy friends!
Well we have been building a GUE presence here in the South Central region (TX/OK/NM) for a little while now and we have an official GUE affiliate formed and now have two GUE Fundamentals Instructors in Texas!
We currently have over 40 members in this group and will be opening to the public very soon. (We are still working on the final non-profit organization setup).
As to the instructors, we have Sam Meacham in the Austin/San Marcos area:
GUE Instructor résumé | Global Underwater Explorers
and Jason Wright (Gillty on SB) in DFW:
GUE Instructor résumé | Global Underwater Explorers
While I cannot speak intelligently as to how Sam will be structuring his classes, I can tell you that Jason will be offering a split weekend setup, so those wishing to avoid eating into their vacation time will be well served exploring this option. Jason will also be teaching the "newer" Fundies part 1 and 2, as I am sure Sam will. But I will digress and leave the rest of the information up to the individual instructors, so as to avoid any confusion.
As to our affiliate here - I'm letting the cat of out of the bag a little bit here, but we are South Central Underwater Explorers (SCUE) - SCUE Diving | South Central Underwater Explorers
One of our first missions is to being developing Project Baseline sites in our region - Projectbaseline.com - Ready For Development
Project Baseline is open to ALL certified divers. You do not need to be or hold a GUE certification to help us in this conservation initiative. We welcome any diver! Ok, so what if I am a diver but my SO is not? We welcome that as well. PB is not just about divers....it also includes a much needed surface support cast. But I will digress on this topic as well and just ask anyone interested to read from the PB link above.
Also, one final note: While things/concepts/ideas have been much better in recent years than the past, I want to reiterate one key point: GUE divers will dive with ANY safe diver in OW. You do not have a be a GUE diver to dive with us. In fact, we welcome you to come out to our meetings and dive with us. We will be more than happy to discuss our diving system and why we do what we do....yet, we do not expect you to conform to this, just to be more informed when you leave.
Why did I say OW? Well, there are dives in the tech realm where we prefer team matching, etc. There are also dives were we will still dive in the tech realm in a mixed environment, but that is a topic for another day as I am already running this post long.
Point being: Get rid of the old internet notion that you have to be a GUE diver to dive with a GUE diver. That's laughable at best. All that we ask is that you are a safe diver, follow safe diving procedures while having fun.
Thanks for reading and safe diving,
Dan
info@scuediving.org
Howdy friends!
Well we have been building a GUE presence here in the South Central region (TX/OK/NM) for a little while now and we have an official GUE affiliate formed and now have two GUE Fundamentals Instructors in Texas!
We currently have over 40 members in this group and will be opening to the public very soon. (We are still working on the final non-profit organization setup).
As to the instructors, we have Sam Meacham in the Austin/San Marcos area:
GUE Instructor résumé | Global Underwater Explorers
and Jason Wright (Gillty on SB) in DFW:
GUE Instructor résumé | Global Underwater Explorers
While I cannot speak intelligently as to how Sam will be structuring his classes, I can tell you that Jason will be offering a split weekend setup, so those wishing to avoid eating into their vacation time will be well served exploring this option. Jason will also be teaching the "newer" Fundies part 1 and 2, as I am sure Sam will. But I will digress and leave the rest of the information up to the individual instructors, so as to avoid any confusion.
As to our affiliate here - I'm letting the cat of out of the bag a little bit here, but we are South Central Underwater Explorers (SCUE) - SCUE Diving | South Central Underwater Explorers
One of our first missions is to being developing Project Baseline sites in our region - Projectbaseline.com - Ready For Development
Project Baseline is open to ALL certified divers. You do not need to be or hold a GUE certification to help us in this conservation initiative. We welcome any diver! Ok, so what if I am a diver but my SO is not? We welcome that as well. PB is not just about divers....it also includes a much needed surface support cast. But I will digress on this topic as well and just ask anyone interested to read from the PB link above.
Also, one final note: While things/concepts/ideas have been much better in recent years than the past, I want to reiterate one key point: GUE divers will dive with ANY safe diver in OW. You do not have a be a GUE diver to dive with us. In fact, we welcome you to come out to our meetings and dive with us. We will be more than happy to discuss our diving system and why we do what we do....yet, we do not expect you to conform to this, just to be more informed when you leave.
Why did I say OW? Well, there are dives in the tech realm where we prefer team matching, etc. There are also dives were we will still dive in the tech realm in a mixed environment, but that is a topic for another day as I am already running this post long.
Point being: Get rid of the old internet notion that you have to be a GUE diver to dive with a GUE diver. That's laughable at best. All that we ask is that you are a safe diver, follow safe diving procedures while having fun.
Thanks for reading and safe diving,
Dan
info@scuediving.org
