It’s human nature
That makes 3 of us not on FB. The start of social media’s downfall?
Oh I sure hope so.
Compared to TikTok, Facebook is already dead. None of my students in highschool will touch Facebook
Doubtful
I can’t wait to get back to PNW and try and get some instruction from him! I think I can get there easily by ferry because we go to Vancouver and Victoria a lot.
I always prefer to find instructors I like and sidestep the club aspect for many of the reasons described.
Not to get too into it but we tried to get rolling instruction in the Seattle Tacoma area and were basically told we had to take beginners classes and go through a lot of bureaucracy of all the levels so we just flew to Mexico and got exactly what we wanted with an outstanding person.
I have gone through all this agency club business for decades with diving (dive master) and now we won’t dive on commercial operations anymore, it was no longer fun. The medical waivers are what finally got me because the people asking for the information were a bunch of unfit drunkards. Maybe I should get their medical history!
Now you have paddling clubs asking for vaccine cards, no thanks.
Don’t really care what he believes…it’s paddling, no psychology 101
Can someone tell my why my original post was flagged (and initially removed) as inappropriate and for a while afterward I was unable to log into the boards to post or reply to messages?
And when that happens, you may know, it’s impossible to contact administrators. This is very interesting to me considering the many more-controversial posts I’ve seen during my time on the site.
Place run by bots?
No laugh. True.
Looks like the ACA is trying to address water safety, although this partnership with retailers sounds a bit anemic.
I made it through the whole thing. It never gets any better.
Aside from all your politically babble, that part is right.
The ACA controls the certification of instructors.
The ACA maintains its quality of instruction through this process
If people refuse to follow the criteria or can’t meet it, they are eliminated.
That’s the job of certifying agencies.
Amen.