Being a diver and a volunteer is it a match

"Grumman-581" <grumman581+usenet-2008@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 15 May 2008 08:09:33 +1000, dechucka wrote:
>
> > Recent dive out to Pig Island ( one of the 5 Islands, The Gong, Aus) and
> > talking to the group I was surprised that all were involved in volunteer
> > work. Is this true of SCUBA divers in general? and if so why?
>
> I'm ex-Navy... NAVY -- Never Again Volunteer Yourself...

Repeat after me;

Swabbie

<again>

Swabbie

You black shoes never know when to buy beer or shut up.

Any American that hasn't seen "The Last Detail" is amiss and afoul.

Any non-American that hasn't seen it should so that one would have the
smallest spark of insight.

Especially while bitching and finger pointing.

On May 15, 8:18 am, Star <lcl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> It's expensive to build a scientific diving program what with
> physicals and all, and outs is only just over 2 years old. If 1/3 of
> your divers need a physical each year at $400 or so, that's a lotta
> money. Do you have to pay for your own?

That's a matter of organizational policy, which could be changed if
the organization found the cost prohibitive.

On May 21, 4:26 pm, dwee...@gmail.com wrote:
> On May 15, 8:18 am, Star <lcl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It's expensive to build a scientific diving program what with
> > physicals and all, and outs is only just over 2 years old. If 1/3 of
> > your divers need a physical each year at $400 or so, that's a lotta
> > money. Do you have to pay for your own?
>
> That's a matter of organizational policy, which could be changed if
> the organization found the cost prohibitive.

AAUS specifies the number of physicals. They COULD make us pay for
our own. I would.

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On May 26, 8:12 pm, Star <lcl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> AAUS specifies the number of physicals. They COULD make us pay for
> our own. I would.

And either they could alter their policy, or an individual institution
could opt to ignore it.

<dweebgs@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On May 26, 8:12 pm, Star <lcl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> AAUS specifies the number of physicals. They COULD make us pay for
>> our own. I would.
>
> And either they could alter their policy, or an individual institution
> could opt to ignore it.

This is all due to insurance I assume. Why not get the company to give
insurance as a sponsorship?


>

On May 28, 7:39 pm, dwee...@gmail.com wrote:
> On May 26, 8:12 pm, Star <lcl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > AAUS specifies the number of physicals. They COULD make us pay for
> > our own. I would.
>
> And either they could alter their policy, or an individual institution
> could opt to ignore it.

They? Who?

On May 28, 7:44 pm, "dechucka" <dechu...@vomithotmail.com> wrote:
> <dwee...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1a16b2bb-b1d0-4283-8fb6-2b33c4f45d73@25g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
>
> > On May 26, 8:12 pm, Star <lcl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> AAUS specifies the number of physicals. They COULD make us pay for
> >> our own. I would.
>
> > And either they could alter their policy, or an individual institution
> > could opt to ignore it.
>
> This is all due to insurance I assume. Why not get the company to give
> insurance as a sponsorship?
>
>

The company? To which company are you referring?

"Star" <lclee1@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On May 28, 7:44 pm, "dechucka" <dechu...@vomithotmail.com> wrote:
>> <dwee...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1a16b2bb-b1d0-4283-8fb6-2b33c4f45d73@25g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > On May 26, 8:12 pm, Star <lcl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> AAUS specifies the number of physicals. They COULD make us pay for
>> >> our own. I would.
>>
>> > And either they could alter their policy, or an individual institution
>> > could opt to ignore it.
>>
>> This is all due to insurance I assume. Why not get the company to give
>> insurance as a sponsorship?
>>
>>
>
> The company? To which company are you referring?

the one demanding the insurance. Great sponsorship we insure the divers at
this .... whatever

[Default] Thus spake "dechucka" <dechucka@vomithotmail.com>:

>Recent dive out to Pig Island ( one of the 5 Islands, The Gong, Aus) and
>talking to the group I was surprised that all were involved in volunteer
>work. Is this true of SCUBA divers in general? and if so why?
>

The annual Lake Travis clean up dive attracts several hundred divers
every year. So many that some groups have to turn away divers and
some groups don't even make it in. Each group is assigned a certain
area based on the size of the group and when all the space is gone,
it's gone. Pisces Dive Club typically has 10 to 14 members each year.
I forget how much junk they collect each year. Best catch, however,
was a few years back when one group found a car in about 30 feet of
water. When they pulled it out, the tags turned up to be those of a
woman missing for several months. She was in the trunk.

Last year we lifted a toilet and urinal. Only to be topped by another
group that lifted two toilets and a bidet.

[Default] Thus spake "dechucka" <dechucka@vomithotmail.com>:

>Recent dive out to Pig Island ( one of the 5 Islands, The Gong, Aus) and
>talking to the group I was surprised that all were involved in volunteer
>work. Is this true of SCUBA divers in general? and if so why?
>

Oh yeah, I'm also a peer counsler for the Ausin Breast Cancer Resource
Center (counsleing for partners) and on the board of directors of
CorgiAid, a 501(c)3.