Quote Originally Posted by fno View Post
As a clarification of my previous statement, another post.... The percieved liability only comes from the fact that the CDS is currently for the last two years operating Cow with no requirement for proof of 100 cave dives at the Dive Outpost. This is considered in legal terms as being inconsistent with the Management Plan and would put the CDS in a court of law as acting inconstently and not following the plan as written. Not advisable is what the lawyers tell us. Now to changing the plan, please direct all requests for change to me along with your NSS-CDS name and number. I will compile them before the next BoD meeting along with a written request to have an agenda item added in. This has been done before and worked out just fine. If the board is aware of what even appears to be a majority of membership wanting a change and that change is consistent with the Constitution and By-Laws at the time, then it gets voted on and usually done. There is nothing complicated or secrective about this process and it is far more efficient than bitching about issues on CDF. As always, my phone is almost always on and I am available to discuss any aspect NSS-CDS with other members.

Best regards, Frank Ohidy, Program Director, NSS-CDS
So in essence, all Kathy or Dive Outpost staff would have to do is verify that a diver has 100 logged dives by looking at the log, noting an Abe Davis or Wakulla Bronze sticker on the cave card, or by just knowing the diver personally, and knowing he or she has 100 post full cave dives? It would add a minute or two to the check in process at most. (And Kathy or her staff could quickly create a list of diver's who've previously documented their eligibility to dive there, making it a very quick process even if the diver does not have documentation on his person.)

So what's the problem? Post the requirements at DO and divers either show proof to meet the requirements or they don't get the key.