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| Originally Posted by Alex85 Nigel--: Thanks i was worried that if continued with the ADO job, then it might be seen that my interests lie outside the club, and i'm not sure if some members would be happy with that. Although i think you are right about keeping things balanced. |
Balance is important.
Last weekend I was out with some bunch of disreputables at Stoney Cove and, being disreputables, there seemed to be a lot of BSAC divers there.
Last night I was down the pool with the club working a couple of our latest crop of ODs into a nice hover. (I love the lessons that go from "I can't do that" to "Hey I'm doing it!")
I don't see a conflict between club and non-club diving except where the non-club diving is a bit extreme and it is easier to run the risk assessment and plan based another agencies policies rather than conflict with BSAC's SDPs. You dive for fun and I always worry about people who are shifting over to doing things that aren't fun but duty because it won't last. If diving, the way you are doing it, stops being fun rethink your diving. The DO/ADO job is a bit heavy and should be handed round that available candidates to prevent burning one out. It also is a steep learning curve but the only way to learn it is on the job so the next candidate is never going to be 'ready'.