In addition a USA, non-profit corporation had been created with the following Officers; Kim Mikusch-Smith (Jetsam) President, Paul Raymaekers (rEvo) Vice President, Jerry Whatley (Innerspace Systems) Treasurer and Bruce Partridge (Shearwater Research) Secretary.

Kim Mikusch-Smith stated, “We’re really pleased that we have got to this point of RESA being incorporated. We’ve been working for well over a year to get to this point, and we are excited because manufacturers for the first time in our industry are working together to really promote the education and safety of our divers. We want our industry to grow, we want it to be safe and we feel that this is a great way to move forward”.

Paul Raymaekers added, “We are also very happy in the RESA organisation there is an equal distribution between North American and European Countries. There are four from each Continent. The RESA Organisation will contain three types of members; we have the regular members that consist of the manufacturers and suppliers. We have associate members that will be and can be regular members in the future and we have supportive mmbers”.

Finally Jerry Whatley confirmed, “a few of the initial tasks that RESA completed after forming a non-profit corporation was to develop a set of by laws that define the standards for membership and the operating perimeters for the organisation. This has been completed and agreed to unanimously by the current members as well as a budget. The budget was predicated on the minimum operating expenses for the organisation over the next few years and will be financed by initiation fees for the joining members and annual dues”.

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