Mounted search and rescue

[Una Smith <una@lanl.gov>]

Una wrote:
>> Jorene has mentioned she does not belong to NASAR.  I hope she
>> and the rest of the committee will make it a priority not only
>> to join NASAR, but to take courses and pass the certifications
>> for at a minimum SARTECH II.  Before even attempting to write
>> a leader/management level standard, you all really should know
>> from firsthand experience what the SARTECH I standard entails.

Jorene wrote:
>Committee members are already SARTECH II certified or equivalent

Jorene misses my point, which is that in order to write material
to be used for instructing and evaluating students, the authors 
would benefit from being themselves students in the same system.
Having experience in SAR to the level of a SARTECH II is not the
same thing as having experience taking (or delivering!) a NASAR
SARTECH II course and exam.

None of the NASAR MSAR committee are NASAR instructors, right?  
Any plans to change that in the near future?  I think it would
benefit us all if there were.

        Una Smith
        Santa Fe County Sheriff's Posse, in New Mexico