IROVA – Advisory Commitee Member (ACM) volunteers required.

Any representatives from Africa on IROVA Board yet?

I don’t know myself where we are at on that, but I’m sure the person responsible for collating this information will respond.
You can email info@IROVA.org and ask if you wish.

Are any formal documents for us to review about IROVA?

Not yet because IROVA doesn’t exist at this moment. Once it does information will be released. I would suggest that no more or less information will be released, electronically by email or via it’s website, to non members than any other association would normally add to the public domain such as (but not limited to) association aims, structure, contact information, membership, safety information and news. Members would be entitled to enhanced levels of disclosure as per members of other similar associations.

The only documentation currently in existence is the associations registration application. It makes no sense, to me at least, to put that on common release. Once registration of the association has been processed successfully work can commence on the functional aspects of the IROVA.

Do we have a business plan? How will the organisation sustain itself?

The plan/structure for the association is being worked on.
Initially, it is anticipated that the non profit making organisation, IROVA, will fund itself from membership fees.

To all those reading this…
Please bear in mind that, like this website, the association is being formed from nothing and will only come about due to the dedication of a few unpaid individuals with minimal resources using their spare time to achieve this. There is no corporate funding behind IROVA!

This in not the IMCA, with corporations chucking their weight behind it from the outset. Therefore, rather obviously, there is quite a difference between how much a group of Marine Contractors and a group of Individual can achieve in any given period of time.

IROVA will start small and gradually grow, but we must be patient and not expect too much at the outset.

There will be teething problems and growing pains that will need sorting out/debating. In the meantime it’s surely good to know that, when it comes to the ROV industry organising itself, something is being done to try and fill the very obvious organisational vacuum that currently exists.

Thanks for the update. Much appreciated.

It’s good to see two way dialogue taking place already :tup:

If your employer wishes to be considered then he should make contact himself stating his reasons for wishing this post and a briefing of his qualifications.

Third party requests cannot be considered.

Which makes perfect sense.