October 8, 2008

Meeting was called to order at Athens Cafe by President Vicki Tydie at 6:30 PM.

Guests: Past member Mary Lyons was welcomed as a guest. New Members: Eric McAnany and Christy were voted in as new members.

Treasurer’s Report: Lynda Dupes reported that we had $2895.67 in undesignated funds. She is currently collecting money for the Christmas Party. Secretary’s Report: Minutes from the last meeting are available upon request and will be posted on the web site.

Vice President and Webmaster Report: Webmaster is trying to keep the website up to date. Please submit photos for the website.

RRT Team Report: Phil Harville had pictures of the Coastal Clean up. RRT had 25-26 volunteers who collected approximately ¾ ton of garbage. Jax Spots has been reprinted and additional copies are on sale through the RRT. Oct. meeting is next Wed.

Dive Reports: No dive reports. Offshore Jax has had 15ft seas and 0’ vis. No reports on the web.

Trips:

• Venice- 2009 Shark Tooth Dive Trips- Pam Kurtz Memorial Day week end - May 23- 25, 2009 is full. Fathers Day week end- June 20-21, 2009 is full. Pam suggested different options other than diving to split the dives and open up the trip to more people.
• Ocotal Beach Resort, Costa Rica - Due to unpredictable cost and weather conditions the trip was postponed until Spring 2010.
• Aqua Sub Tours, Cozumel- $800/ pp group rate for all inclusive trip excluding airfare to be scheduled for July 4, 2009. Sign up sheet and deposits due at next meeting for those interested. • Offshore Jax trips were blown out. Steve Parks is getting boat back in the water and Bob Riddle is attempting to arrange possible trips.
• Notify Dana Crawford if interested in diving N. Carolina with those “crazy” Canadians. New Business: Information: First Coast Divers is running a 6 pack Offshore Jax trip. A 3 tank dive is $125.

Photo contest- rules are on the website and will be posted in the newsletter. Contest is scheduled for the Jan. meeting. Entries must be submitted to a club officer by the end of Dec.

Christmas Party- Dec. 12th (6:30 PM) at Clark’s Fish Camp. Sign up sheet is being circulated. Members- $20, guests- $27, Youth- $15. There will be a gift exchange and doorprizes. T- shirt information and order sheet to be available at Nov. meeting.

Old Business: Copralite Award: Current holder is Curtis Siver with no possible recipients, yet.

50/ 50 Raffle: Rusty Thomas had the winning ticket and won $17.00 towards his retirement.

Door Prize: Gift certificate to ABC liquors won by Diane Schleissing.

Presentation/ Speaker: Cpt. Jim Davis was not present to continue his Ga. Aquarium experience.

No additional topics for open forum

Meeting was adjourned.

September 10, 2008

Meeting was called to order by President at 6:30 PM.

Guests: No guests present. New member (Joan) voted in last month.

Treasurer’s Report: Lynda Dupes reported that we had $2830.17 in undesignated funds. Current membership- 38 members which include 6-7 new members from this year.

Secretary’s Report: Minutes from the last meeting are available upon request and will be posted on the web site.

Vice President and Webmaster Report: Web site has been moved with no noticeable down time. Currently paying $26- 30 per quarter. Gordy mentioned the possibility of a “free” server/ will investigate.

RRT Report: Daniel Hughes informed members of the Coastal Clean- up on Sept. 20. The RRT team was assigned the “little jetties” area on Mayport Rd. The team is also participating in the Adopt a Highway program as PR for the team. Their section is on A1A at the Talbot Island area. Training class is in session. New city permits for artificial reefs have been issued but there is no money in the budget for placements.

Dive Reports: • Michelle (new diver) dove in Grand Cayman and Cozumel through a cruise ship. She saw her first nurse shark and turtle- great conditions. • Jim/ Mary Jo Davis went to Bonaire/ Buddy’s Dive Shop. “Great” trip- Anna and Ned DeLoach gave daily seminars regarding fish ID. Coral were spawning.

Trips:

• Shark Tooth dives in Venice are scheduled for 2009. This will be the last chance to go on one of these trips/ boat captain is retiring. June 13- 14 is full, 4 spots left for May 24- 25. See Pam Kurtz if interested.
• Costa Rica/ Ocotal Beach Resort- Nica is still gathering information and will give an update at the next meeting.Both Scubanauts Offshore Jax trips were blown out due to storms.
• Key Largo trip (6 pack) Sept. 26- 27. See Jim Davis if interested.
• Suggestions for trips for next year included West Palm Beach, Gray’s reef, Fort Walton Beach, and Daytona.
• Canadian dive club has a trip to N. Carolina/ summer 2009. They will be diving the U boats and with sharks. Dana will update information and make it available as a link off our web- site. Announcements:
• October 11th- Atlantis Dive Center, Key Largo/ Captain Slate- 30th Anniversary.
• Jim Hollis” son has taken over the business/ Mayo, FL and is running fresh and salt water trips.

New Business: Possibility of a club party was discussed.

Old Business: Athens Café is the choice for the meeting place. Newsletter needs updates of e-mail addresses and the new meeting place.

Christmas party- Dec. 12th at Clarks Fish Camp. Peggy Barnes is the contact person. After reviewing the budget and previous years costs, the officers decided to increase the cost per member to $20.00, guest to $27.00, and a youth cost of $15.00. The menu will remain as is and there will be a gift exchange ($10- 15). Please sign up and pay by the Nov. meeting so we can get an accurate head count.

Photo contest- scheduled for Jan. 2009. Check the website for information and rules for above water and underwater entries. Please submit digital photos to any officer by mid December.

Copralite Award: Curtis Silver is current holder.

50/50 Raffle: Phil Harville was the winner of $13.00

Door Prize: Diving M&M’s Radio won by .Phil Harville.

Speaker: Dana displayed and informed the club of the different choices for club T- shirts, hats, jackets, golf shirts, etc. There will be a sheet with the different choices/ cost and she will proceed with purchasing the items for sale to the club members.

Meeting was adjourned.

August 13, 2008

Call to order: 6:25 p.m. Athen’s Café

Guests:
John Norman, Tony Fiaris, Li Loriz, Joan Tournay (joined)

Business:
Lisa and Jim Lane voted in as paid members
Joan Tournay voted in as paid members

Treasurer:
Aug. 1, $2, 726.46
2 members (one on the board) have not paid dues

JRRT
Phil Harville: coastal cleanup on September 20, 2008. RRT to man the table, give out bags, gloves, vests, etc.
John Perkner clean up on Jetties
If interested contact Vivian Haskell to volunteer
Date changed to 8-27-2008 due to voting
Phil has fliers on RRT T-shirt

Dive Reports
Guest – Toni 2 days cleaning up a sink hole
Cave Diving – Peacock springs
Guest – John Norman – diving 20 miles out, need fishing licence for spear fishing

Trips:
1. Aug. 24th Steve’s boat – Sunday…we discussed and decided to change dates to see if he has the boat certified to hold more than 6 (his current limit)
2. Shark’s tooth: Pam Kurtz is the lead
May 23-25 Memorial Day…3 Days
June20-21 Father’s Day…2 days

3. Costa Rica ($742) Pacific Side. 8 days 7 nights, breakfast included, 4 days diving
July – Green season.

Other possibilities: Ocotal, NC Shark Dives

New Business:
* Restaurant : tabled until next meeting
* X-mas Party at Clark’s Fish Camp
* Bob suggested the club buy meals for the speakers who talk at the monthly meeting and money to come out of the treasury or from the subsidy on the Christmas Dance

Old Business:
Club is in good shape member wise
Curtis is the current holder of the Copra Lite award for entering the water with no weight belt.

General Discussion:
Boat Rage
Jaguar Party for season opener
Diving Safety – Jim Davis use caution when reaching into holes
Undercurrent Publication
Dive Training
Scuba magazine
Join REEF

Presentation:
Jim did the talk about the Atlanta, Ga aquarium and it was great except the audiovisual presentation was not run as the machine had timed out.
At Sept. meeting Jim will refresh and show the video.

Bob won the 50/50 ($16)

Thanks to Phyl for the Minutes