President’s Messages - October 2012

Happy Fall! Can't believe it's October already. Luckily the weather was great for the picnic, even if the diving conditions for the Bay State Council Treasure Hunt weren't the best. Guess you can't have everything. For those of us that dove that day, we still had a fun time, even if we couldn't find any of the marbles we were looking for. And don't make any jokes that I lost my marbles a long time ago!

A big thank you to all who came to the picnic and those that helped out to make it such a successful event. Everyone's contributions, be it food, cooking, desserts, or just bringing yourself and others, were what made it so great!

Since it is October, banquet tickets will be going on sale soon. Keep your eyes open for that. It's also time to start thinking for officers for next year. If you have any questions about what exactly that could entail, or you might be interested in being an officer, please speak with one of us. We'd be happy to share our wisdom!

Finally, I'd like to thank our newest member, and Diver of the Month, Jim Barbara, for taking on the role of AV guy! A vital role and we all thank you for it. And, also for braving the low vis and surgy conditions of the Treasure Hunt. And thank you to Member of the Month, Lauren Byrne, for lugging around that giant bag with all the stuff for the meetings and for being a good VP.

Happy diving!

Meg!

Coming Up

November 17: Andy Martinez – diving in St. Vincent

November 22: Thanksgiving –

NO MEETING

Photo Contest? Stay Tuned!!

NOTE: THE NEADC TROPICAL FISH RESCUE EVENT (previously scheduled for Oct 7) HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE POOR WEATHER OUTLOOK.

In this Issue:

President’s Message	pg. 1
Meeting Summaries	pg. 2-3
Coming Events	pg. 4
Calendar	pg. 5
Tobermory Diving	pg. 6
Club Picnic pictures	pg. 7

The North Shore Frogmen’s Club

PO Box 3604

Peabody, MA 01961

2011 OFFICERS

President: Meg Tennissen Tel: (781) 724-0071

Email: macduff18@yahoo.com

Vice President: Lauren Byrne Email: laurenb5635@hotmail.com

Treasurer: Vinny Egizi Tel: (858) 342-3365

Email: vinnymass@yahoo.com

Secretary: Ellen Garvey Tel: 781-595-4978

Email: elleng@alumni.duke.edu

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Membership: Dan Hering membership@northshorefrogmen.com

Newsletter: Mary Howard

Tel: (781) 944-1292

Email: m.m.howard@comcast.net

Webmaster: Markus Diersbock

*Deadline for submissions* for the November 2012 issue

of Air Bubbles is

Monday, September 24

Meeting Summaries

6-Sep-2012

Meeting called to order: 8:11 PM

Attendance: 4 Officers, 9 Members

Secretary: Business portion of the minutes from last week were read and accepted

Committees:

-Membership: 103 members to date; payment received from another but no application yet.

-Program: see website for details

-9/13 - Richard Tharin- sinking of the Yukon

-9/23 – Picnic & Bay State Council

Treasure Hunt. Ray’s grill is not up to the task. Meg will bring hers; Metro West will bring one. See Air Bubbles for changes in how the treasure hunt will be run. Shall the club have a snorkeling team? Who has the banner?

-9/27 – Adam, Lembeh

-Banquet: we have hall, DJ. Need to book Café Salerno.

-After next week’s presentation, Jim

Barbara will be AV Man. Yeah!

-Air Bubbles: Sept issue sent out last night.

Correspondence:

-Patrick sent Mary message saying the weekend was great but too short.

-Go to Froggie website to see pictures of Vermont.

-John Sears is now working 2nd shift and can no longer attend meetings.

New Business:

-Bay State Council has created a new poster about dive flag law to post in boating areas. We voted to give them $25; Mary will see if more are available.

-Consider trademarking NS frogmen

– Markus is getting the cost then we’ll make a proposal

General Discussion:

3 big events coming up are:

-Photography contest

-Officers

-Banquet.

-Vinnie went to Dugie Russel’s house –

it’s full of wood, screws, etc, - organized to the nth degree

Dive Talk:

-Jim B went to Lake Huron wreck diving with “Divers Den”. Did 2 shallow dives – 25’ to WL Wetmore – steamship sunk in 1901 and 20’ 1848 schooner “sweepstakes” – in good shape.

-Vinny met a neighbor who lost a mooring; boring dive. Lots of shells, eel grass, etc. Found the original right next to the new mooring – 24’, dark, murky.

-Meg & Lauren went to Back Beach last Friday night. Bob’s class was there as were Andy Martinez and company. Lots of squid.

-Dive this weekend: 7:45AM BK

Sunday.

Raffles:

Dollars Box: Vinny Egizi

Bug Bag: Gary Michaud

Mystery Prize: Mary Howard

13-Sep-2012

After an “abbreviated meeting”…

Presentation: Richard Tharin- sinking of the Yukon

Meeting called to order: 8:08 PM

Attendance: 3 Officers, 11 Members

Secretary: Business portion of the minutes from last week were read and accepted

Committees:

Program: see website for details

-9/23 – Picnic/Bay State Council Treasure Hunt.

-No one was interested in having a snorkeling team.

-Meg will look for the banner.

-Vin will go early and stake out the space.

-Bill will be buying the food.

-9/27 – Adam, Lembeh

Correspondence:

-Dodie reported on blog from Susan

Copelas’s Philippines trip – dives with whale sharks, great land adventures.

-Neptune newsletter was received

Dive Talk:

-Richard went to Rockport breakwater a couple times – both inside and

outside; lots of anemones. Last time was halfway rock – lots of jellies.

-Gary and Graham went Sunday – terrible vis – couldn’t see fin as he was putting them on. Vis got better – 18”!! Then went to Cressy Beach.

-Outside of Gloucester breakwater is tricky to get in and out – need to time the tide just right.

-Dive this weekend: 7:45AM BK Sunday.

Raffles

Dollars Box: Ken Flagg

Bug Bag: ??

Mystery Prize: Bill Werner

20-Sep-2012

Meeting called to order: 8:08 PM

Attendance: 4 Officers, 9 Members

Secretary: Business portion of the minutes from last week were read and accepted.

Committees:

-Program: see website for details

-9/23 - Picnic/Bay State Council Treasure Hunt.

-9/27 – Adam, Lembeh

-Air Bubbles: Deadline 9/24

Correspondence:

-Do we want to have Fred Dion from Backscatter come back? Plan on the night to hand in photos – probably the week before Thanksgiving. If it isn’t too focused on “underwater” we could invite other people, e.g. Ellen could put invite out to Salem Arts Association.

-Vinny talked w/ Annette about the building remains that were found in the quarry. She is passing the info along to the quarry owner.

Dive Talk

-Laura went last Sunday – bad vis but hung out with a cunner and got good pics. It followed her when she left. In the afternoon she went on boat w/ Cape Ann Divers off Folly Cove; terrible vis but saw a Torpedo Ray.

-Vinny and Adam went on Sunday around noon at Folly – right side. Vin got one bug; Adam had a new camera but forgot to put the card in.

-Jim B. went to NC. 2 dives on the Hyde, a dredge sunk in 1985 – deck at 60, bottom at 80. 79F, 30’vis. 5 huge sand tiger sharks and lots of huge barracuda. Next day went to Piedmont rescue diving quarry. Sunk plane, bus, etc. 74’. Saw Paddlefish, fresh water jellies. Played and acted silly.

-Dive this weekend: Given the picnic is that day change the location to Stage Fort Park rather than BK.

Raffles:

Dollars Box: Meg Tennissen

Bug Bag: Jack Munro

Mystery Prize: Adam Hartnett

27-Sep-2012

“Abbreviated” meeting before presentation:

Adam Harnett gave a presentation on his recent dive trip to Lembeh and Bunaken, in Indonesia.

Meeting called to order: 8:10 PM

Attendance: 4 Officers, 14 Members, 1 guest

Secretary: Business portion of the minutes from last week were read and accepted.

Treasurer: The Picnic was a great success. We were able to sell raffle tickets and collect money for food, enough to share with MetroWest.

Committees:

-Program: see website for details

-Picnic was a lot of fun. Well organized; great food; brought a lot of froggies out of the mud flats.

General Discussion:

-Vettes to vets is Sunday; Dodie is accepting donations.

Dive Talk

-Meg, Jim Barbara did the treasure hunt at the picnic.

-Jim went on Undersea Divers night dive last night at Old Garden – his first night dive. Pufferfish, blenny, pipefish.

-Adam went in Beverly Harbor to get a lobster line off his father’s boat.

-John Ferrier went diving in Eastport. Wolf fish wouldn’t come out – think

they’re new - skittish. Life seems more sparse than before.

-Jack dove a couple of reservoirs in Rockport – he was hired to inspect it.

93’ in 2st quarry. 2nd one had tadpoles as big as your hand. 72F.

-Dive this weekend: 7:45 BK parking lot Sunday.

Raffles

Dollars Box: Adam Hartnett

Bug Bag: Ellen Garvey

Mystery Prize: Jack Munro

Diver of the Month

for October 2012

Jim Barbara

for taking on the role of AV guy! (And for his article for AB!!)

Member of the Month

for October 2012

Lauren Byrne

for lugging around that giant bag with all the stuff for the meetings and for being a good VP.

Upcoming Marine-Related Stuff…..

Volunteer for Eelgrass Restoration Project

Wednesday, October 10, 8 am - noon

Waikiki Beach, Winter Island Park Salem, MA

Working over plastic trays filled with eelgrass shoots and seawater, volunteers will weave eelgrass shoots into burlap discs which will be taken to SCUBA divers to be planted off Winter Island. This is a great opportunity to be part of an exciting eelgrass restoration project!

RSVP to Salem Sound Coastwatch-- info@salemsound.org or call 978-741-7900. For more information contact Jillian Weber Carr, Div. Marine Fisheries, at 978-282-0308 x108.

Photo “courtesy” of V. Egizi

For Sale: DUI DRYSUIT

50/50 FLX standard, woman's L. With medium polartec DUI undergarment and size 6 rock boots, original DUI bag, zipper aide & talc. Used 5 times! A MUST SEE!!

List price new $2500 for drysuit only. Selling all above for $900.

Call Linda Connors: 978-462-0460, or email lpski26@yahoo.com.

Northeastern University

Marine Science Center

430 Nahant Road

Nahant, Mass. 01908

Annual Open House

Saturday, October 13, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Family friendly, open to the public, free of charge

For more info, see www.northeastern.edu/marinescience/

2012-2013 Lecture Series

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 7 pm

MORPHOLOGY AND FUNCTION OF BARRIER BEACHES

Dr. Lindley Hanson, Professor: Department of Geology, Salem State University

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 7 pm

WRITING ABOUT THE SEA

Deborah Cramer: Writer, Author, Environmentalist

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 7pm

THE EASTERN OYSTER: AN ICONIC FISHERY AND VALUABLE HABITAT

Dr. Jonathan Grabowski, Associate Professor of Biology: Marine Science Center, Northeastern University

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 7 pm

BEHIND THE LENS: EXPERIENCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL FILM-MAKING

Bill Haney, President and Founder: BluHomes, Inc.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 7 pm

WHAT’S AILING MARINE MAMMALS:

DISEASE AND HUMAN IMPACTS

Dr. Gwilym Jones, Professor of Biology: Marine Science Center, Northeastern University

April 2013 – details to follow

ANNUAL RISER LECTURE .

The Bay State Council of Divers

Supporting and promoting the recreational diving community in Massachusetts.

The Bay State Council of Divers (BSC) is a diver’s advocacy group. The BSC monitors local, state and federal regulations that may affect the recreational diving community in Massachusetts. When required, the BSC represents the interests of the diving community in these matters.

The BSC serves as a liaison between dive clubs and dive stores to promote recreational diving activity in Massachusetts. All divers are encouraged to support the BSC with an annual contribution of $5. Your contribution will allow the BSC to continue to be a strong advocate for the recreational diving community in Massachusetts.

For more information see the new BSC website at

http://www.baystatecouncil.org

Undersea Divers

Fall Sale

Oct 27 & 28

Save the Date!!

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Beverly MA 978-927-9551

DIVE@underseadivers.com

2012 Hours:

Tue-Fri 10-6, Sat 9-5, Sun 9-3

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