Presidents’ Message - March 2013

Hello Fellow Froggies!

It's been a great winter so far. March is here and we have some fun stuff planned this month. The Boston Sea Rovers is March 9th & 10th! I would like to thank everyone that is helping out with the booth display. It was really great that Vinny was able to obtain a free display for us! I hope to see everyone there to support the club at the show.

Mary and Ray are hosting a St. Patrick's Party for the Froggies at their house on Sat. March 16th! Start time 5PM. (See more info on page 3)

If the weather allows, we will have a pre-party dive to be determined.

Susan Copelas will be giving a presentation on diving in the Philippines on March 7th! I will be giving a brief presentation on March 21st on the many species of nudibranchs to be found on the Gloucester Breakwall.

Sunday April 24th, we will be joining the Finatics to dive the Breakwall for a Nudibranch Safari.

I would like to name Mary Howard as Diver of the Month and Ray Porter as member of the month! Mary & Ray have been so gracious to host a St. Patrick's Party event at their house for the Froggies. I would like to thank Mary for all of the time and work that she put in to publish our Air Bubbles newsletter. I would like to thank Ray for all the work he has been doing on updating our bylaws. Thanks for all your contributions to the club!

I look forward to seeing you all at the Sea Rovers show and hope you will join me for some nudibranch diving! March and April are great months for nudibranchs. I love nudis!

Happy diving! : )

Laura Gallagher

Coming Up

March 7: Presentation:

Susan Copelas – The

Philippines

March 9-10: Boston Sea

Rovers Annual Clinic

March 16: St. Patrick’s

Day Party at Mary &

Ray’s house

March 21: Local Nudibranchs by Laura Gallagher

April 4: Fred Calhoun will present the movie

DESCENT

In this Issue:

President’s Message	pg. 1
Meeting Summaries	pg. 2-3
Coming Events & Calendar	pg. 3-5

The North Shore Frogmen’s Club

PO Box 3604

Peabody, MA 01961

2013 OFFICERS

President: Laura Gallagher Tel: 508 843-2395

Email: searaven00@yahoo.com

Vice President: Adam Hartnett Email: greatnewsadam@gmail.com

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

Email: vinnymass@yahoo.com

Secretary: Ellen Garvey Tel: 781-595-4978

Email: elleng@alumni.duke.edu

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Membership: membership@northshorefrogmen.com

Newsletter: Mary Howard

Tel: (781) 944-1292

Email: m.m.howard@comcast.net

Webmaster: Markus Diersbock mdiersbock@gmail.com

*Deadline for submissions* for the April 2013 issue

of Air Bubbles is

Saturday, March 23

Air Bubbles – March 2013

Meeting Summaries

31-Jan-2013

Meeting called to order: 8:02PM

Attendance: 2 Officers, 13 total Members

Secretary: Business portion of minutes read and accepted.

Treasurer: Dues are due

Committees:

-Program: See website for details

-Members are asked to sign up to man the booth at Boston Scuba Show and Sea Rovers, and to lead club dives for a month at a time

-Air Bubbles: went out electronically on 1/29.

Dive Talk:

-Gary & Jim went to Winter Island. It was COLD! 27˚F at the surface. Saw an anemone; not much else.

-Arnie & Jack went to a pool to check out new equipment (overhauled regs)

-Dive this weekend: BK at 8:45. Al and Jim may go.

General Discussion:

-Reminder: meeting starts at 7:30 next week; business meetings w/wo presentations will be on 1st and 3rd Thursdays. There will be social gatherings on the alternate weeks.

-From Undercurrent a couple of months ago:

-POTENTIAL DANGER with AQUA LUNG WEIGHT POCKETS. AquaLung is conducting a voluntary

recall of SureLockII weight pocket handles, which it has put into most of its BCDs ince 2009, concerned that the rubber handle can pull of the plastic weight pocket, leaving weight pocket attached to BCD. Anyone using SureLockII weight pockets, no matter what year, should bring them to the nearest AquaLung retailer, which can be quickly replaced under warranty while you wait. Or call 888-818- 3483 or email support@aqualung.com.

-High pressure hose recalls at several manufacturers. Read US Consumer

Product Safety Commission’s press

release.

Raffles: Dollars Box: Bill Werner Mystery Prize: Bill Werner Bug Bag: Continued

After the business meeting, we watched parts of the Discovery

Channel documentary on the Giant Squid discovery. Very fun!

8-Feb-2013

We had a non-business meeting because we did not have a quorum present

Attendance: 1 Officer, 9 total Members

Committees:

-Program: See website for details

-Easter Egg Dive Party 1st weekend in April at Stage Fort Park

-PCYC Float cleaning 2nd weekend in April.

Old Business: work being done:

-To finalize the Comedy night

-To finalize the Club booth for Sea Rovers. Raffle prize? Display pictures of banquet, presentations, diving in Vermont, photo contest winners.

New Business

-Looking into possible booze cruise

-Looking into possible whale watch: group rate $30/person. We can get a set of tickets and give back whatever we cannot sell.

-Planning possible Eastport trip

-Isle of Shoals trip with Fran Marcoux; Laura has been in touch with him.

Dive Talk:

- Meg & Jim dove.

General Discussion:

-Adam mentioned a live aboard – Rocio del Mar – that does Sea of Cortez.

Raffles: Dollars Box: John Marren

Mystery Prize: Ray Porter

Bug Bag: Continued

21-Feb-2013

Meeting called to order: 7:32PM

Attendance: 4 Officers, 11 Members, 3 guests

Secretary: Minutes not available. Correspondence: Lewis Evans has steel

100s for sale. Adam can put you in touch w him.

Committees:

-Program: See website for details

-Proposed Comedy/Pizza night to be moved, probably to May

-Membership: new member voted in tonight.

Old Business:

-Bylaws committee is making good progress; stay tuned.

-Markus has submitted application to trademark Club’s name.

-We looked at the free booth Vinny obtained. Needs some work to refurbish or replace panels. Thanks Vinny!

New Business:

- Voted in new member Michael Mandell

Dive Talk:

-Linda Piehl & John went to St. John; very relaxing. Saw octopus while snorkeling.

-Ice dive rescheduled for Saturday.

-Dive this weekend: cancelled due to weather.

Raffles: Dollars Box: Adam Hartnett Mystery Prize: Laura Gallagher Bug Bag: Jim Barbara: mask

After the business meeting, Ellen and Mike Garvey

gave a presentation on their trip to PNG!

Bay State Council Meeting

The next Bay State Council of Divers meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 17, 7:30PM at the SSN’s clubhouse located at the corner of Quarry Street and Joyce Road in Quincy.

All are welcome to attend these meetings!

Please welcome our newest

Club member

Michael Mandell

Of Reading who was voted in on February 21

Upcoming Events…..

“The Philippines” by Susan Copelas

Susan Copelas will be presenting her exploratory trip to the Philippines where she spent two months searching for the best dive spots for a group trip she is organizing for next February. Susan’s presentation will include photos and stories of all the awesome critters she encountered during her 85 dives (like whale sharks and thresher sharks!) as well as experiences with the local tribes and various people I met along the way.

The presentation will be after the business portion of the meeting of North Shore Frogmen at PCYC in Salem, MA.

Saint Patrick’s Day Party (2013)

Saint Patrick’s Day Party at Mary & Ray’s house, on

Saturday, March 16. Start time 5PM to ??. We will provide Corned Beef and Cabbage with potatoes and carrots. Please supplement this diet with salads, hors d’oeuvres, desserts, and your own choice of beverage. Come “a-wearin’ o’ the green!” Be prepared to toast the “dead ancestors”. If you want, you may bring a photo or other image or memento for the toasting.

For those who have been here before, we have a new space, and there are energy-saving features that you might find interesting. For those of you who have not, we live in a 1730’s farmhouse that you might find interesting.

Address: 529 Franklin Street, Reading, MA. Our house is the 4th one on the left coming from Grove Street, an antique colonial with a new addition on the side away from the street. Email me if you need directions.

Hope to see everyone then!!

Mary Howard & Ray Porter

Phone: 781-944-1292,

email: m.m.howard@comcast.net

Salem Sound Coastwatch Launches New

Lecture Series

"Underwater in Salem Sound"

The series, cosponsored by Marblehead's Abbot Public Library, will be held at 7 pm at the library on the last Wednesday of each month, January through April. Save these dates:

Wednesday, March 27 - "Salt Marshes Under Seige" - Presented by Dr. Robert Buchsbaum, Mass Audubon Conservation Scientist

Wednesday, April 24 - "Making a Living On and In the Water" -Conversations with lobsterman Jay Michaud & Ray Bates, historian and diver

All sessions are free and open to the public. This series is funded in part by the Massachusetts Environment Trust through the sale of "Preserve the Trust" environmental license plates.

For more information, contact Salem Sound Coastwatch at 978-741-7900, email info@salemsound.org or visit salemsound.org

Diver of the Month

for March 2013

Mary Howard

Northeastern University

Marine Science Center

430 Nahant Road

Nahant, Mass. 01908

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

2012-2013 Lecture Series

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 7 pm

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE REASONS FOR CLIMATE GRIDLOCK

Dr. Susan Solomon, Professor, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Friday, April 26, 2013 at 7 pm

ANNUAL RISER LECTURE

We are pleased to announce this year's Riser Lecture, which is held in honor of the MSC's founding Director, Dr. Nathan "Doc" Riser. Doc was Director of the MSC from 1967 until his retirement in 1985, although continued to conduct his research at the MSC until his passing in 2006.

BOTTOMS BENEATH THE ICE: REFLECTIONS OF 100 YEARS OF BENTHIC ECOLOGY AT McMURDO SOUND, ANTARCTICA

Dr. Paul Dayton, Professor Emeritus Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego

Member of the Month

for March 2013

Ray Porter

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

42 Water St.

Beverly MA 978-927-9551

DIVE@underseadivers.com

2012 Hours:

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

Sales  Service  Rentals

AQUA LUNG  SEAQUEST  SUUNTO GENISIS  DUI  VIKING  HENDERSON VISA MASTERCARD AE DISCOVER