The North Shore Frogmen’s Club
PO Box 3604
Peabody, MA 01961
2013 OFFICERS
President: Laura Gallagher Tel: 508
Email: searaven00@yahoo.com
Vice President: Adam Hartnett Email: greatnewsadam@gmail.com
Treasurer: Vinny Egizi Tel: (858)
Email: vinnymass@yahoo.com
Secretary: Ellen Garvey Tel:
Email: elleng@alumni.duke.edu
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Membership: membership@northshorefrogmen.com
Newsletter: Mary Howard
Tel: (781)
Email: m.m.howard@comcast.net
Webmaster: Markus Diersbock mdiersbock@gmail.com
*Deadline for submissions* for the November 2013 issue
of Air Bubbles is
Thursday, October 24
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Meeting Summaries
Meeting called to order: 7:40PM Attendance: 4 Officers, 16 Members Secretary: Minutes from last meeting read and accepted.
Treasurer:
-We have money, a bit behind last year, but on track.
-96 members to date, on target for 95-
100m but fewer paying members.
-Please pay for VT trip.
-Vinny will produce a Treasurer’s report covering last year and this year.
Committees:
-Membership: We need to verify that John Ferrier is receiving emails and FB requests about membership.
Ellen will send test messages.
-Program: See website for details
-Picnic (9/22)- We have the permit. Budget set for food and raffles. Ellen will collect $5 from non- NSF/MetroWest members.
-Banquet (12/7): Adam will coordinate banquet planning.
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this meeting this date was questioned as that’s the night of the
Salem Halloween Parade – Date changed to the next week 10/10/13.)
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Eastport pictures.
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Old Business:
-Ray will plan to have a
-Mike was to contact Art Channell about the location of the 1959 Life Magazine Photo. Has not reached him yet.
New Business:
-Next week we’ll have a proposal to return to weekly meetings.
-Mary volunteered to put the photo contest together.
Dive Talk:
-Jim B did several dives; some here, some in quarries in NC. Interesting
things including helicopter, PT boat, bus, telephone booth. Video on Jim’s
FB pagae.
-Adam dove Dry Salvages (near
Thatcher’s Island) w/ Cape Ann
Divers; was chased by a bull seal; video on FB. Dive is similar to Isle of
Shoals. Interesting rock formations; 60’,
-Adam did 9 dives in West Palm Beach. 58˚F at depth. Also did Blue Heron Bridge; great dive. Missed all the big stuff except Goliath Groupers (~20).
-Bruce dove at Pebble Beach, working through gear issues in NE waters; skate, lobsters.
-Vinny, Jeff, John S & Graham went
to OGB. Vinny & Graham had equipment problems and couldn’t
dive, but encountered 2 divers w/ rental gear who’d taken 30 shorts w/ no license. Called it in, and the 2 were
arrested& equipment confiscated.
There’s an article in several newspapers; nice email from harbormasters.
-John F did several dives, including one w/ Bill Werner & his brother. Went out with somebody w/ a huge boat w/ underwater speaker; lots of scallops.
-Jen went urchin diving at Kettle Is. Got a bucket full of urchins for friends; tried uni. Also got several huge lobsters and a flounder.
General Discussion:
-Jim D;s
-Jim B got a drysuit!
Raffles: Dollars Box: Jennifer Entwistle
Mystery Prize: Jim Barbara
Bug Bag: Light to be drawn next week
Meeting called to order: 7:40PM Attendance: 4 Officers, 13 Members, 6
guests.
Secretary: Minutes from last meeting read and accepted.
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Treasurer: Renewed our registration with MA
Dues are due – currently have 87 members.
Correspondence:
-Newsletter from South Shore Neptunes
-Nice FB comment from Anthony Pettiglio.
Committees:
-Program: See website for details
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-10/10- Ryan King presentation on Ginnie Springs
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Tavern in Alston, 8PM
-10/24- “Wing night” at Angela’s in
Saugus
-10/31- no
Old Business: Mike did contact Art Channell about the location for the
1959 Life Magazine photo. Site has been identified; it’s Plum Cove, not
Pigeon Cove. See September Air Bubbles for the story. If we go this year, it will have to be soon, perhaps Oct 5/6. Marcus will contact papers. New Business: Weekly meetings: We decided that we would meet weekly for the rest of the year. The 1st and 3rd weeks will include business topics, i.e. agenda as we have it. Officers expected to attend if possible; meeting minutes will be taken. On other weeks the agenda would be just dive talk, dive this week, review events
scheduled for the next 2 weeks, and general discussion; no “business”
items. Officers are encouraged to attend but not expected. No minutes will be taken. If an officer is present, $$ box and raffle tickets will be sold.
-As a guideline, presentations will be on 1st & 3rd weeks, starting at 8:15. Plan for 1 or 2 presentations per mo,
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fewer in summer when there’s lots of dive talk.
-Every
-Officers should meet quarterly to address business issues; this needs to be made part of the calendar, scheduled in advance to ensure meetings. Does not need to be part of the Thursday meetings.
Dive Talk:
-Markus, Laura, Geoff & Todd on
Geoff’s boat with Rotarians that had won a boat trip in a raffle. They caught lobsters and grilled them for the raffle winners.
-Jeff, John, Vinny & Graham went to Lanes Cove; too rough. Ended up at Loblolly. Met at 7:30, in water at 10:40.
-John & Gary on Gary’s boat. Got stuck in the Ipswich River because tides are an hour different. Went to Whale Cove; all bugs were oversized eggers.
-Laura w/ Dive Society last night; pipefish, crabs, lobsters.
General Discussion:
-Photo contest rules are in the latest edition of Air Bubbles.
-Arnie Pettiglio:
-Donations are being accepted for a memorial bench for Front Beach, by 9/27. Bob Boyle (Undersea Divers), Burlington Scuba, & NSF are sharing the cost.
-Laura described a keychain Arnie made for her.
-Jack described a dive they did together a few weeks ago when Jack accidentally hit the firing pin on a bullet, causing explosion.
-Vinny related that he’s a member of the NSF because Arnie recommended the Club right after Vinny was certified.
-Bobby related that he’s known Arnie for 40 years; Arnie followed him from shop to shop in the early days.
-Arnie’s widow Gail described how much diving and the Club meant to Arnie.
Raffles: Dollars Box: Mike Garvey
Mystery Prize: Mary Howard
Bug Bag: Peter Chapman
Diver of the Month
for September 2013
Jim Barbara
Member of the Month
for September 2013
Mike Garvey
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Air Bubbles – October 2013
Coming Events:
October 10:
Presentation at North Shore Frogmen:
Ryan King will give a presentation at the meeting about Cave Diving at Ginnie Springs, Florida.
Nominations for 2014 NSF Club Officers
Beginning at the first Business Meeting in November (11/7/13), the 2013 officers will entertain nominations for officers for next year, to take over “commencing
with the New Business portion of the last scheduled Club meeting in December and ending with the conclusion of the Old Business portion of the last scheduled Club
meeting in December of the following year.”
Consider that it may be it’s your time to run for office.
North Shore Frogmen’s Club
Picnic Raffle Winners:
-Mike Garvey - mask
-Jerry Sutherland - Spiced Rum
-Stacy Hayes - bug bag & red wine (She won 3 times! I hope she went directly to the store and bought some lottery tickets!)
-Mike Denneler - white zin
-Mary Howard - dry bag
-Adam Hartnett - Aquarium tickets
-Karen (?) - white wine
-Mark Criasia - white wine & aquarium tickets (He won twice - wasn't present)
Submit your photos to the
2013 PHOTO CONTEST
There will be a photography contest this year.
Get those photos printed and make submissions for the contest to me by November 21 at the latest!
Photo Contest Rules:
Submissions are to be made by members of the
North Shore Frogmen’s Club only.
Submitted photos must have been taken since September 2012.
Photos are to be submitted as prints, maximum size no more than 8 1/2” x 11”.
Submitted photos may not be matted or framed.
Please label photos as to orientation (i.e. UP ), as there is no guarantee that I will be able to tell what you think the orientation is.
Note the category on the back of each photo (see 7 categories below).
Provide any photo titles you may wish to have displayed with your pictures. (I will not make up any titles, and titles really add a certain something to voters!)
Maximum of 4 submissions per photographer per category.
Photo Categories:
1)Cold Water
2)Species Interaction in cold water
3)Warm Water
4)Species Interaction in warm water
5)Above Water / Dive Related (must have some sign(s) of diving activity in the picture)
6)New – Movie category – We will need to decide how your movie(s) will be displayed for the voting and for the banquet. If you have more than one movie clip, you may want to bring more than one
I’m looking forward to seeing some fantastic photos from Club members!!
Mary Howard
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Activities List
-Oct 10, Thu Presentation by Ryan King on Cave Diving, Ginnie Springs
-Oct 17, Thu Presentation by Jennifer Entwistle╆ on Marine Mammal Rescue
-Oct 24, Thu Wing Night! See President s message for full info.
-Oct 31, Thu No Meeting - Halloween
- Nov 7, Thu |
Nominations for 2014 Club Officers scheduled to begin |
-Nov 21, Thu Deadline for Submissions to Photo Contest
-Nov 28, Thu No Meeting - Thanksgiving
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Elections and Photo Contest Voting |
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Dec 7, Sat |
NSF Banquet |
-Dec 11, Wed Bay State Council Meeting
-July 27 ‒ August 2, 2014 ‒ VT Diving/Camping/Kayaking week with Pat & Annette
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BSC Treasure Hunt and Joint Club Picnic – September 22
The BSC Treasure Hunt. |
A Treasure Hunt happy winner. |
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Air Bubbles – October 2013
At least we had one diver from our Club in the BSC event!!
Jim Barbara not only dove, but he found a red golf ball!!
Our MetroWest friends cooked up some great food.
Paul
Adler
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Air Bubbles – October 2013
Mike
O’Sullivan ,
shown with
Mike Denneler,
was here from
Hawaii!!
Great day!
Great food!
Great company!
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The North Shore Frogmen’s Club, Inc.
PO Box 3604
Peabody, MA
October 10: |
Presentation |
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Wing Night |
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No Meeting (Halloween) |
Sunday Dives:
Until we change the clocks back for winter, we will be meeting for Sunday dives about 7:30, ready to leave the parking lot NO LATER THAN 8AM.
Meet at Burger King on Rte 128 in Beverly.
The North Shore Frogmen’s Club
(Beginning February, 2013) has business meetings and presentations on the first and third Thursdays of each month at 7:30PM
at Palmer’s Cove Yacht Club
74 Leavitt Street
Salem, MA 01970
Social meetings are on the alternate weeks at 7PM
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