President’s Message – May 2014

Greetings Frogs

We had a great time at the Easter Egg Hunt Dive! The Dive Bunny was able to get in a nice long dive to kick off the dive season. Thanks to Dodie and Ron for hosting the after party event! Freddy and Francine also enjoyed the egg hunt and party!

May3rd & 4th we will have our Dim Sum and Aquarium Imax outing.

East Coast Divers is having a Divers' Social at the White Horse Tavern 116 Brighton Ave in Allston on May 3rd at 6pm.

The DUI Demo Days tour will be from 9-5 on Sat. May 10th at Stage Fort Park. See their website for details at http://www.dui- online.com/events/category/featured-events/ . They are also selling dinner tickets from 6-8pm. Their mascots Bernie & Jezebel are getting hitched; you won't want to miss this. To order tickets for the dinner/wedding go to this link http://store.dui- online.com/product/Demo/DT_Dinner.html

Ellen Garvey will give a presentation on St Vincent on May 8th. On May 15th, Vin Malkoski will be giving his rescheduled Human Powered Submarine Race presentation.

On May 17th, we will be having our Flounder Contest at Back beach (wind depending); the alternate site would be Pebble Beach. See NSF website calendar for all the rules and details of the contest.

On Sunday May 18th, Jack Munro will be test diving antique dive gear. More details to follow on the NSF website calendar.

I would like to name Bill Werner as Diver of the month for organizing the Dim Sum Aquarium Imax Event. I would like to name Susan Copelas as Member of the Month for her help with the Easter Egg Hunt and for donating scuba gear to the club.

The water is slowly warming up and there are still nudibranchs to be found. I hope everyone has dug out their wet suits and is ready to get in the water. Let's go diving! :)

- Laura Gallagher

President North Shore Frogmen

Laura with the Easter Bunny-Frogs before the dive.

In this Issue:

President’s Message	pg. 1
Meeting Summaries	pg. 2-3
Calendar & Events	pg.4-6
Easter Egg Dive & Party	pg. 7-8

The North Shore Frogmen’s Club

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Meeting Summaries

03-Apr-2014

Meeting called to order: 7:35PM

Attendance: 3 Officers, 11 Members, 2 Guests

Treasurer: Member status update; quarterly report-quick financial report.

-Question on permit for picnic: we most likely need to get it this year.

-IRS contacted Vinny; we may need to submit more documentation.

Correspondence:

-Colin Doherty will be diving soon.

-Club received book Trapped Under the Sea, available to borrow.

-Bruce and Cheryl Moore will be back in May; liked Francine and Freddie Frog.

Committees:

-Program: See website for details

-Float Cleaining: PCYC Commodore has not been as responsive on allowing November float cleaning. Club is open to doing 2 dates possibly.

-4/10-Bylaws vote. Everyone has been notified by email or US mail.

-4/13-Nudibranch dive at Pearce Island, 11:30AM

-4/17-Caldwell/Knowles presentation

-4/27-Easter Egg Dive – need someone to lay the eggs.

-5/18-at the Dive Locker in

Gloucester: Demonstration of MARK V & MARK XII helmets and

Superlite’s commercial diving gear, a working demonstration. May and state senator will be there.

Dive Talk:

-Jim donned his gear. Nothing else mentioned.

General Discussion:

-Finatics Dive Club Events: Meeting- Ellen Chang, Great Bay Estuary, Friday 4/11 in Atkinson,NH. And

Clean up at Gloucester Breakwater on 4/19.

Raffles: Dollars Box: John Marren Bug Bag: Peter Chapman

Presentation by Ryan King and Jeff Goodreau on diving Great Lakes wrecks. Very interesting!

10-Apr-2014

Meeting called to order: 7:36PM Attendance: 4 Officers, 11 Members

Correspondence:

-Tomorrow night the Finatics Dive Club will have a presentation (see Laura for details).

Committees:

-Program: See website for details

-4/13-Sunday, Laura is running a Nudibranch Safari Dive at Pierce Island, 11:30.

-4/17-Heather Knowles and Dave Caldwell will be giving a presentation on the USS Nezinscot which sank off Cape Ann

-4/19-Join up with the Finatics and the Audubon Society for an Earth Day Clean-up at the Gloucester Breakwall/Dog bar at 9AM. Not a dive clean-up, just picking up trash along the shoreline. Bring gloves.

-4/27-Easter Egg Hunt at Stage Fort Park, 10AM. Post Dive Party at

Dodie’s.

-5/1-PCYC is having a private function and we cannot meet there, so having a Wing Night at Hong Kong Café at 7-ish, 12 Maple St, Danvers. They have good food & mixed drinks!

-5/3&4-Bill Werner is organizing a Dim Sum & Aquarium IMAX on both days. Must RSVP w Bill by 4/18.

-5/17-Flounder contest: “Flounders for Fills”; prizes will be air fills.

-Float Cleaning for PCYC will be done in the fall.

Business: Those in attendance at this meeting voted on the proposed changes to the Club’s Bylaws.

Raffles: Dollars Box: Jennifer Entwistle Bug Bag: Jeff Lynch

13-Mar-2014

This night we had no official meeting. Those who attended had pizza paid for

by the club. We reviewed and discussed the proposed changes to the

North Shore Frogmen’s Club bylaws, as put forth by the members of the bylaws committee. The proposals will be put forward for a Club vote at a future date, aiming for April 10.

After the bylaws discussion, we viewed a couple of episodes of

Jonathan Bird’s Blue World from season 4.

17-Apr-2014

Meeting called to order: 7:36PM

Attendance: 3 Officers, 13 Members, 3 guests

Secretary: Minutes from last meeting read and accepted.

Correspondence:

-Pat and Annette requested a list of attendees for the VT week camping/diving event.

Committees:

-Program: See website and minutes for 4/10/13 for details

Dive Talk:

-Dodie and Ron went to St. Thomas, saw turtles, wreck, lots of life, beautiful coral. Lots of snorkeling. Stay on the east side if you go.

-Laura went out w/ Boston Scuba (Mike McDonald, Louis). Lots of nudibranchs of the 1st dive; scallop dive for 2nd dive. Sunday did Pierce Island, Portsmouth; saw thousands of nudibranchs, some really big ones..

General Discussion:

-There is a petition for putting a plaque on memorial benches in Gloucester that you may want to sign. (We would like to put a plaque on a bench in memory for Arnie Pettiglio.)

-“Mike’s Moment”: There is an overabundance of jellies which are being put to use in diapers, paper towels, etc.

Raffles: Dollars Box: Dodie Carvalho

Mystery Prize: Jeff Lynch Bug Bag: Continued…

Heather Knowles and Dave Caldwell gave a very interesting presentation on their research and diving on the USS Nezinscot, which sank off the coast of Cape Ann.

24-Apr-2014

No formal meeting tonight as we did not have a quorum (total 9 members, including 2 officers). .Discussion of

Adam’s trip aboard Cayman

Aggressor.

Diver of the Month		Member of the Month
	for May 2014	for May 2014
	Bill Werner	Susan Copelas

Mary and Ellen attended the Boston Scuba Show and had our picture taken with Jonathan Bird.

Bay State Council Meetings

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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.

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