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Weekly News Letter - 22nd April 2010

AGM Round-up

A big thanks to everyone who attended the AGM - it was great to see so many of you.
Before I detail the new committee - I'd like to say a big Thank You to all of our outgoing members!

Position

Proposed

Proposed by

Elected

Chairperson

Brian Gardener

Caron

Richard

Yes

Dive Officer

 

Mickey Gee

Caron Smith

Mat and Lindy

Evan and Rita

 

Yes – Caron by majority Vote

Secretary

Tom Reynolds

Committee

Yes

Treasurer

Liz Ellston

Committee

Yes

Training Officer

Georgia Robson

Committee

Yes

Membership Secretary

Richard Clegg

Committee

Yes

Expeditions Officer

Ann Parisio

Committee

Yes

Equipment Officer

Chris Smith

Committee

Yes

Social Secretary

Evan King

Committee

Yes

Voting Member

 

Harriet Taylor

Carston/Michele

Yes

Marketing Officer

James Muir

Caron and Evan

Yes

Sports Diver Lecture - ST3 Equipment and Techniques

The next Sports Diver lecture will be on Monday the 26th at 20:30 in the Meeting room at York Hall and will be given by Richard. Please text Richard to confirm you will be attending. Be sure to ask him about his adventure as one of those 'stranded by ash'!

Why we dive

Two good links from Chris Smith, our new equipment officer!
A beautiful example of octopus ingenuity.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8413139.stm
In the UK, we are most likely to see cuttlefish in our upcoming dives, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuttlefish.