Venue: Ross’s
In attendance: Sally, Victor, Pat, Clive, Ken, Daniel, Ben, Ross,
Teresa, Lee
Apologies: none
Minutes of 31/08/2016 and matters arising
- Victor has applied to renew his DBS clearance.
- Underspend of Sport England grant is yet to be
used.
- New regs have fragile purge button covers – this
has been recognised as a fault by the manufacturer, and new durable covers are
now on order.
- Victor to post last minutes online with Lee’s
additions.
St George’s and Seven Islands
- Use of St George’s Leisure Centre remains less
than ideal. Attendance is continuing to fall, although this is partly because
some members have recently come to the end of their training.
- Tower Bridge is now closed. Getting kit to St
George’s will be very difficult if there are any problems in, or at either end
of, the Rotherhithe or Blackwall tunnels.
- Refresher sessions will be difficult to organise
while we are still meeting at St George’s. These will be scheduled for January
(when we’re back at Seven Islands), which is a better time to do them anyway,
shortly before the dive season starts.
- Some potential try-divers have asked to delay
their session until we are back at Seven Islands.
- Ken to check on progress of Seven Islands refurbishment
[post-meeting note: Better have announced that the reopening will be delayed
until Spring 2017].
- LB Southwark are currently reviewing their
preferred option for the location of the replacement leisure centre. The matter
will not, therefore, be considered by Cabinet for some time.
- Ken reported that plans for a residential
development on the Seven Islands site are already in the public domain.
Xmas social
- Clive is organising this for either Tuesday 13th
or Thursday 15th December, and has contacted possible venues.
Membership to be advised of potential dates.
2016 dives
- 7 people attended the last lake dive.
- This year’s remaining dives are Brighton (day
dive) [post-meeting note: this was blown out], Gildenburgh (extra lake dive),
and Lee’s Bruges/Nemo 33 trip (10 people attending).
- Spaces (not entire boats) on day trips on south
coast could be added. Sally is willing to run an additional lake dive in
November if needed.
- Plymouth weekend cost the club £50. Swanage
weekend cost the club £68. Newquay weekend cost the club £400.
2017 dives
- Brighton (23rd April – 6 spaces on
Channel Diver) is booked.
- Pembrokeshire (27th-29th
May) is booked and doesn’t need a deposit.
- Brighton (23rd July) is booked.
- St Abbs / Farnes (26th-29th
August) is booked.
- Lee reported that places are available for
Shetland on the Valhalla: 18th June (5 spaces), 25th June
and 2nd July.
- Sally to speak with skipper re: Anglesey on 17th
and 18th June – if these dates are unavailable, we’ll book Shetland
spaces.
- Anglesey Scubafest dates haven’t been announced
yet.
- Swanage weekend had been suggested for 15th
and 16th July, but this clashes with the jazz festival. Sally to
look into 8th and 9th July instead.
- Scimitar (Portland) not available 5th
and 6th May. Pat to speak to Woody (Weymouth) re: that weekend.
- Shoreham available 1st April – Pat to
book 4 spaces.
- Shoreham also available 16th Sept –
Pat to book 8 spaces.
- Day dive on south coast to be pencilled in for
14th or 15th October.
- Red Sea trips were discussed. Teresa had looked
into Marsa Alam for February half term, however it would cost the same as a
liveaboard, despite being land-based. “Simply the Best” trips are available on
1st and 22nd November, costing £1,250. Agreed to include
these on the dive list to gauge interest.
- Maldives trip to also be included on dive list,
to gauge interest.
Club website
- This is doing the job.
- Lee suggested short posts on front page of the
new website can be about anything club- or dive-related.
Annual General Meeting
- To be held Wednesday 8th February at
Cherry Garden school.
Any Other Business
- Daniel noted that 2019 will be 100th
anniversary of the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow. The boats
Valkyrie and Valhalla will be there all year, but we would need to book soon.
Daniel to obtain costs.
- Teresa mentioned the Scilly Isles in 2018 or
2019, but wouldn’t be keen on doing this in the same year as a St Kilda trip.
Noted that there is only ever a 1 in 3 chance of getting out to St Kilda, due
to the weather, and that neither of the 2 boats that visit St Kilda are as good
as the Valkyrie.
- The club has reached its target of visiting 60
dive sites in its 60th year.
- 2017 BBQ date to be set once dive dates are
confirmed.
- Next meeting: Tuesday 10th January 2017
(this will be this committee’s 6th meeting) [post-meeting note: this
has been moved to Wednesday 11th January].
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