New England Aquarium Dive Club, Inc. Newsletter
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NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM DIVE CLUB, INC. NEWSLETTER July 2001 NEADC Web Site: www.NEADC.org NEADC GENERAL MEETING INFORMAL MEETING WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2001, 6:30 P.M. at the New England Aquarium WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2001, AT 6:30 P.M. at the home of Veronica Immersion Theater. Guest Speaker, back by popular demand, is Atlantis in Burlington. See Directions on Page 2. Jonathan Bird. He will present the pilot episode of "Jonathan Bird's Blue World," his new family television program about the underwater world. This is a series being developed for cable TV. The pilot, along with a Welcome to Our New Officer proposal for 12 more episodes, is being marketed by Oceanic Research Welcome JIM CAROZZA, our new Membership Coordinator elected June Group's agent in New York. This will be the first screening of the pilot 20, 2001. Learn more about Jim on Page 3. and Jonathan will be asking for our opinions and/or suggestions to help refine the pilot. For this screening, members are invited to bring their THIS MONTH'S CONTENTS families, especially children 8 - 14. One thing is for sure, the pilot is really Officers/Voice Mail/Directions..............................................Page 2 cool, featuring Blue sharks in Rhode Island, Ginnie Springs in Florida and Members’ Advertising ..........................................................Page 2 Sperm whales in Dominica. From the President ..............................................................Page 3 From the Membership Coordinator......................................Page 3 From the Shore Dive Coordinator........................................Page 4 From the Program Director..................................................Page 4 NEWSLETTER DEADLINE The Great American Fish Count..........................................Page 5 Submit your news for the next Newsletter by NEADC Picnic......................................................................Page 6 MONDAY, JULY 23, 2001! NEADC 25th Anniversary .....................................................Page 6 (Monday after the GENERAL MEETING) for the August EDITION of the Upcoming Trips....................................................................Page 7 NEADC Newsletter. Submissions should be forwarded by e-mail to Meetings and Events ...........................................................Page 8 Stéphanie Williams at [email protected]. Thank you Boat Dives ...........................................................................Page 8 Dive Schedule......................................................................Page 8 Membership Application ....................................................Page 10 CALL FOR ARTICLES: We need your input! Make the NEADC Newsletter a collaborative effort and submit your news and articles by e- mail to Stéphanie Williams at [email protected] CHANGE OF ADDRESS FORM If your address has changed recently please fill out this form and mail it to: Karl See, Membership Director, New England Aquarium, Central Wharf, Boston, MA 02110 OLD ADDRESS: NEW ADDRESS: Name: Name: Street: Street: City: City: State/Zip: State/Zip: NEADC OFFICERS AND CONTACT INFORMATION Environmental Affairs - Alicia Lenci (617) 889-1486, President - Maryhelen Shuman-Groh, P. O. Box 70, Raynham, [email protected] MA 02767; (508) 821-4704, [email protected] WEBSITE maintained by Bryce Flynn (508) 543-9761 Vice President - Caroline Starita, (978) 251-1520, [email protected] [email protected] Business Manager - Steve Groh, (508) 821-4704, [email protected] NEADC VOICE MAIL SYSTEM: Please call (617) 973-0240 Boat Dive Coordinator - Veronica Atlantis 781-272-1387, [email protected] DIRECTIONS TO INFORMAL MEETING: Hosted by Veronica Shore Dive Coordinator - Ken Mulzet (617) 666-4049, Atlantis, 265 Cambridge St., Burlington, MA. Tel: (781)-272-1387 [email protected] FROM BOSTON: 128N exit 3A Burlington. Drive 2 miles. Newsletter Editor - Stéphanie Williams, (978) 922-2908, This is 3A Cambridge St. You'll see Building 19 on your [email protected] right then a defunct Filenes basement. My house is on Program Director - Al Bozza (508)-384-1377, your left directly across from B&D carpets. Park your car [email protected] Membership Director – Jim Carozza (617) 973-3821 in the parking lot of Korean BBQ, Laundromat, pool [email protected] parking lot, Secretary - Brandy Derickson, (603) 868-1493, [email protected], [email protected] MEMBERS’ ADVERTISING NEWSLETTER AD POLICY: Dive related ads for NEADC Members will be free with the following stipulations: 1. Must be current NEADC member; 2. Ad must be 25 words or less; 3. Ad must be submitted electronically; 4. Ad must be sent to the Newsletter Editor prior to Deadline; 5. Ad will be placed for one month only (ads may be renewed by resubmission as stated above). NOTE: This will NOT affect Website policy. Website does NOT contain member advertising. COMMERCIAL and NON-MEMBER ADVERTISING RATES Full Page $90/insertion; Half Page $50/ insertion; Quarter Page $30/insertion; Eighth Page $20/insertion 10% discount for 4 or more insertions per calendar year. 20% discount for 8 or more insertions per calendar year. Send questions and submissions to the Newsletter Editor. Ad fees must be paid in advance FOR SALE : DUI CF200 Dry Suit Crushed neoprene back-entry design with latex seals, blue/black, warm-neck color, rock boots, cargo pockets on thighs. Also comes with inflator hose, thermal coveralls. Zipper recently replaced; minor wear on knees. Dry suit was worn by 5’10”, ~200 lbs female; can easily be worn by male or female diver. I just bought a new CF200 – with fewer features, it cost over $2,100! So this one is a BARGAIN at: $895 Anna Flynn (508)543-9761 [email protected] FOR SALE : 2 Aluminum 63's. Both with current vip and hydro. $50 each. (508) 620-8788 [email protected] FROM THE PRESIDENT Maryhelen Shuman-Groh There is so much going on that there is little time to report on all the activities and events! As we go to press we’re preparing the info packets for our upcoming FISH ID COURSE - thanks to Brandy Derickson for putting this together and to Jim Stewart for keeping NEADC involved in the Great American Fish Count. Ken Mulzet is working on a photo contest and art exhibit for the October anniversary party. Please get in touch if you’d like to enter or exhibit your work. Watch for the new line of long awaited NEADC logo wear to be introduced soon. If you have suggestions for NEADC items you’d like to see (and would actually BUY) please get in touch with Caroline Starita and/or Al Bozza. Bryce Flynn has been doing a great job on the website and the latest news and announcements can be found at www.NEADC.org - check it out! Welcome to our new Membership Coordinator, Jim Carozza, who had the gumption to run for office. We’d be nowhere without the dedication of our volunteers taking board positions, leading dives, greeting new members, folding newsletters and just making this an all around great place to be. I can’t thank you all nearly enough. FROM YOUR NEW MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR Jim Carozza Hello my name is Jim Carozza and I'm the newly elected Membership Director for the NEADC. I live North of Boston in Malden and work in Downtown Boston at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston as a Computer Analyst for the past 18 years. We're the big bank for all the other banks and the most often asked question I get all the time, "Do you get free samples?" No, We do not give out samples sorry! I have been a certified diver since 1978 after taking the course with my best friend who's father was one of the instructors at the YMCA in Melrose, MA. I also have my Advanced and Nitrox certifications along with several other specialty classes taken over the years. I have been a member of the NEADC for about 4 years now but had a bad skiing accident 3 years ago that required three operations on my left ankle that has slowed down my diving during this time frame. I'm healed the best it will ever be for now and finally purchased a DUI drysuit last year after having a wetsuit for these cold New England waters. I try to dive whenever I'm on vacation and have just returned from Morehead City, North Carolina with the Laurel Divers Dive Club from Pennsylvania. By the time this comes out I will also have gone to Bermuda and will report on my diving down there for the week of the fourth of July. I'm also running in case you missed it the August 3-6, 2001 trip to Morehead City for the NEADC and still have couple of openings left for anyone interested. This is some of the best wreck diving in the United States and the premier dive will be on the German sub U-352. A lot of people have been asking if this is only for Advanced divers or Nitrox certified divers. My answer is no on both but most dives are to 100 feet with calm waters (most of the time) and visibility up to 100 feet. Traveling this distance and only doing two boat dives a day made me go and get Nitrox certified two weeks before my trip last year to Morehead City. I took the class with United Divers in Somerville , MA and it was a one night class that required you to read the book ahead of time and a review of the Nitrox tables and a 20 question test at the end of the class. Total cost was around $90.00 but well worth it to almost double your bottom time on the wrecks. On my dives in June in Morehead we were able to watch the crew go in to set the anchor and tie us into the wreck almost all the way down to the bottom depth of 115 feet. Water temperature in August should be around 80 degrees. Please feel free to call or e-mail me at the numbers listed page 2, if you would like further information on this trip. I'm already in the process of booking next years trip to be combined with my friends from Laurel Divers on July 12-15, 2002.