Richmond
Dive Club – October 2022 Membership Meeting
Tuesday, October
11, 2022
Meeting
held at O’Toole’s Restaurant and Pub Forest Hill Ave. Richmond and Virtually
via Zoom.
Club
President, Jim Dacey began the meeting at 6:59 pm.
SWAP MEET
- Jim
discussed the scuba gear swap meet being held in the back meeting room of
O’Toole’s beginning at 6 pm.
- No
items at tonight’s meeting.
DIVER
DAYS
- Thanks
to those who assisted with Diver Days
o
Larry
and Bill with Fluvanna Dive Center o
Debi
MoirTHANK YOU
TO RDC CORPORATE SPONSORS
- Tri
City Scuba
- Lake
Phoenix
- Brunswick
Scuba
- Fluvanna
Dive Center
- The
Dive Shop
- Dive
Connections
- Thank
you to the Corporate Sponsors for their generous donations towards the 2022
Member Appreciation Day Raffle.
- Money
from the raffle was used to fund Lake Phoenix entry for 48 divers for next
year’s Diver Days.
RDC 2022 HOLIDAY
PARTY
- RDC
will be funding 50% of food costs. More details to come.
- Reef
Foundation will again be providing Reef Bingo at the party.
RDC ELECTIONS
FOR 2023
- Elections
were held for the open RDC BOD positions for 2023.
- Nominees
were:
o
President
– Larry Antonacci o Vice
President – Brian Cohen o
Treasurer
– Tonya Langenstein o
Secretary
– Leslie Andrus
- Debi
offered a motion to accept the new BOD members as stated.
- Vote
carried with no objections.
THANK YOU TO THE CURRENT RDC BOD
- Jim
Dacey
- Larry
Knorr
- Debi
Moir
- Bart
Drummond
- Warren
Bowman
5 MINUTE
TIPS
- Larry
Antonacci from Fluvanna Dive Center provided a presentation on drysuits, their
use, selection and care.
Business meeting ended at 7:25 pm.
PRESENTATION
o
Jennifer
Idol, the 1st woman to dive in all 50 states, provided an
informative presentation on the new Avelo, system. A system that replaces a
traditional BC and tank system, with a tank/ bladder system that uses water as
ballast to control buoyancy.
- Presentation ended at 8:17 pm.
The next meeting will be held on November 8,
2022, at O’Toole’s Restaurant and Pub at 7 pm, with the meeting also broadcast
virtually on Zoom.
