Richmond Dive Club - 2022 November

Richmond Dive Club – November 2022 Membership Meeting

Tuesday, November 8, 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 6:57 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.

SCUBA GEAR GARAGE SALE

Holly Law Eve will be holding a giant scuba gear garage sale

o December 10, 2022 from 10 AM to Noon.
o More information forthcoming via email.

NEW RDC BOD FOR 2023

President – Larry Antonacci
Vice President – Brian Cohen
Treasurer – Tonya Langenstein
Secretary – Leslie Andrus

THANK YOU TO THE CURRENT RDC BOD

Jim Dacey
Larry Knorr
Debi Moir
Bart Drummond
Warren Bowman

THANK YOU TO RDC CORPORATE SPONSORS

Tri City Scuba
Lake Phoenix
Brunswick Scuba
Fluvanna Dive Center
The Dive Shop
Dive Connections

UPCOMING DIVE TRIPS

Fluvanna Dive Center provided a list of upcoming trips.

o 2023
§ Bonaire – Buddy Dive Resort – Date TBD
§ Utila – Utila Lodge Resort – Date TBD
o 2024
§ Little Cayman – Feb 12-17
§ Roatan – CoCo View – July 13-20
§ Philippines – Marco Vincent Dive Resort – Oct 12-19

Business meeting ended at 7:05 pm.

PRESENTATION

“Intro to Tech Diving”

o Rachel Bart, Instructor with Virginia Scuba provided an in-depth presentation on technical diving to include:
§ What is Tec Diving
§ Risks to tec divers
§ Agency Options
§ Selecting your agency
§ Tec Equipment
§ Where to tec dive
§ How to become a Tec Diver

Presentation ended at 7:55 pm.

The next meeting will be held on December 13, 2022, at O’Toole’s Restaurant and Pub at 7 pm, with the meeting also broadcast virtually on Zoom.