Dive Club of Silicon Valley

Greetings Fellow members

I am happy to announce we have a special guest speaker at the next club meeting (March 4 @ 7pm. Dr Andrew Newman MD who will be talking to us about dive medicine.  Dr Newman is an avid diver and may also share photos from his recent dive trips.

http://www.newmanmd.org/
http://med.stanford.edu/shs/update/archives/JUL2002/newman.html

Hope to see you there.

Membership dues are due on or before Jan 1 of each year, this year we extended the  grace period thought Feb 4 on Feb 5 you will  no longer be considered a member in good stand unless you renew your 2015 membership.

We have taken steps to make renewing your membership easy.

Online Membership Renewal  Log into your DCOSV account, on right-hand side you will see a link for “Online Renewal”, this will walk you thru the process of checking your profile data to verify the information is accurate (check box for “My 2015 Information is Accurate” ) save profile, print the liability form, mail it to renewals@dcosv.org or snail mail it to Kari Larson DCoSV Secretary 620 N Ahwanee Terrace Sunnyvale, CA 94085.

Offline Membership Renewal  Log into your DCOSV account, on right-hand side you will see a link for “Offline Renewal” the page has instructions for renewing by personal check and snail-mail.

In Person
Bring your completed DCoSV Application and Liability form with proof of certification and payment to club meeting on Feb 4^th  7:30pm at Round Table Pizza 1220 Oakmead Pkwy, Sunnyvale, CA 94085

Forms can be found at http://www.dcosv.org/?page_id=9
Remember in order to be a member in good standings  you must renew by Feb 4, 2015, the grace period is running out!

Looking forward to a great year of diving.

Cheers
Kari
DCoSV Secretary

It’s that time of year. Our memberships are annual from Jan 1 to December 31.

Three ways to renew.

• At the next club meeting Nov 19 7:30pm (the join tab), print the forms and bring the completed forms to Walt
  

• You can print the membership and liability form and send a check payable to: DCoSV 620 N Ahwanee Terrace Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Att:  DCoSV Secretary

• You can renew online (coming soon)

For all who have paid for 2015 membership you will receive extra (+1) Raffle ticket at the Raffle on Nov 19th.

This week’s meeting included FREE PIZZA, salad bar and Halloween Candy provided by the DCOSV. We had a great turnout!

Recent Local Activities:

- 2 weeks ago Tim organized a club dive to Monestery; calm but so-so vis (green); lots of bright colors in the kelp bed

- Char and Andy dove at Breakwater last weekend; a bit hazy at depth

Trips:

- Marcello went to Bali and Thailand last month; dove the Phi Phi Islands on the Andaman Sea; good weather but not fantastic vis on many of the dives; huge numbers of fish on some of the dives

- Jim just got back from Guadalupe diving with HUGE Great Whites – he had fascinating  pics of some up-close encounters!!!

Upcoming Club Events:

1. Family Snorkel on Oct 25th

•  Snorkel, lunch and VIP Tour to the Aquarium; first dive at 8:30am; Mike will lead a group to the barge  (based on the instructions Kim Glenn provided); Please RSVP  to Ken Carter ( ken@kennethrcarter.com) so we have a headcount for lunch;    Details are on the  web site at www.dcosv.org
• Aquarium tour organized by Keithen Hayenga; VIP Tour of behind the scenes; meet at 1:45 at the tour desk if you have signed up with Keithen; right now it is completely booked up but Keithen will start a wait list in case there are cancellations so contact him if you are interested at keithen.hayenga@gmail.com 

2. Pt Lobos on Nov 15th

• There are a few spots left; talk to Keithen or Tim if you are interested in going 

Annual Club Elections: 

• Held elections and voted on the Officers and  Board positions  for 2015
• Had unanimous confirmation of proposed members of the Officers and Board of Directors for 2015:
• Officers:
  • President:  Judy Jordan-Biesele
  • Vice President: Walt Schaeffer
  • Secretary:  Kari Larson
  • Treasurer:  Butterfly Randall
  • Past President: Michael Davis
  • Safety Officer:  Mary Vetter
  • Training Officer:  Shannon Hackett
• Board of Directors:
  • Tim Nakada
  • Keithen Hayenga
  • Kenneth Carter
  • Paul Radpour
  • Marcelo Bossi
  • Richard Walrod

A special thanks to Mike Davis from all the club members for the many years he has headed up DCOSV; he’s done a fantastic job and now he will take on an official new title:  Past President