November and December Newsletter

The club held its AGM in the Shamrock Lodge on the 5th of November. The new committee for the coming year is as follows:


Committee 2007 – 2008

Chairman ------------------ Brian Duffy
Vice Chairman ----------- Geraldine Fogarty
Diving Officer ----------- Colm O Reilly
Training Officer --------- Ger Loughnane
Treasurer ----------------- Ger Craven
Secretary ----------------- Cian Hynes
Equipment Officer ------ Aiden Henry
Fundraising Officer ----- Pauric Hynes
P.R.O. --------------------- Cheryl Mellet
Competitions Officer ---- Damien Mellet
Snorkeling Officer -------- Tony Duignan
Search and Recovery D.O. -- Damien Mellet

Delegates --------- Ger Craven and Stewart McMickan

Pool Sessions and Lectures

The pool sessions are back up and running every Sunday afternoon from 1:30 till 3pm. Please come along and give a hand with the training of all the new trainee divers and snorkelers.

Lectures will commence from the 2nd of December at 12pm in the clubhouse. Lecture schedule will run as per the CFT list of lectures. The schedule is now up on the Website and on the Noticeboard. For more information contact Ger Loughnane.




Fees 2007-2008

Subscriptions

The following subscriptions will apply for the coming year:

Member Type Cost in Euros

Adult Diver €230
Student Diver €150
Senior Snorkeler € 100
Junior Snorkeler € 70
Associate Member € 25

Family membership will be adjusted accordingly.

As always, the above fees need to be paid on or before 1st January 2008. If you are not
fully paid up at this point then you are not covered to dive, use any club equipment or partake in training in the pool.

Fees will continue to be accepted after 1st January 2008. If however you pay after the 31st of March 2008 you will be obliged to pay an additional late fee of €50. This late fee is reduced to €25 for student divers.

Dive Fees

It was decided at the AGM to revise the system by which divers pay for their dives. The €10 ‘pay as you dive’ fee is no longer an option. Instead any adult member wishing to dive must pay a dive fee of €100. This fee will cover all your dives for the season. The fee must be paid before you commence diving for the season.

This fee will not apply to student divers and divers under 18. Student divers and divers under 18 years of age will continue to dive for free.

Search and Recovery
Training is happening every weekend. Any member is welcome to come along and participate in the training. The only pre-requisite is that you have to be a club diver or higher to dive. The S/R team are also changing things a bit this year with Nitrox now being used instead of Air. Contact Damien Mellet for any S/R details.


Christmas Social
The Christmas social is being organised at the moment. At the time of printing the date and venue were awaiting confirmation. A club text will be circulated and notices at the pool when these are confirmed.




Member of the year 2007

Many thanks to all who voted in the recent member of the year poll. There were 9 nominees in all but the overall winner was Ger Loughnane. Well done Ger.




As always please check our website for regular club updates and remember that club take place on the first Wednesday of every month in the clubhouse at 8pm sharp. These meetings provide club members with an opportunity to have a say in the running of the club. There has been a low turnout lately at these meetings. In fact the October Monthly meeting had to be cancelled as only 4 club members turned up. Consequently meetings all club members are being encouraged to attend these meetings.