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Presidents
Report - July
Another
month has passed and we are still experiencing warm weather and beautiful
water. Those lucky enough to have been diving have great tales to tell of
flat seas and unlimited viz.
It is whale season again and many have been active off the
Central
Coast
. From the headland vantage points, pods heading north can be easily seen.
They are slowing down to give great breaching and tail slapping displays.
So if you are out in the boat keep an eye out for great photo
opportunities.
Scubascope has not been printed lately due to a lack of articles. If you
are interested in presenting a trip report or have interesting story or
history articles please feel free to contribute.
The website has undergone some
changes.
Mark Corless
has devoted some time to training some members to update the site. New
information that appears in Scubascope will also appear on the website
each month. So if you miss out on a programme just follow this link http://www.cci.net.au/scuba/schedule/diveprogram.doc
. Thank you Mark, for the time
that you have taken to train us.
The change of
TUG
from a company to an association is on track. As noted in previous
reports,
TUG
would financially benefit from the changeover with no day to day
difference noted by club members. The reason for and the benefits of the
change have been presented to the group over the last few meetings and we
have been progressing steadily along this path. We are hoping that the
changeover can be completed by June 30th so that we will not
have to pay for audit fees next financial year. The new association has
been formed and bank accounts are currently being set up. More information
will be issued at the July meeting. You will notice that on the membership
renewal forms,
TUG
has an Inc. instead of the usual Ltd suffix. On rejoining the club you
will automatically become a member of the new association. The old company
will be wound up with all assets transferred to the new association. I
would like to take this opportunity to thank
Peter Hudson
, Leon, Tim and Marc for all the work they have put in to make the smooth
transition.
The picnic day at
Catherine
Hill
Bay
went remarkably well. Everybody enjoyed the day so much that we are
planning a return trip with a BBQ lunch to top it off. Please enjoy the
trip reports and photos in this issue of Scubascope.
On a serious note – it’s that time of year again - fees are due.
A gentle reminder is included in this month’s Scubascope. When filling
in your information please include a current email address if you have one
as we like to keep everybody up to date on dive information. We would also
like to take this opportunity to canvas members to see if Scubascope
continues in its present form. There are various options – hard copy as
presently sent, bimonthly or via a web link to those with web access. On
your renewal form, please let us know your preference and any comments you
have on the current format.
Enjoy the month diving and see you at the next meeting.
Paula
General Meetings
General
Business: 4th June 2004
This meeting, held at the Central Coast Leagues
Club, commenced at 81.0 pm with Paula Bradly in the Chair.
Quorum:
As per attendance book.
Apologies:
Tim Ritchie
, Yvonne Mewkill,
Neil & Lyn Vincent
,
Rodger Bruce
&
Greig
Berry
.
Presidents
Report: Paula thanked
Marc Harry
for his much appreciated efforts in maintaining the club’s finances over
the last few years. Rousing cheer from the throng ensued.
Secretary’s
Report: In Tim’s absence,
Leon
reported that there was incoming correspondence from ASIC re wrong form
for change of directors, letter of acceptance of auditor from Graham
Schmidt, Australian Underwater Federation (AUF) re membership & public
liability insurance, Ocean care re Ocean Care Day, Ryde Underwater
bulletins x 2. Outgoing mail: Payment to AUF $1,000 for public liability
insurance & affiliation, form to ASIC re change of directors, letter
from Graham Schmidt and form nominating auditor for this financial year.
Treasurers
Report: Leon
read the financial status as follows. As of:
Bank
& Cash Accounts
Total:
$3,594.46
Total
Assets $3,694.46
Secretary and Treasurer’s report accepted moved
Andy Higley, 2nd
Bob Wark
. Carried
Dive
Reports : Excellent diving conditions at present, Paula has seen
whales on occasions. Everyone looking forward to diving
Catherine
Hill
Bay
tomorrow. The crew also saw possibly a couple of hundred dolphin off
Crackneck.
Dive
Programming ScubaScope:
Leon
spoke on the difficulties with the production of ScubaScope this and last
month due to problems cause by lack of material supplied to Scribal and
the extremely difficult process in having the email material being
transferred to the printers. The general consensus is that
TUG
may need to abandon the hard copy edition and concentrate on getting the
web site resurrected.
Leon
said he would contact
Mark Corless
initially to see if we can reactivate the system and Andy said he would
take over the dive programming with view to only posting the program if we
can’t come up with enough diving material..
GENERAL
BUSINESS
:
Leon
spoke on the progression of the establishment of the new
TUG
corporation, the documentation distributed by
Peter Hudson
at our March meeting and supported by members. In order to formally
establish the new arrangements before the end of the financial year a
motion was put: “To authorize
Peter Hudson
, member and solicitor to make necessary arrangements to register and
transfer assets for the establishment of the corporation, and the
committee apply for new bank accounts in the corporation name before 30
June 04”. Moved:
Marc Harry
, 2nd Grant Bradly. Carried.
Meeting
closed at 9.00 pm
TUGGO
Numbers: No numbers drawn at the June meeting.
After a short break Marc Harry gave a presentation
of photos taken locally and overseas. The shots represented a mixture land
and water shots showing the versatility of the digital camera.
General
Business:
7th May 2004
The following are a copy of the May meeting
minutes as no ScubaScope could be published for May June or July.
This
meeting, held at the Central Coast Leagues Club, commenced at
7.50 pm
with
Leon Williams
in the Chair. Eight attend with numbers down due to lack of parking as the
Football was on. Apologies were recorded in the book. The minutes of the
previous meeting were read and accepted. (R Westerdyk/ W
Taylor
)
Presidents
Report: none, as Paula was in Hospital.
Secretary’s
Report: Letters in: Doutless & Diving, URG , OCCI
Treasurers
Report :
-
Main
Account
4472.26
-
Boat
Account
6.99
-
Investment
Account 42.58
-
Petty
Cash
100.00
TOTAL
4621.83
Reports
adopted R Wark/B Ross
Deregistration
of
TUG
as a Company:
Peter Hudson
has lodged forms with Department of Fair Trading to secure a name for the
proposed Association. Auditor It was resolved we reappoint our former
Auditor G Schmidt.
Leon Williams
and Paula Bradly to confer. Dive Reports: The recent night dive went well.
All the careful planning ensured that divers and crew worked well
together. The strobes above and underwater provided great reference
points. Winston reported on diving with Southern Cross at Long Reef. Robb
has been to Coolamin Plains, diving in
Murrays
Cave
. Signed the visitors book! Slides to follow the Meeting. Greig has been
to Truk Lagoon and had fantastic conditions on a range of dive sites.
Beautiful soft corals. Neil and Robb were at the recent
Jervis
Bay
shoot out. Neil came 3rd with Robb in 4th place. Dive Programming 5 June
Catherine Hill Bay: meet at the Pub 7.30
GENERAL
BUSINESS
A
dive off
Swansea
has been organised by
Peter Hudson
. He will tow the boat up and asks that someone returns the boat. The fuel
and red box are at Robbs for the next five weeks.
TUG
GO Numbers:
14,3,21,18,38,4,26,4 Well done
Grant.
Robb Westerdyk
spoke on
Murrays
Cave
that involved a series of sump crossing. His slides were exceptional with
some great backlighting.
THANKS
TUG
wishes to acknowledge the following diving organisations' assistance with
the free distribution of this journal. They are (in alphabetical order):
GOSFORD
DIVING SERVICES
310
Trafalgar Avenue, Umina (just off West Street)
Tel
(02) 4342 1855
TERRIGAL
DIVE CENTRE
The
Haven, Terrigal (west end of beach)
Tel
(02) 4384 1219 · 4385 1869
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