GLUG MEETING MINUTES 7 FEB 2006

Officers’ reports
UK dive coordinator (Corinne)
o UK trips are filling up fast. There is one space on Corinne’s trip to Scapa Flow.
o All GLUG spaces on Fiona’s Farnes trip are full and there is a waiting list of GLUG members. There are still four Pink Tank spaces and Fiona will open these up to GLUG shortly.
o There are still two places left on Fiona’s Swanage trip.
o Check the website for latest details.
o Some months ago the possibility of a trip to Jersey was discussed. Lots of members interested Neil to contact Jersey contact to explore. Action Neil

Treasurer (Alan)
o Apologies for absence

Membership secretary (Fiona)
o 30 paid up members so far this year. Fiona will send out reminders to those who have not yet paid.
o Anyone who has not paid their sub by the end of March will be deemed to be no longer a member and will not be able to access the members’ area of the site. Action Fiona and Neil

Publicity officer (Kirk)
o Nothing to report this month

Webmaster (Neil)
o Our website host had hardware difficulties leading to the site being out of action for several days. It is now up and running again.

Equipment coordinator (Corinne reporting for Steph)
o 2 SMB reels have been purchased plus a new 02 kit. Belts and weights still to be bought.

Dorothy Divers (Corinne)
o One new Ocean Diver student
o DD to run Sports Diver and Dry Suit training in the spring

Other dives
o Dive for Life (Corinne) 85% full as of 2 weeks before the meeting. Will be in St Lucia on 16 September. Check DfL website for details- there is a link from the GLUG website.
o Djibouti (Brian). Brian has researched a trip to Djibouti either over Christmas or New Year. Cost approx £1,200 including flights and six days liveaboard. Brian will put details on website. Action Brian.

AOB
o We have had a very generous offer of a complete set of diving equipment, barely used, from Siobhan who has had to give up diving following a back injury. Members thanked Siobhan for this and Allen will collect Action Allen
o We are running out of T-shirts. It was agreed that we should purchase further supplies. Kirk suggested using an ethical source and will investigate costs. Neil to compare costs with traditional suppliers. Action Kirk and Neil
o The Dive Show will be held at Excel on 1-2 April. Noted that there are ticket price reductions for groups of 8 tickets or more. Corinne volunteered to coordinate tickets Action Corinne

Date of next meeting
7.30 pm Tue 7 March

It’s that time of year again! £10 will renew your membership for another year. You can download the membership form from the membership section. Anyone who hasn’t renewed their membership before the end of March will find they cannot access the members area - so send me your money!

GLUG meeting agenda 7 Feb 2006,
7.30 pm Konditor and Cook, Curzon Cinema, Shaftsbury Avenue
1. Apologies for absence
2. Welcome to new members
3. Notes of last meeting
4. Matters arising
5. Officers’ reports:
o UK dive coordinator
o Treasurer
o Membership secretary
o Publicity officer
o Webmaster
o Equipment coordinator
o Dorothy Divers
6. Other dives
7. AOB
9. Date of next meeting 7.30 pm Tue 7 March

GLUG meeting agenda 10 Jan 2006
7.30 pm Konditor and Cook, Curzon Cinema, Shaftsbury Avenue

1. Apologies for absence

2. Welcome to new members

3. Notes of last meeting

4. Matters arising

5. Officers’ reports:
o UK dive coordinator
o Treasurer
o Membership secretary
o Publicity officer
o Webmaster
o Equipment coordinator
o Dorothy Divers

6. Other dives

7. AOB

9. Date of next meeting 7.30 pm Tue 7 February

GLUG AGM 3 December 2005

1. Apologies for absence

2. Minutes of last AGM

3. Matters arising

4. Officers’ reports:
- Chair
- UK dive coordinator
- Equipment coordinator
- Treasurer
- Membership secretary
- Publicity officer
- Newsletter/Website
- Dorothy Divers

5. Election of officers

6. AOB

7. Date of next meeting – 10th Jan 2005 (NB Not the first Tue of the month!)

Hi everyone,

With the AGM fast approaching, it’s time to think about the GLUG Committee posts, and whether you’d be interested in playing a more active role in the club, by volunteering for one of them.

The committee posts for 2006 will be:

GLUG meeting agenda 1 November 2005

1. Apologies for absence

2. Welcome to new members

3. Notes of last meeting

4. Matters arising

5. AGM arrangements – election of officers

6. Officers’ reports:
o UK dive coordinator
o Equipment coordinatoro Treasurer
o Membership secretary
o Publicity officer
o Newsletter/Website
o Dorothy Divers

7. Other dives

8. AOB

9. Date of next meeting – AGM Sat 3rd December 2005

Thanks to everyone who took part in the GLUG survey - I’ll be publishing the results shortly.

The lucky winner of the year’s free membership and GLUG towel was Gary Nicholls - congratulations!

GLUG meeting agenda 2 August

1. Apologies for absence
2. Welcome to new members
3. Notes of last meeting
4. Matters arising:
• Summer BBQ
• Membership questionnaire
5. Officers’ reports:
• UK dive coordinator
• Equipment coordinator
• Overseas dive coordinator
• Treasurer
• Membership secretary
• Publicity officer
• Newsletter/Website maestro
• Dorothy Divers
6. Other dives
7. AOB
8. Date of next meeting – 6 September 2005

GLUG meeting agenda 5 July

1. Apologies for absence

2. Welcome to new members

3. Notes of last meeting

4. Matters arising:
o Summer BBQ
o Membership questionnaire

5. Officers’ reports:
o UK dive coordinator
o Equipment coordinator
o Overseas dive coordinator
o Treasurer
o Membership secretary
o Publicity officer
o Newsletter/Website maestro

6. Other dives

7. AOB

8. Date of next meeting – 2 August 2005

Agenda

1. Welcome
2. Minutes of last meeting
3. Matters arising
4. Officers’ reports
5. - Membership secretary
6. - Treasurer
7. - Webmaster
8. - Overseas dive coordinator
9. - UK dive coordinator
10. - Equipment secretary
11. - Other trips
12. Dorothy divers
13. Any other business

- Update on possible new venues

14. Date of next meeting - Tue 7 June

Agenda

1. Welcome
2. Minutes of last meeting
3. Matters arising
4. Officers’ reports
5. - Membership secretary
6. - Treasurer
7. - Webmaster
8. - Overseas dive coordinator
9. - UK dive coordinator
10. - Equipment secretary
11. - Other trips
12. Dorothy divers
13. Any other business
14. Date of next meeting - Tue 3 May

Agenda

1. Welcome
2. Presentation from Peter Hughes Diving
3. Minutes of last meeting
4. Matters arising
5. Officers’ reports
6. - Membership secretary
7. - Treasurer
8. - Webmaster
9. - Overseas dive coordinator
10. - UK dive coordinator
11. - Equipment secretary
12. - Other trips
13. Dorothy divers
14. Change of venue? A number of us find Elephant and Castle unsafe/difficult to get to. Is there interest in finding a more central venue?
15. Any other business
16. Date of next meeting - Tue 5 April

If you were a GLUG member in 2004, but haven’t yet renewed your membership, you’ll find that you can no longer post messages, or read members-only posts. The website will still accept your login, but you’ll see a message at the top of this page, reminding you that your membership has expired.
There’s an easy remedy - print off a membership form, and send it off with your subscription - we’ll reinstate your web access as soon as we receive your cheque!

Agenda - 1 February 2005

1. Welcome
2. Minutes of last meeting
3. Matters arising
4. Officers’ reports

- UK dive coordinator
- Overseas dive coordinator
- Other trips
- Webmaster
- Membership secretary
- Treasurer
- Other reports

5. LIDS - 5/6 March 2005
6. Any other business
7. Date of next meeting - note that meeting date has been changed to 8 March and that we will be having a presentation from Peter Hughes Diving