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1. |
Apologies
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Trish
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All other committee
members present
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Also present,
Richard Manning, Diane, Neil Thackery
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2. |
Matters Arising
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Sports Centre
Arrangements
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Pete confirmed
that the prices quoted at last months meeting were now confirmed
and that this resulted in a real price increase of approximately
£27.00 per week.
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Andy Briggs had
provided the compressor risk assessment and the Sports Centre have
now provided the location risk assessments so Ray, Dave and Helen
will now commence work on our risk assessment
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It was confirmed
that our status meant that we didn’t have to pay VAT but Richard
also confirmed that the Sports Centre had not been charging VAT
either
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Richard suggested
that the increase in fees could be recovered by;
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An increase in
annual subs to all members (£5.00 for diving members and £3.00
for snorkel members)
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An increase in
the initial fees charged to new members requiring training from
£175.00 to £210
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The committee
agreed to consider these increases and to come to a decision at
the next meeting
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Compressor – Is
still awaiting reinstallation pending the Sports Centre agreement to
our risk assessment (above)
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Instructor Training
– No action
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Dive Marshalling
Sheet – No action….Dave Colley to forward sheet to Stewart for
inclusion onto the web site
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Dive Marshalling
Training – Martin has volunteered his time to conduct the training
for all those interested. It was suggested that the theory training
could take place over a couple of Monday evenings to keep costs
down. Martin asked for a minimum of 6 trainees and the more the
merrier – contact Sarah with your interest
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Dive Marshalling –
Pete distributed copies of the ‘Dive Safety’ booklet containing
‘cross
organisation’ (i.e., BSAC, PADI, etc) agreements on broad principles for dive
marshalling. Kate and all to review and consider adopting at next
meeting
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Minutes – Andy
Booth is now providing a copy of the meeting minutes on the desk and
at the pub.
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H & S and Manual
Handling and Training Mentorship – Dave Colley has now written to
Neil in reply to the points raised. Neil will comment as applicable
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3. |
Membership Secretary
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No issued raised
although we have recently received a large number of enquiries
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4. |
Diving Officer's Report
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This month’s report
is about two of our members. One, who I shan’t name in case he wants
to remain anonymous, suffered a DCI. Fortunately, he
recognised
it, administered oxygen and contacted a doctor. The circumstances
have been reported to BSAC and I have been able to look at the dive
sheets to see if there was anything about the diving weekend that
looked suspect. This, for me, was an instance of the importance of
handing in dive sheets. Not that there was anything untoward apart
from the very poor visibility and people coming up at different
times from their buddies. It seemed to be one of those inexplicable
incidents, when everything was done according to the book, but the
diver’s body thought otherwise. It is hard to learn from this – we
don’t know what to put right. Maybe the lesson to learn is to be
like this diver was- vigilant. Don’t dismiss those aches and pains,
be brave enough to admit what’s happening and get the right
treatment.
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The second person
shall be named – if you haven’t already read his letter in Dive.
Andy Booth was diving at Stoney Cove and there was an incident. A
diver had a serious problem at the surface and Andy helped with the
rescue and resuscitation until help arrived. Andy was full of praise
for the Stoney Cove staff but I think we should praise Andy for
recognising what was happening and putting some of his training into
action. We should all keep our rescue skills up to scratch. Well
done Andy.
Kate Falkingham, Diving Officer
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5. |
Training Officers Report
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A number of trainees
are progressing well with several moving onto open water
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Dave has issued a
memo to all trainees requesting notice when they will be unable to
attend and it appears to be having the trick
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Sports Diver
training will be commencing in the next few weeks and all interested
parties should let Dave know as soon as possible.
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6. |
Treasurer's Report
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Richard was unable
to provide a summary although the bank statement was healthy with
about half of the balance known to be due for payments
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A full summary will
be made available at the next meeting
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7. |
Equipment Officer's Report
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Two BC’s are due
for repair
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Andy is trying to
get new cylinder labels (for test date, etc) but they are proving
expensive at the moment
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Andy is still
running back and forth filling cylinders as and when needed
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8. |
Club constitution regarding Juniors (G Exton)
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It was stated that
at a committee meeting within the last couple of years, the
committee decided that our club would not take any trainee under the
age of 16 due to the various Child Protection implication and the
high degree of risk it places the instructors under. For instance,
it was pointed out that the Controlled Buoyant Lift procedure
involved a necessary element of physical contact with the trainee, and that even
with parents present, this carried an element of risk to the
instructor for future allegation (whether founded or not).
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However, after a
lengthy debate, it was agreed to ask Martin to attend next months
meeting and provide BSAC HQ views, etc (Sarah to invite).
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9. |
Octopush T-Shirts update (S Churchman)
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Dave Colley has the
design and did get a quote and will update the situation at the next
meeting
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10. |
BSAC18 50th Celebrations (A Waugh)
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Andy kindly
volunteered to head up a sub committee to consider options for the
50th Celebration. Please forward all suggestions to him
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Steve and Diane had
made a suggestion that all divers to make more than 50 dives in our
50th year (between the 2004 AGM and 2005 AGM) should be
presented with a t-shirt
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11. |
Laser Printer for membership sec (A Booth)
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The committee
agreed to fund a laser printer for the membership secretary.
(Staples are selling Samsung laser printers for under £60.00 and
Richard will look into this at Dixons)
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12. |
Paying-in book and cheque book for membership officer (Andy Booth)
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Richard and Andy
agreed to discuss this situation away from the meeting and report
back with their conclusions at next months meeting
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13. |
WWF Big Swim event (Dave Colley)
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Dave informed the
group of this fund raising event and suggested that we could look to
participate to raise awareness for the Dolphins and for our club –
please contact Dave with fund raising ideas
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