Board Meeting was held at Ron & Lois house on Wednesday October 25, 2006.  Attending board members were:  John Augustine, Donna Sabol, Ron Peterson, and Bert Sharbaugh.  Guests attending were: Joy Augustine.

Donna Sabol will keep Ron up-to-date if recently dropped members pay their dues.

Mike Miller needs to be contacted about fees and keeping the board up to date.

MTO’s coupons now available:  see Shari Mullen

Discussed the Halloween Dive and Chili cook off.  Bob Hands house will be the backup location.

Discussed the Christmas party.  The D.J. is arranged.  Donna Bender, Dan Turcovsky, and Lois Keegan will be providing some door prizes.  The reel (left over from the treasure dive) will be the 50/50 prize.  Shari will do both releases at the Christmas party.

The General Meeting was called to order at Penn Gables, Ebensburg, PA  on November 2, 2006 at 7:30 pm, by President John Augustine with the official blowing of the conch.

Treasurers Report for the month of October
 Income  $0
 Expenses $583.69
 Balance $ 1521.83

Membership Report: No new members.

Old Business

We forgot to get nominations for Board Members last month.  We took nominations only this meeting for board members.  Nominated were:  Bert Sharbaugh, Bob Hand, Paul Brawley, Jean Mullen, Jim/Lauri Kerr.  All accepted the nomination, except Paul Brawley who was not present.  Lois will contact Paul before the next meeting to see if he accepts the nomination.

MTO coupons for fundraiser are now available from Shari Mullen.  A $4 contribution buys you a Sheetz MTO item and drink.  The club makes a $1.25 profit on each coupon.  Please support the club by purchasing and selling as many coupons as possible.

The Christmas party is December 3.  Contact Donna Sabol if you have not signed up yet.

Sue Morra will schedule the scuba Olympics in January or February 2007, at the convience of St. Francis.

Ron announced he has an air compressor at his house, and can now fill scuba tanks.  The compressor is a 13.1 cu ft per minute capacity, and has 3800 cu ft cascade system.  Nitrox and helium will be available soon.  See ScubaFills.com

Shari Mullen is taking orders for Laurel Divers Sweat Shirts.  Place orders now!

Trip Reports

Haunted House was held at Ron and Lois’s house on October 21st.  A very special “Dive Buddies for Life” ceremony featured John and Joy.

The Halloween Dive had bad weather and no one dove.  The Chile Cook off had just one entry and unanimous winner:  Joy Augustine.

Bert and Nelda did some diving in Hawaii on their honeymoon.  90deg air and 80deg water is paradise.

Ron dove the Jodrey in Thousand Islands:  230 max and 68deg water, top to bottom.  One of the premier technical dives.
Tee Shirt Report

As the “program” for this evening, everyone was invited to do a show and tell about thier favorite dive “tee shirt”.

Bert and Ron already discussed their shirts in the regular trip report.

Lois discussed the Papoose out of Morehead City, NC

Donna Sabol reported on the Spiegel Grove out of Key Largo, FL

Spencer  told us about his snorkeling with the turtles.

John and Joy had a memorable experience in Marathon, FL

The Christmas party is scheduled for Saturday Dec 2nd.    Meal choices are Stuffed Chicken Breast or Lasagna for $17 or Baked Haddock for $20.    Music by John Boyer.  Sign ups encouraged by the November general meeting, and all money and reservations must be paid by November 15th.

Anyone with any suggestions for topics at future dive meetings, please contact John Augustine.  We are looking for ideas &/or volunteers.

Bob Hand won the door prize: scissors
Mike Noll would have won the day book of $213 but was not present.

Next Board Meeting – Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:30 pm at Ron & Lois

Next General Meeting at the Christmas Party, December 2, 2006 6pm at Penn Gables.