Wednesday - Oct 27, 2010
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Wednesday - Sept 29, 2010
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Wednesday - Aug 25, 2010
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Wednesday - July 28, 2010
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Wednesday - June 30, 2010
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Wednesday - May 26, 2010
Dennis Deavenport with
HUPS
(Houston Underwater Photographic Society)
will
talk to us about underwater photography shots from
recent trips.
If you were at SeaSpace, it was HUPS that had that gallery of beautiful
photos and Dennis was a primary contributor to the
collection.
This
will be a fun presentation.
For more information
about HUPS go to
www.hups.org
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Wednesday - April 28, 2010
Tim Lloyd with The Harris County Sherriff's
Department Dive Team
will be thrilling us with tales of exploits and
insight into the world of search and recovery.
He is the only instructor in Texas certified in
teaching the Full Face Mask course.
Tim is loads of fun and you will certainly enjoy his
time with us.
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Wednesday - Mar 31, 2010
Presentation was made by Maximum SCUBA of Seabrook
Texas.
The subject was local spear fishing in the Gulf of
Mexico off the coast of Galveston Texas.
Topics included the different types of
spear guns available, where and when to spear fish.
Maximum SCUBA now offers a PADI spear
fishing specialty certification.
They developed the course and currently
are the only dive shop in the country to offer this cert.
Maximum Scuba
2001
Bayport Blvd
Seabrook, Texas 77573
281-291-9911
www.maximum-scuba.com
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Wednesday - Feb 24, 2010
Larry McKenna with Save Our Leatherback
Organization -S.O.L.O.
Leatherback Turtles are one of the rarest sea turtle. Larry leads
expeditions around the world to monitor and track these great
reptiles. We will get an update on his latest travels and what is in
store for the future. Also, he will provide information about
opportunities to join him. He has information about how we can
participate in future expeditions. They go to exotic parts of the
world and since they are part of a scientific study, qualify as tax
deductible. It might be something worth considering as a dive trip
for next year.
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Wednesday - Jan 27, 2010
Jimmy Atkinson with Toys for the Children will be our speaker at the
January 27th meeting. He will be presenting information
about how his organization brings toys to underprivileged children
at favorite dive locations in different parts of the world. If you
would like to donate toys or other items to this worthy cause,
please bring them to the meeting.
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Wednesday -
Nov
18th, 2009
The last meeting of the year is
reserved for election of the next years Board of Directors.
Congratulations to the newly
elected 2010 Board of Directors: President - Christie
Zamora, Vice President - Kip Stubbs,
Treasurer - Sandee Roquemore,
Editor - Ja Van Pruett, Membership Director - Mei-Hwa
Ferguson,
Board Member - Neil Lowrey, Board
Member - David Romano
Thank you to the 2009 Board of
Directors: President - Jim Delane, Vice President - Christie
Zamora,
Treasurer - Sandee Roquemore,
Editor - Ja Van Pruett, Board Member - Randy Widaman
Board Member - Lanelle Hanagriff,
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Wednesday - Oct 28, 2009
 Texas Marine Mammal
Stranding Network
Discover the Texas Marine Mammal
Stranding Network and how we respond to all marine mammal
strandings along the Texas Gulf Coast. Learn about our
missions, understand how education plays an important role
in increasing stranding awareness as well as how the TMMSN
responds to and cares for live stranded dolphins and whales
that come in to rehabilitation. We will also share our most
recent rescues and success stories which I’m sure you will
find of interest. Learn valuable techniques used to rescue a
live stranded animal and how you can help support our work!
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Wednesday - Sept 30, 2009
Guest speaker is
Barbara Thompson with Dive Pirates.
Her presentation will inform and educate about their goals and
successes. Dive Pirates is dedicated to providing
Adaptive Divers the opportunity and ability to share in the
priceless booty of Scuba Diving in the Caribbean.
Come and see how Scuba can help people with a variety of
disabilities and how divers can contribute to this worthy cause.
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Wednesday - August 26, 2009
HEART (Help Endangered Animals-Ridley
Turtles) is part of the Sea Turtle Restoration Project, an
international group who work for not only the Kemp’s ridleys but all
species of sea turtles in the oceans of the world. Rod and Sharla
Knoll from the Gulf Office of the Sea Turtle Restoration Project in
Galveston will be making a presentation to Bay Area Divers at
Chabuca's Restaurant in Webster, TX on August 26th on
this worthwhile topic. Come learn how to help these enigmatic
creatures and help restore balance to our seas.
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Wednesday - July 29, 2009
Jim Rosborough led an 'volun-tourism'
trip to Belize in March 2009. He will be talking about the trip and
what you can expect should you join him on next years trip. He will
be repeating the trip again in 2010. This is an inexpensive way to
see some of the best diving in pristine waters in Belize! Definitely
worth checking out if you want to dive something different in 2010.
Jim Rosborough will share his experience in volunturism on projects
doing marine research with Earthwatch over the past 13 years. Jim
has worked on projects in Belize, Aruba, Jamaica, Barbados, Exuma
Cays, Puerto Rico, Bonaire, San Salvador, Hawaii, Thailand and St.
John. Earthwatch is currently organizing research projects in the
Seychelles and Thailand. Earthwatch Institute
engages people worldwide in scientific field research and education
to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable
environment.
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Wednesday - June 24, 2009
Shelley DuPuy of
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary will
be doing a presentation. A lot has happened at the
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary within the past
year. A new research
vessel was christened, a major hurricane plowed through the
sanctuary then visited the offices, and a manta catalog was
compiled. Come find out more about all of these changes and
discover what you've been missing in the
Gulf of Mexico.
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Wednesday - May 27, 2009
Bill
Jones - talk about "Selecting the best Dive Trip for You"
May's
featured speaker is Bill Jones who will be talking about his
upcoming trip to Cozumel.
Including what to look
for and compare to select the right trip. Bill will contrast and
compare the Cozumel trip but would like to point out things to
consider and compare when planning a dive trip.
One of
the perks to being a B.A.D. member is the great diving opportunities
offered through the club. Bill's trip is scheduled for the last week
in July and is touted to be one of the best diving values available.
Come and learn more about this great trip from Bill and many of our
members who have gone on this trip in years past.
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Wednesday -
April 29, 2009
Presentation by Moody Gardens - Aquarium SCUBA
Divers Volunteer Program
Maria is the volunteer coordinator from
the Moody Gardens Aquarium in Galveston.
Maria, is bringing some GREAT
information on how to volunteer to work behind
the scenes. What is required to get involved, and answer questions.
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Wednesday - Mar 25, 2009
Randy Widaman - Roatan
Honduras
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Wednesday - Feb 25th, 2009
Our guest speaker for
February was Dennis Camp (aka Capt Waldo). Dennis has
been diving in and around Texas since 1968, and has traveled
the world sharing dive experiences with many local, regional
and international divers. Dennis’ presentation was on
the new “Dive across Texas” program being offered through
most of the Dive shops in the state of Texas! This is an
exciting new program being sponsored by Dive Training
magazine, most of the major equipment suppliers and
certifying agencies of the recreational scuba industry. The
concept is to promote local and regional diving in the state
of Texas and bordering Gulf coast. Participants will
receive the chance to win over $10,000 in trips and scuba
related prizes. For more information you can go to
www.divearoundtexas.com or visit your local
participating dive shop
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Wednesday - January 28, 2009+
Craig Shannon
and Maximum Scuba
These people did a
great job telling us about local spear fishing. They brought some
guns and did a nice presentation with slides and video. Maximum
SCUBA dive shop of Seabrook Texas donated the door prizes. If you
missed this meeting, you missed a chance to get some fantastic door
prizes such as a dive computer, fins and lots of other stuff.
Maximum SCUBA also told us about the spear fishing classes they hold
and that they go out on a regular basis to dive the rigs for fun.
Contact them and give them some business - go out to the rigs with
them for a day! They are good people.
www.maximum-scuba.com
info@maximum-scuba.com
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Wednesday -
October 29, 2008
David Hergert with the Houston Police Department Dive
Team
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Wednesday -
September
24, 2008
NASA Neutral
Buoyancy Lab Presentation
We
have invited Dennis Casey from the
NASA NBL (Neutral Buoyancy Lab) to come to our September
24th general meeting to talk to us about what is that the
NASA NBL dive team does in preparing our Astronauts and the
other Foreign countries that work with the ISS and Shuttle
team for their next
space flight. Dennis said he would try and bring some neat
stuff used in the training to the meeting. Dennis got his
open water certification in 1983 and his Dive Master
certification in 1987. He then went on to get his captain's
license in 1989 and captained the Spree and the Fling for a
number of years.
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Wednesday -
August 27,
2008
Jim Rosborough
shared his experience in volunteerism on
projects doing marine research with Earthwatch
over the past 12 years. Jim has worked on
projects in Belize, Aruba, Jamaica, Barbados,
Exuma Cays, Puerto Rico, Bonaire, San Salvador,
Hawaii and St. John. Earthwatch is currently
organizing research projects in the Seychelles,
Belize, Thailand and Truck Lagoon.
Jim has been a
diver and explorer for over 50 years. He grew up
on the island of Aruba.
This was a good
opportunity to learn about the many ways that us
divers can participate in these types of
projects.
www.earthwatch.org
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Wednesday -
July 30,
, 2008
Our guest speaker was
Randy Smith of Sports
Divers in Webster.
Captain Randy conducts
local boat charters to go rig diving, to see the ship the VA
FOGG and the Liberty Ship. .
As an
additional treat, Sport Divers shared pictures and
information
about their Junior Divers Scuba Camp for kids 10
years old and up.
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Wednesday -
June 25, 2008
Our guest
speaker was Barbara Thompson with Dive Pirates.
Her presentation informed and educated
us about their about their goals and successes in creating
an adaptive diver program. .
Dive Pirates is dedicated
to providing Adaptive Divers the opportunity and ability to
share in the priceless booty of Scuba Diving in the
Caribbean.
832-212-1967
www.divepirates.org
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Wednesday -
May 28, 2008
Our guest speaker
was Larry McKenna with SOLO
Save Our
Leatherbacks Organization
Larry had just got back
from the jungles of Indonesia with new photos
and an update on the
endangered California Leatherbacks that nest there.
This was an
educational and very interesting presentation.
www.leatherbackturtles.com
(281) 361-4492
happycatproductions@earthlink.net |
Wednesday -
April 30, 2008
The speaker was Jim
Delane. The topic was the islands of Old Providence and
Santa Catalina off the Caribbean coast of Panama. They call it the
'last natural refuge in the Caribbean'. The dvd presentation
gave a good feel of just how pristine and laid back this
dive destination is. Many members have indicated interest in
going to dive.
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Wednesday -
March 26, 2008
- General Meeting
Guest speaker is
Kyle Stephens
Divers Alert Network recently
released a DVD that talks about the indication and treatment of the
'bends' otherwise known as DCS. The DVD was viewed. It was
entertaining and informative.
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Wednesday - February 27, 2008
- General Meeting
Guest speaker is John
Thomas with H.E.A.R.T.
(Help Endangered Animals -Ridley Turtles)
The Ridley sea turtle nesting season on Galveston Island is
coming up. John is a long time sea turtle educator,
volunteer and
activist. He will let us know how the preservation
efforts of HEART are working
and what volunteers can do to
help.
www.ridleyturtles.org
carole@seaturtles.org
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Wednesday,
January 30, 2008
our guest speaker was
Elizabeth Himes
with the Cayman Islands -
Department of Tourism
The Cayman Islands are famous for the spectacular diving, the
beautiful islands and the wonderful people. We will learned about
the some of the wonderful things that the Cayman Islands have to
offer. We found out about the difference in the three islands and
what some of the resorts and dive operations are available. Also,
Elizabeth brought some rum cakes. Thanks Elizabeth!
www.caymanislslands.ky
www.divecayman.ky
ehimes@caymanislands.ky
Capt. Waldo - Dennis Camp did a great job of providing door prizes.
He provided some great prizes like masks, snorkels and all kinds of
cool stuff. If you were not there - you missed out.
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Wednesday, October 24,
2008
our guest
speaker was Larry McKenna with SOLO - Save Our
Leatherbacks Organization
Larry gave a great presentation about the dire situation
with the Pacific Leatherback Turtles. The leatherbacks
are quite prehistoric. Larry offers an expedition to
Indonesia a couple of times a year to observe the laying
and hatching of eggs. The Pacific leatherback turtle is
a very unique animal. Over eons, they have developed a
specific migratory pattern whereby they will migrate
from specific beaches to specific regions. The turtles
that Larry studies migrate to and from that specific
beach to the California coast. They are the California
Leatherbacks. They migrate to California and eat the
jellyfish along the coast before they go back to that
beach. On another beach on the island, the Australian
leatherbacks lay eggs. These are exclusive of each
other. Sadly, the population of California leatherbacks
have declined drastically. The most likely cause is the
extensive longline fishing that occurs along the
migratory route from Indonesia to California. At this
time, it is very likely that the California Leatherback
turtle will be extinct by 2020. Larry McKenna has lead
the effort to raise awareness about these magnificent
creatures plight. I encourage everyone to learn more and
to support Larry's conservation efforts. The excursions
that Larry offers are scientific expeditions and are tax
deductible. You are taken to a very remote and pristine
area. It is a spectacular trip. If you are interested in
details of the trip or would like to learn more about
the leatherback turtle - please contact Larry McKenna.
www.leatherbackturtles.com
(281) 361-4492
happycatproductions@earthlink.net
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September 26, 2007
Moody Gardens Aquarium of Galveston
did the
presentation. Jay Reynolds and
Yvette Schmidt
discussed what
opportunities there are for divers to volunteer at the
Moody Gardens Aquarium. Jay is in charge of the divers
and Yvette heads up the Volunteer operations there.
Moody Gardens has many tanks representing different
ecosystems around the world including the Caribbean, the
South Pacific, North Pacific, penguins and seals. This
is a good opportunity to learn about the internal
workings of the Moody Gardens Aquarium on Galveston,
Texas. Jay's presentation that went over the basics
of what is expected of dive volunteers. He will discuss
what a typical day might be like and what volunteers can
expect to do. He talked about the different exhibits
that volunteers may get to dive. Jay covered the
training program as it stands right now, and briefly
discussed what he would like to see developed in the near
future, i.e. a scientific diving course.
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August 29, 2007
Thanks to the
The Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network. Heidi Watts
did an excellent presentation on what TMMSN is all about
and what they do. We discussed what they have done to
help stranded mammals found along the coast. Heidi
repeated many times the phone number to call should you
find a stranded mammal - that is 1-800-9-MAMMAL.
Probably one of the most valuable things I learned that
if a stranded mammal is found, call them immediately,
and it it is alive, provide shade, keep it cool and dig
out sand from underneath to relieve stress on internal
organs. Also it is important to report dead mammals do
they can get out there quickly and determine the cause.
She talked about animals the have rescued. Recently they
had a pigmy sperm whale and it's baby. They also have
recovered bottlenose, sawtooth and spinner dolphins off
the Gulf Coast. This should be a
very informative and educational presentation. TMMSN
will be at the Annual Scuba flea market
info link
on October 13th, so you can stop by
and check them out.
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July
25, 2007
Jim Rosborough shared
his experience in volunturism on projects doing
marine research with Earthwatch over the past 11
years. Jim has worked on projects in Belize,
Aruba, Jamaica, Barbados, Exuma Cays, Puerto
Rico, Bonaire, San Salvador, Hawaii and St.
John. Earthwatch is currently organizing
research projects in the Seychelles, Belize,
Thailand and Truck Lagoon. Jim has been a diver
and explorer for over 50 years. He grew up on
the island of Aruba.
This was a good
opportunity to learn about the many ways that us
divers can participate in these types of
projects. It was a lot of fun finding out about
Jim’s adventures and experiences. He also plans
to get with BAD in the coming year to see about
getting a dive trip together to participate in
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June 27,
2007
We had Dennis Deavenport with the HUPS (Houston
Underwater Photographic Society) talked to us about
underwater photography shots from recent trips to
Indonesia and Cayman Brac. If you were at SeaSpace
2007, it was HUPS that had that gallery of beautiful
photos and Dennis was a primary contributor to the
collection. This was a fun presentation.
For more information
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