Happy Holidays,

I hope everybody enjoyed their Thanksgiving with family and friends. For a second month in a row, our general membership meeting had a substantial attendance in person. Please come out to the meetings and socialize with our friends. Plus, Rick has been doing a great job of finding very interesting speakers. Please come out to our next meeting.

It is that time of year for our annual election. The Board of Directors is proposing the following list of officers for 2023.

• President - Chris Hardham
• VP of Programs - Rick Dayan
• VP Overseas - Nils Jacobsen
• VP of Social Events – Open        
• VP of Local Diving - Ryan Goheen
• Secretary - Amy Welman
• Treasurer - Ronnie Farr

The election will be held in December in accordance with our bylaws. If you don’t want to vote online, you are always welcome to attend the Christmas Party and we will help you vote. The one week of voting will commence with the meeting and close a week later in compliance with the bylaws.

Please consider joining the board for the VP of Social Events. Several of the existing board members have filled this position in the past, the BoD has many great ideas to share and would be glad to help with the position.

We also need someone to volunteer for the Promotions position to run the Lobster pot at our meetings. Please consider joining the Board. Also, if you would like to donate for the Lobster Pot, any donations would be appreciated.

To attend a USA function, members must have a valid COVID-19 vaccination as defined by the CDC.

Happy diving,
Chris Hardham

President