As to the ripple effect of it all. Start with our special guest speaker, Jonna

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1 NEWSLETTER Bottom Times from your Newsletter Editor Once again your humble Newsletter Editor has the honor of writing this month s Bottom Times. I thought I d spend some time talking about our September meeting but then we did get locked out of Pirates so there is that. Speaking of the September General meeting, and I do on page 8, I have my own feelings about the way it unfolded and most isn t too flattering. What I m interested in hearing is your spin on it all. What s your honest opinion, what do you think. I really am interested on what others took away from it all. Send me an to editor@channelislandsdivers.org and express yourself however the mood strikes you. You are hereby given permission to vent, with cause this one time. Many thanks to the sponsors of our club: Channel Island Dive Adventures Mavericks Undersea Divers (MUD) PCH Scuba Pirates Grub & Grog Island Packers WhattaDive! As to the ripple effect of it all. Start with our special guest speaker, Jonna Personal Dive Training Engel. What about the elections? Then we had our Membership Appreciation *************************** raffle and that free raffle ticket for an amazing Henderson Aqua Lock mm MEETING DATES wetsuit, with complimentary boots, gloves and hood to any and all club members who show up and vote. The one donated by Bret Bovard of PCH Scuba. I think I October 18 Elections might have mentioned that in an . So now for our October meeting, we ll have the elections. Pass out your free raffle ticket for voting, we ll buy more raffle tickets and have dinner and drinks and unless Pirate s has another little surprise for our meeting that night we ll have this month s guest speaker, Brent Durant. Then the fun starts with the announcement of the new Board followed by the raffle for the wetsuit. Then we really start catching up, first with the regular raffle followed by last month s Membership Appreciation drawing then this month s Progressive drawing. Finally, the door prize drawing. So. join us on October 18 and let s see how we pack it all into one evening. Thank You, Mike Cunningham Brent Durant, - Photography November 15 Speaker - Mike Doyon Roatan, Tahiti & Belize Closed for December Go have fun January 1, 2018 Progressive Raffle General meeting February 21, 2018 General meeting 1

2 Catalina 201 C h a n n e l I s l a n d s D i v e r s Av a l o n D i v e W e e k e n d, Friday, November 10 through Sunday, November 12, 201. And for those going, Yes, we re planning a boat dive Of course there s diving at Casino Point the whole time your in Catalina. Saturday, the 11th. Departs 9:00am. $120 per person. Contact Mike Doyon scubaduck@whattadive.com Be advised: It might already be sold out. Sadly though Catalina is a done deal. T h e Au g u s t 3 1 d e a d l i n e h a s l o n g p a s s e d. Along with the many hopes and dreams of a Catalina weekend But hey, like you tell yourself with every lottery ticket, what can it hurt. Give it a shot and ask about a room. As Harry Callahan in the movie Dirty Harry famously asked all those years ago,.you've gotta ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk? CALENDAR OF EVENTS October 18 - General Club Meeting Brent Durand speaki g o November Catalina Trip 15 - General Club Meeting Dive Destinations and Marine Life Mike Doyon will speak on Progressive Raffle Roatan and Tahiti (winning ticket needs to be present) Participation Drawing (winner need not be present) Board Election Night 23 - Board Meeting - 6:30 pm 2 - Board Meeting - 6:30 pm At a gorgeous poolside setting in beautiful Oxnard January General Club Meeting Progressive Raffle (winning ticket needs to be present) Undisclosed Location February 21 - General Club Meeting Participation Drawing (winner need not be present) 22 - Board Meeting - 6:30 pm 26 - Board Meeting - 6:30 pm Undisclosed Location Undisclosed Location December 2 - Christmas Holiday Party DARK for December. We are closed for the month. (no meetings) Dive, Hike, Dive, Surf, Repeat 25 - Open presents Eat, Drink and be Merry March 21 - General Club Meeting Participation Drawing (winner need not be present) 26 - Board Meeting - 6:30 pm Undisclosed Location 3

3 The bugs are back We now have HATS, well thought out HATS. Baseball style Channel Islands Divers official Club HATS. Your wait is over! Recreational lobster season runs from 6:00 a.m. on the Saturday preceding the first Wednesday in October through the first Wednesday after the 15th of March. Here are the dates for the next 2 seasons: Saturday, September 30, 201 through Wednesday, March 21, 2018 Saturday, September 29, 2018 through Wednesday, March 20, 2019 Using the online license service, you can do much more than purchase licenses. Log on to: ONLINE LICENSE SALES AND SERVICE Resident Sport Fishing $4.0 Available for any resident 16 years of age or older. Ocean Enhancement Validation $5.14 Required to fish in ocean waters south of Point Arguello (Santa Barbara County). An Ocean Enhancement Validation is not required when fishing under the authority of a One or Two-Day Sport Fishing License. Spiny Lobster Report Card (valid for the entire lobster season). $9.46 Required for all persons taking spiny lobster. Report card holders who fail to return their Spiny Lobster Report Card or report their harvest online by the April 30 following season, will be assessed a $21.60 non-return fee when they purchase a spiny lobster report card for the following season. 3

4 OctOber s speaker, brent DuranD Meet Our October Speaker: Brent Durand We are very excited to have Brent Duran of Bluewater Photo and Bluewater Travel with us again. Brent s topic will be "Dive Destinations and Marine Life and he ll also be speaking about basic photo techniques for all sorts of subjects like nudibranchs, sea lions, schooling fish, macro subjects, etc, mixed with dive stories and natural History of the critters. Brent Durand is a weekend wander, story teller and image-maker from California. His work has been published in print worldwide, in advertising and across the web in a variety of outdoor industries, blending vivid words with crisp, bold photographs and the rhythm of edited video. Brent specializes in authentic ocean lifestyle, travel, adventure and underwater imagery. He works as editor and manager of the Underwater Photography Guide and leads international photo trips and workshops for Bluewater Photo. He has a camera in his hands on most days. 4

5 Our Dive Sponsors Thinking about diving? Where do you go? Who do you go with? Need a specialty? Do you have a friend or family member wanting to learn how to dive? How about advancing in your dive certification? A local dive trip, or maybe a 2 or 3 day out to our islands? Let s not forget the jacuzzi warm water dive vacations. Want to know where to go and with who? All four below are Club Sponsors and Club Members. If you have a diving question, needs or requirement, look no further than your local dive club. Talk to them at the next meeting or give them a call. It s that simple. 425 Constitution Ave., Suite G Camarillo, CA Phone: (805) Address: maverickunderseadivers@gmail.com WhattaDive! Personal Dive Training Contact: Mike Doyon Phone: (805) scubaduck@whattadive.com 5284 Kanan Rd, Agoura Hills, CA Phone: (818) http// Contact: Ken Kollwitz Phone: (805) ken@channelislandsdiveadventures.com 5

6 Refugio BBQ Picnic and general good time Death o e had a ear-chu k Norris e perie e. Chu k Norris tells Si o hat to do. Well another fine Channel Islands Divers event neatly tucked away in the history books. Saturday the 9th of September CID once again occupied a large area at Refugio State Beach for our annual BBQ Picnic and general good time event. We got lucky with the heat by a week. It was a nice sunny day, not the pizza oven hot we all had the weekend before. We had plenty of those shade thingy s and the food, we talk weight not pieces here. If you went home hungry, blame your diet. But then if you broke your diet we ll take credit for that. By my un-official count we had around 50+. Un-official because it s not easy counting from one of those low sitting beach chairs, holding an adult beverage in one hand, counting on the other hand as the people move about the area all while you try to stay up with a conversation. That s my story, I m sticking to it! But the unspoken highlight has to be the advancement from protege BBQ Specialist to Grand Master Flipper of one Grand Master Aficionado BBQ er Robert Soriano s own. Robert was on hand in case he was needed and to assist where required but the protégé was holding the Main Tongs. Making his first Channel Islands Divers appearance at the main grill as a solo practitioner, I give you Dave Whitmer. And he lived up to the high standards set by those that came before. As always the food was excellent. Congratulations Dave Whitmer, great job. 6

7 OctOber s progressive Drawing The Progression of the Progressive Septe July Diane Stevenson, HP steel 100 tank. ers: Boom - NOTHING! Thanks Pirates! October Alex Joffe, GoPro Hero4 Silver. January Mike Cunningham, $300 gift certificate from PCH Scuba. We ll fill this part up next month, barring any 5:45 late Wednesday April Joe Kearns, O2EII Nitrox Analyser. July Teresa Bertuzzi, GoPro Hero5 sessions. cryptic answering machine message This month is the Progressive month. You know what that means. delivered to someone, anyone telling All those loser tickets you bought and still have because you didn t win, anything at all, again, for the last time, again! This is why you save them. There going to give you a second chance, this time for a big, sometimes small but always worth it prize. The best part is you get to join the list. That list of the lucky few, The Progression of the Progressive list. Winner need not be present. Only the winning TICKET needs to be here. er s Raffle Wi us, oops, sorry, we re not open tonight. But should they let us in, I think the plan is to eat dinner, listen to our guest speaker then raffle, raffle followed by yet more raffles. We have some catching up to do! Whe Chu k Norris gi es ou the fi ger, he's telli g ou ho a se o ds ou ha e left to li e. Club Patches New Design Channel Islands Divers Club T-shirts Buy ti kets, wi prizes. That s worth repeati g. Step - uy ti kets. Step Channel Islands Divers window decals - wi prizes. It s that easy. Do t skip a step! T h e S e p t e m b e r P r i z e Ta b l e Chu k Norris a kill our i agi ar frie ds. Chu k Norris does ot sleep; he aits. Chu k Norris a hear sig la guage.

8 The board, venting, membership Speaking of the September General meeting, that had to be one of the biggest non meeting meetings I ve ever been party to. The best I can come up with is what a cluster. And that was my fourth draft! First my internal censors stopped me followed by auto correct and spell checker. Then the grammar correction. I had no idea there was a formal way of phrasing what I was thinking. So what a cluster is all I have. A bad turn of events handled poorly. Wait till almost the last minute then call someone from a 9 year old list and leave a message. To their credit they tried again, this time off a year old list. He answered and relayed the message to the Board. What the hell, 50 or so people from all over the county driving during rush hour to YOUR restaurant for a meeting, just like EVERY third Wednesday of EVERY month for the last 15 YEARS!!! Maybe they thought what, we d all just spontaneously miss that night, right? I could go on and on and on. So, what do you all think? Really, we want to know. I want to know. Send me an , editor@channelislandsdivers.org and give me your 2 cents. You are hereby given permission to vent. Let it rip, take it out on me, pretend it s my fault, don t hold anything back but keep in mind when we meet in person later, it really wasn t me. Maybe I ll post a few. Really, I want to know what your thinking. by Mike Cunningham Board of Directors Connie Young, President president@channelislandsdivers.org Brandee Sisting, VP/Speaker Seeker vicepresident@channelislandsdivers.org Mike Doyon, Dive Coordinator dive@channelislandsdivers.org Not I depe de t** Teresa Bertuzzi, Secretary secretary@channelislandsdivers.org Karen Duran, Treasurer treasurer@channelislandsdivers.org Mike Cunningham, Newsletter Editor editor@channelislandsdivers.org Laurie Hennessy, Webmaster webmaster@channelislandsdivers.org Bob Cartier, Raffle Coordinator raffle@channelislandsdivers.org Membership going strong M e m b e r s h i p P o l i c y: Club policy is to drop members from the roster THREE MONTHS AFTER MEMBERSHIP EXPIRATION. New Membership: Single - $35 Family - $50 Renewing Members: Single - $25 Family - $40 membership@channelislandsdivers.org Please mail renewals to: CID Membership P.O. Box 5801 Ventura, CA For your convenience, we now accept payment through PayPal Joe Hennessy, Membership Coordinator membership@channelislandsdivers.org library@channelislandsdivers.org Our next board meeting will find us dinning poolside at a gorgeous Oxnard Villa, Monday, October 23th. er, WhattaDi e, Perso al di e Trai i g All members are WELCOME and ENCOURAGED to attend. Any board member should be able to help. Open, Club Librarian *O. 8

9 Channel Islands Dive Club Annual Photo Contest 201 Rules for Entry The 201 Photo and Video Contest is open to all current CID members. Membership must be in good standing at the time you submit your entries and receive a reward. Entries will be evaluated by an independent, non-club member judge appointed by the CID Board. The entries will be anonymous to the judge. Photos and videos will be evaluated on the following criteria: THEME How well the photo/video relates to scuba diving TECHNICAL MERIT Quality of composition, lighting, contrast, focus, etc. ARTISTIC MERIT Visual interest, emotional connection, etc. Prizes for First and Second place will be awarded for each category. Each member may submit only TWO entries per category. However, each member will be limited to one prize per category. In the event the judge selects two entries by the same person as the winner for a category, a runner-up will be chosen by the judge for the second place prize. Contest Categories: Underwater Wide Angel Photo Underwater Macro Photo Topside Photo The subject of the photo must be related to diving. Underwater Video The total length of each submission must not exceed 60 seconds and must be a single, unedited clip. No special effects or titles may be added. Novice If you have not previously won in our photo contest, you may enter two photos in this category, as well as the other categories. ENTRY FORMAT: Photos in a JPEG Format and Videos in MP4 Format. DEADLINE: All photo and video entries along with an entry form and release must be submitted to CID s Treasurer, Karen Duran, by the club s General Meeting on October 18, 201. You may to treasurer@channelislandsdivers.org or give to Karen Duran on a DVD-Rom or USB Flashdrive. Please make sure your name is clearly printed on the media. Media will be returned to you if you wish at a future club meeting. However, the CID Club cannot be responsible for lost items, so please keep a copy for yourself! Page 1 of 2

10 Channel Islands Dive Club Annual Photo Contest 201 Entry Form and Consent Copyright: You hereby acknowledge and agree that you are the creator/author of the submitted materials and that your submission does not in any way infringe the rights of any other party. You hereby grant the Channel Islands Dive Club a royalty-free, perpetual copyright license to reproduce the submitted work on the CID website, in the CID newsletters and in other materials promoting the CID Club, and acknowledge receipt of consideration therefore. You hereby indemnify and hold harmless the Channel Islands Dive Club, its officers, board, employees, independent contractors, agents, etc., from and all liability relating to your submission of any entry connection herewith. Entrant Signature: Date: Entrant Name: Telephone #: Entry Category & Description: 1. Underwater Wide Angle Photo 2. Underwater Macro Photo 3. Topside Photo 4. Underwater Video 5. Novice Page 2 of 2