The dive planning evening was also of course our EGM, minutes for which are available. The main highlights apart from the dive planning include;

• Ratification of the budget for the year
• Election of James as Boat Officer
• After a nailbiting heads to head finale, reelection of Sid as Media Officer
• Safety points by Shona our DO. These included a sound advice on the use of incident reports, the importance of refreshing skills and plans for maintaining and improving the high level of safety and competence we have as a club. Shona will write more about these in the newsletter soon and Phil has offered to provide regular technical updates from BSAC (the first of which follows)

Organiser	Marshal	Dates	Description	Rib?
Ed	Ed	21-22 February (2 days)	Stoney cove (AD drills)
Crispin	TBA	28 February - 6 March (7 days)	Red sea liveaboard (Approx 850)
Ian	n/a	6-13 March (7 days)	Ski trip!!
Ed	Ed	20-21 March (2 days)	Stoney cove (AD/DL drills)
Phil	Phil	late March/April (7 days)	Malta? (Warm water training week.)
Clare	TBA	9-12 April (easter BH) (4 days)	Wales / Penbrookshire (fun)
Mike	Mike	16-18 April (3 days)	Porthkerris (SD/DL)
Chris	Chris	TBA (1 day)	Swanage (Pre diving Boat Handling skills refresher)	Yes
TBA	Ed	24-25 April (2 days)	Swanage (Rib - training)	Yes
Kathy	Ed	8-9 May (2 days)	Swanage (Rib - training)	Yes
Mark	Chris	15-16 May (2 days)	Swanage (BH course)	Yes
Nicky	Nicky	5-6 June (2 days)	Swanage (Monster trip - rib/HB/pier)	Yes
Janos	TBA	12-13 June (2 days)	Swanage (Fun)	Yes
Mark	Chris	19-20 June (2 days)	Swanage (BH course)	Yes
Tricky	Tricky	26-27 June (2 days)	Swanage (megatrip/fun?)	Yes
Ian	Ian	10-11 July (2 days)	Swanage (Fun - AD assessed)	Yes
TBA	TBA	17-18 July (2 days)	Swanage (BH course)	Yes
Janos	TBA	24-25 July (2 days)	Swanage (Fun)	Yes
Ed	Ed	late July /August (7 days)	Scapa flow (Orkney isles - Deep wreck diving)
TBA	TBA	7-8 August (2 days)	Swanage (Training)	Yes
Clare	TBA	15-21 August (7 days)	Lossiemouth (scotland - Deep diving)
Jen	Jen	21-22 August (2 days)	Swanage (Fun - AD assessed)	Yes
Janos	TBA	30-August (1 days)	brighton (Spartacat)
Ed	Ed	4-5 September (2 days)	Swanage (Training)	Yes
Sid	TBA	4-10 September (7 days)	Red Sea Liveaboard (Approx 800)
Shona	Shona	11-12 September (2 days)	Stoney Cove (Training /depth)
Janos	TBA	18-19 September (2 days)	Swanage (Fun)	Yes
Kevin	TBA	18-25 September (7 days)	Medes (fun/training)
Ed	Ed	2-3 October (2 days)	Stoney Cove (Training)
Tricky	Tricky	9-10 October (2 days)	South coast - Hard Boat (Fun)
Janos	TBA	15-16 October (2 days)	Swanage	Yes

TBA - to be arranged - this trip is awaiting a suitabley qualified marshal, contact the Diving Officer for a list of suitable marshals

Read this! The latest from our gurus at BSAC HQ, this is practical, good safety stuff! Any questions to Phil, our National Instructor, who is our link on this.

BSAC Guidance on Air Management

I suspect the recent HSAC Sports Divers may be more up to date on this than some of our more senior divers - including marshals. This, I hope, will bring more of our divers up to date.

The BSAC guidance at Sports Diver level can be found in ST5 Air Planning and Systems. The key point is that we now operate the BSAC rule of thirds for our air planning ie:

• One third air supply (for descent to half way or turn around point)
• One third air supply (for second half of dive or return journey)
• One third air supply (for ascent, leaving a reserve)

There is some refinement in for more advanced diving and I will find out the details of this and bring to the club in due course.

A warm welcome to Tim Below, a country member (no that doesn't mean he has cow poo on his shoes - although who knows), already a dive leader, advanced nitrox, and PADI rescue diver,

Rob Kitchen, also Sarah Malone, both starting out,

Neil Gardiner, a Sports Diver and PADI Rescue diver,

Dan Dutfield, PADI Open Water crossover