Board Meeting was held at Mauer Dive shop on Wed.  October 26, 2005
Members present: Denny, Joe, John, Ron, Dan &Diane, Donna B. and others
Membership new- Shari Mullen (pending up coming dive).

Halloween Chili Party discussed.
Penn State Shark Program Nov. 29, Altoona 7:00PM See www.sharks.org
See Denny Beecher for info, he worked hard to set this up for us.

A debit card for checking account is not possible.

Christmas Party gifts were discussed.

Mauer dive shop has donated an underwater camera for a prize at the Christmas party. THANKS

Plans for next year meetings speakers were opened.

Scuba Olympics was planned.

Info posters are being printed.

A door prize was bought.

Next board meeting will be at 7:30 @ Mauers on Nov. 30.

                                                      OLD BUSINESS:
5 tons of shale has been delivered to the quarry.

The Halloween Dive had 7 divers and Diane T  won the $35 pot.  The extra $15 can stay with the club.

Donna Bender won the cook-off with Elk Chili.

The Shadow Box frightened folks on 10/15.

Laurel divers posters were given out to be placed in the area.

PASSPORT REMINDER : you can’t leave home without it

                                                     NEW BUSINESS
Donna Bender will donate info flyers to be used at the shark talk at Penn State Altoona  Nov. 29 7:30. Get your free tickets now.
Board members were nominated for election in Dec; Lori Kerr, Bert
Sharbaugh and Denny Beecher.  NOMINATIONS ARE STILL OPEN.
Zebra mussels in the quarry are going to be studied by ST Francis
students Lisa Rich and Andrew Scanlan, a report will be given soon on the things found on Oct. 25.
Orders for club shirts are being taken. SEE FLYER. See website for info.

                                                 UPCOMING EVENTS/TRIPS:

SHARKS at Altoona campus of PSU Nov 29, FREE TICKETS see Donna S or Pres John . See website for more details. WWW. Laureldivers.com
Christmas dinner party will be at Penn Gables Sat Dec. 3 starting at
6:00. RSVP BY Nov. 12 .  Chicken, Lasagna are $17 Fish $20 Dinner7:00 music for dancing 8-11 More details on website
Curacao Feb 12-19 7 nights 3days boat 2dives unlimited shore diving truck  See Donna Bender

                                                       TRIP REPORTS

None

Education speaker

Donna B showed a video of sharks from Nassau .

Next board meeting, 7:30 at Mauers on Nov 30.
Next regular meeting at Penn Gables , Sat. Dec 3, before dinner.

For Sale Items: can be found at Laurel Divers .com, and then select “Classified Ads"

If anyone is interested in adding any trips to our list, please send all Information to jagordon@pennswoods.net

Thank you!
Joe Gordon