NACD Seminar Update

[NACD]

The NACD Seminar on November 5, 6, and 7 is less than 3 weeks away so I will update you on a few additions and remind you on some of Friday’s events.

Shearwater Research, Inc. and Add Helium will have booths at the seminar (held at the Clarion Inn and Conference Center in Gainesville, Fl) on Saturday. Also, the 4th CCR Cave Summit at Ginnie Springs Outdoors will be co-sponsored by RebreatherPro.com and RebreatherWorld. Finally, Paul Heinerth and Peter Sotis will be at the CCR Cave Summit on Sunday. An updated list of representation at the Saturday and Sunday events is at the end of this post.

We still have room at the Friday clinics (held at Ginnie Springs Outdoors) if you wish to attend. The Photoshop workshop will begin at 1PM, and the Knot Tying workshop will begin at 3PM. Each event is scheduled for 2 hours. It is not too late to enter the Chili cook-off at the NACD Social on Friday night at Ginnie Springs Outdoors. The categories are Traditional, Hot, and Exotic. Let me know if you are interested in any or all of these events.

Regarding Friday night, please bring your families and children as there will be something for everyone. Enjoy good food, refreshments, meeting new friends, and socializing. I think you will get a bang out of the day.

You may register online by going to www.safecavediving.com. Register by October 20th to receive a seminar t-shirt.

Saturday Booths
Add Helium
Advanced Diver Magazine
Capital Regional Tallahassee Chamber
Cave Excursions
Extreme Exposure
Gamble Scuba
Ginnie Springs Outdoors
Hollis Gear
KISS Rebreather
NACD Store
NEDU – Navy Experimental Diving Unit
NFSA – North Florida Springs Alliance
OMS
Silent Diving Systems
Shands Hyperbaric Chamber
Shearwater Research, Inc.
Submerge Scooters
TDI – Technical Diving International
Wakulla Dive Club

Sunday Rebreather/Industry representatives
Kiss Rebreathers – Brett Hemphill
Dive Rite Optima Rebreather – Dive-Rite – Lamar Hires
Innerspace Megalodon Rebreather – Leon Scamahorn
Silent Diving’s Inspiration & Evolution Rebreathers – Mike Fowler and Michael Robertson
NEDU – Navy Experimental Diving Unit – Vince Ferris
Pelagian Rebreather – Steve Lewis
rEvo – Peter Sotis
Sentinel Rebreather
Cis-Lunar and Poseidon Rebreathers – Paul Heinerth
Golem Gear Hammerhead – Jakub Rehacek
Jill Heinerth, Tom Mount, and Curt Bowen

Hope to see you all in about 3 weeks. For any questions, visit the NACD website or you may contact me at pr@safecavediving.com

Sandy Robinson

[NACD]

Registration for the 2010 NACD 42nd Annual Seminar on November 6 in Gainesville, Fl has been great especially over the last few days. In response to the recent increase in registration, the NACD Operation Manager has agreed to extend the T-shirt offer. Register by noon on Sunday, October 24th to receive your T-shirt. To take advantage of this offer, please register online, by fax or by calling Debra Green, the NACD Operations Manger. Unfortunately, registration by mail after today will not guarantee that it is received by Sunday.

On-line registration: http://www.safecavediving.com/store/
Registration by fax: 386-497-3011
Registration by phone: 386-497-3494

The NACD has lined up some notable speakers and informative presentations, some educational workshops, and some nice prizes for you to win. We hope to see you there.

Sandy Robinson
pr@safecavediving.com

[w ripley]

Any chance that someone will be taking notes for those NACD members that can't get there? Maybe brief overviews, etc., in an issue of the NACD Journal? Or a video of the CCR Cave Summit like in the past?

[sandy]

Bill, we will have an article in the Journal. I am not sure about a video but I will check for you.

[NACD]

The NACD Seminar on November 5, 6, and 7 is less than 4 days away so here are some final additions and changes.

The seminar on Saturday will be held in the same location; however, the name of the conference center has been changed. What was called the Clarion Inn and Conference Center is now the Gainesville Hotel and Conference Center. The address is still 7417 W Newberry Road, Gainesville, Fl 32605.

Innerspace Systems and Light Monkey will also have booths at the seminar on Saturday. An updated list of representation at the Saturday event is at the end of this post.

Interest in the Friday Clinics has been good, and we have added a regulator maintenance clinic. Bob Sheridan will be on hand for this clinic at Ginnie Springs Outdoors (GSO) at 4PM on Friday. This clinic will not be brand specific. We still have room at the other Friday clinics if you wish to attend. The Photoshop workshop will begin at 1PM, and the Knot Tying workshop will begin at 3PM – both at GSO. If you are interested in attending, please contact me or Debra Green (manager@safecavediving.com).

It is not too late to enter the Chili cook-off at the NACD Social on Friday night. The categories are Traditional, Hot, and Exotic. We will have a prize for each category winner and a gift certificate for the overall winner. Let me know if you are interested in any or all of these events.

Regarding Friday night, we encourage you to bring your families and children as there will be something for everyone. Enjoy good food, refreshments, meeting new friends, and socializing. I think you will get a bang out of the end of the day.

If you are an NACD member, GSO will give you free admission on Friday. There will be a $3 charge for non-members. During the weekend (Friday through Sunday), NACD members can dive for $15 a day. Also, if you are an NACD member and you purchase an annual pass from GSO during this weekend, the expiration date will be January 1, 2012, almost an extra two months. If you are not yet an NACD member, the savings will more than offset a one year NACD membership. Normal fees will apply on Sunday for non-divers or non-NACD divers.

You may register online by going to www.safecavediving.com.

Saturday Booths
Add Helium
Advanced Diver Magazine
Capital Regional Tallahassee Chamber
Extreme Exposure
Gamble Scuba
Ginnie Springs Outdoors
Hollis Gear
Innerspace Systems
Light Monkey
KISS Rebreather
NACD Store
NEDU – Navy Experimental Diving Unit
NFSA – North Florida Springs Alliance
OMS
Silent Diving Systems
Shands Hyperbaric Chamber
Shearwater Research, Inc.
Submerge Scooters
TDI – Technical Diving International

Hope to see you all this weekend. For any questions, visit the NACD website or you may contact me at pr@safecavediving.com

Sandy Robinson

[Rodney Nairne]

Hi all

In addition to being available on Saturday, as part of the NACD event Suzie and I will be available all day on Sunday at Ginnie Springs. Our workshop will include the new Magnus scooter. Looking forward to it!

-Rodney

[NACD]

The 42nd annual NACD is over, and we appreciate everyone who helped make it a success. In particular, thank you to everyone who attended because this seminar is for you. Thanks to the volunteers who helped load, unload, set up, cook, etc. At the risk of leaving someone out, this included Marcel Buesch, Michael Stroeck, Red Sullivan, Ricky Dumm, Chris Corbett, Richard Rakus, Rick Palm, Bob Schulte, Elisha Gibson, Ben Bright, Don Symes, Shirley Kasser, and Bill Lester. We could not have done it without you.

On Friday night, we had a chili cook-off to determine who would win the coveted chili necklaces. Cory Mearns won the Hot category and Overall; Tim Lemaster won the Traditional category; and Amy Ferguson won the Exotic category. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who entered the contest. We appreciate Michael Menduno for judging the contest (even if I did not win)

We had a great turnout at the seminar, fantastic speakers and topics, and a variety of vendors. Thanks to all of our friends who donated door and raffle prizes. Each year at the seminar, the NACD gives several awards to people who have made a difference. The award winners this year were:

NACD Outstanding Service Award – William Lester
NACD Cartography Award – Andrew Ainslie
NACD Conservation Award – Jill Heinerth
NACD Instructor Award – Johnny Richards

Bill, Andrew, Jill, and Johnny – thank you for what you do and for all of your efforts over the last year. You help give cave divers and cave diving a good reputation. It means a lot to the rest of us to be associated with you.

The NACD also issues awards to those cave divers who have made 1,000, 500, and 100 safe cave dives. Congratulations to the following 2010 Wakulla award recipients:

Gold (1,000 safe dives)
Argyris Argyriadis
Richard Dreher

Silver (500 safe dives)
Steve Lewis
Michael Browning
Robert Schulte

Bronze (100 safe dives)
Robert W. Klauck
Matthew Bull
Thomas James Pierce III
Brandon Yourczek
Gregory L. Miller
Ronald Scharf
Hotoshi Miho
Andreas Hagberg
Kermit Ray Erwin
L. Allen Beard
E. Don Nelson
Chad Engler
James E. Killion
Stefan Rupprechter
Orie Braun

On Sunday, we had a nice turnout for the CCR Summit. We appreciate all of the rebreather vendors who participated. Thank you Cave Divers Forum for providing the drinks and water for the rebreather summit. Also, thanks to Submerge Scooters for being available on Sunday.

Hope to see all of you at next year’s seminar. But before then, hope to see you at the CDF social on New Year’s weekend!

Sandy Robinson
pr@safecavediving.com

[sskasser]

Thank YOU, Sandy and Debra! I don't know how that woman does all that she does. Energizer bunny gots nuttin on her!

Congrats to the winners, well deserved, even that sneaky cartographer!

The speakers were awesome and the vendors fun! I got the finger, did you? I had a blast!

The webmaster reminds y'all: Speakers and photographers, send your notes, links, photos, etc to webmaster@safecavediving.com for inclusion on post-seminar wrap up page in the works!

Changing hats (or personalities )....on behalf of the NFSA, thank you to the NACD for hosting our booth, and to all the new members, t-shirt owners, and prospective raffle winners!

Dive safe,
Shirley

[icestac]

On Sunday, we had a nice turnout for the CCR Summit. We appreciate all of the rebreather vendors who participated. Thank you Cave Divers Forum for providing the drinks and water for the rebreather summit. Also, thanks to Submerge Scooters for being available on Sunday.

For those of you who did not make it and don't frequent the other boards, Curt did a nice job over on RBW and posted videos of some of the speakers.

http://www.rebreatherworld.com/works...er-interviews/

Cheers,
Jeff