Hellfins AGM

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Hellfins AGM

• Janos Suto
• Richard Thrale

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Agenda

• Chairs report
• New Shell arrangements
• Diving Officers Report
• Training Officers Report
• Accounts for 2007-08
• Elections
• Awards
• Hellfins Quiz

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Agenda

• Chairs report
• New Shell arrangements
• Diving Officers Report
• Training Officers Report
• Accounts for 2007-08
• Elections
• Awards
• Hellfins Quiz

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Welcome to the best club in the world!

• At a time when other clubs are struggling to
  attract members, Hellfins is one of the most
  popular clubs in London
• We have several new members
  this last year, including
• Six people brand-new to diving
• Four divers with BSAC qualifications
• Nine cross-overs from other agencies
• Sadly some people have moved away and left the
  club, but membership currently stands at 86 people

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The club is very active socially

• Moving to the Duke of Sussex has seen an
  increase in the number of people down on
  Wednesday nights
• There have also been over a dozen other social
  events, including
• The Christmas party
• Curry nights
• Cuban nights
• The Easter party
• A dry dive
• The Club Auction
• Daves Leaving Party
• Proms in the Park
• Theres also been a fair bit of gossip and
  intrigue, and of course an engagement!

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The rib and compressor are working well

• Martha is in excellent condition. Shes been out
  on fourteen days this year and has also had a new
  depth sounder fitted
• The new compressor is running well. Paul and Pete
  have pumped over 280,000 litres of gas between
  them. Enough air to keep a diver underwater for
  over a years!

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Agenda

• Chairs report
• New Shell arrangements
• Diving Officers Report
• Training Officers Report
• Accounts for 2007-08
• Elections
• Awards
• Hellfins Quiz

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Shell have asked for new safety procedures

• Must be a Responsible Person present every
  Wednesday night before divers enter the water
• Minimum of Sports Diver (or equivalent) and they
  must sign the duty log
• They must be available (ie swimming or poolside)
  to help whenever divers are in the water
• Risk Assessments have been drawn up for the pool
  and equipment (cylinders and compressor)
• They are kept by the pool near the compressor
• We expect the Responsible Person to have read
  them this only takes five minutes
• They are on the Hellfins website under Club
  Safety
• The Equipment Officer and Pool Training Officer
  keep them updated
• The Equipment Officer maintains a log of
  authorised compressor operators, and only listed
  people may operate the compressor
• A list of our Responsible People and who are pool
  qualified instructors is made available to Shell
• All Members must keep their self-cert medical
  valid with the Membership Secretary
• Shell expect all people on site to behave
  'courteously
• There is a Shell host for the club
• All members must be familiar with the Shell
  evacuation procedure, a copy of which (together
  with these rules) will be issued to members when
  they first join and annually when members renew
  their membership

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And here is the evacuation procedure
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Agenda

• Chairs report
• New Shell arrangements
• Diving Officers Report
• Training Officers Report
• Accounts for 2007-08
• Elections
• Awards
• Hellfins Quiz

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The obligatory chart

• Between them 66 Hellfins did 1340 dives
• 744 in UK waters, 222 in quarries, and 374 abroad.

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Weve been on a lot of trips this year

• Over 40 trips to both old friends and new
  destinations
• Good to see the rib being used
• Also good to see new people organising trips

• One of the most active years that I can remember

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But weve had several incidents

• Response to incidents have generally been
  excellent
• Most common is rapid or uncontrolled ascents
  and missed safety stops
• Many involved divers who recently moved up a
  grade
• How can we improve things for next year?
• Dont rush things. Build up experience gradually
• Responsibility of Dive Managers to ensure divers
  have suitable recent experience
• Individual divers must also take responsibility
  for their own actions. Make things easier for the
  Dive Manager. Dont book on trips youre not fit
  for
• When diving with new equipment, especially a new
  drysuit or a new cylinder configuration, take
  things easy
• No strict rules, but I would expect most people
  to have at least six dives in a new drysuit
  before booking on a trip to 30m
• Remember its meant to be fun!

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We also need to develop our instructors

• Id encourage new Sports Divers to attend the IFC
• For assistant instructors to take the OWIC, PIE,
  and TIE
• And for qualified instructors to not stand still
• Advanced Instructor?
• Approved SDC Instructor?
• Boat-handling Instructor?
• Perhaps even Instructor Trainer?
• Potential for a Hellfins IFC

IFC
PIE
Open Water Instructor
Advanced Instructor
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What about the future?

• Id like to thank everyone whos made the diving
  possible, both in 2007-08, and in 2008-09

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Agenda

• Chairs report
• New Shell arrangements
• Diving Officers Report
• Training Officers Report
• Accounts for 2007-08
• Elections
• Awards
• Hellfins Quiz

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Training Officers report

• Pool training highlights
• Pool has been busy this year
• Plenty of SDCs O2 PRM First Aid Chartwork and
  Position Fixing Nitrox Boat handling Diver
  Coxn and more planned over the winter
• Open water training highlights
• June Swanage trip 2 days, 9 trainees, 6
  instructors
• July Swanage trip 6 days, 9 trainees, 4
  instructors
• Ten other training trips
• Six new Ocean Divers
• Six new Sports Divers

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Agenda

• Chairs report
• New Shell arrangements
• Diving Officers Report
• Training Officers Report
• Accounts for 2007-08
• Elections
• Awards
• Hellfins Quiz

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Agenda

• Chairs report
• New Shell arrangements
• Diving Officers Report
• Training Officers Report
• Accounts for 2007-08
• Elections
• Awards
• Hellfins Quiz

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Hellfins Elections

• Chairman
• Diving Officer
• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Membership Secretary
• Media Officer
• Social Secretary
• Equipment Officer
• Boat Officer
• Member Without Portfolio

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Agenda

• Chairs report
• New Shell arrangements
• Diving Officers Report
• Training Officers Report
• Accounts for 2007-08
• Elections
• Awards
• Hellfins Quiz

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Hellfins Awards

• Trainee of the year
• Merit Award
• Diver of the Year
• The Nickys

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Agenda

• Chairs report
• New Shell arrangements
• Diving Officers Report
• Training Officers Report
• Accounts for 2007-08
• Elections
• Awards
• Hellfins Quiz