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Title: Hellfins AGM

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Hellfins AGM

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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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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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The obligatory chart

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Weve been on a lot of trips this year

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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

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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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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