After reading through this thread, long ago I had wanted to have a vote for leadership or a board. Currently, unless it has changed, I think I am President, Joe is VP and Rob is S&T and Bryan is chief head smasher or enforcer or Big Kahoona or the Super Kitty Kat.
Thing is that any organization requires money and we have none. The brochures that were "not professional" were done on the cheap and even at that they were EXPENSIVE and I personally carried a considerable portion of the expense as did Joe, Luis, VDH, and forgive me if I left any off, I have a headache.
The banners were provided free to NAVED or we would not have them.
I am against moving the "Vintage Era" date beyond 1974. If the TUSA crowd wants an internet scuba club, there is the whole
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As to functions, well, SD is a function, if there should be more, spearhead it and make it happen
As to vintage equipment, hey, bring what you have and join in, nobody is going to shun you if you are not correct, jeeeez.
As to the over 50 part, I may look fat and out of shape, but buster, I can swim circles around a killer whale and not break a sweat and my SAC is damn near zero only matched by perhaps Greg Barlow (another 50 something) so watch out there youg'un when you start trying write me off, 50 my rear
He---, everybody in my family lives to be like a 110, I ain't going anywhere soon.
Yes, by all means, please, get a more active set of guys, either people who have the youthful drive or the elderly time on their hands to push NAVED to the next level as long as we do not forget what we are all about, an internet club, vintage era gear, methods and techniques.
The 1980 thing, nah, don't they wear like pink or something?
Really, whatever y'all want, change we can believe in. It is all good.
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