[PSUBS-MAILIST] 2020 Psub Convention

Sun Feb 16 12:14:07 EST 2020

 I kind of hate to think of putting it off another year.  There are a number of options, one being we move the diving location this year to a more central point in the country.  Another being that we combine it with the Maine expedition, if that expedition actually occurs.  I haven't seen any update on it, or potential dates.  But our convention date is flexible.  And a third option is to just have technical presentations.  Technical conventions were all we had for years and seemed to work ok.  One benefit with them is that they can just be a weekend event instead of a week-long event.  As much as I enjoy the diving part of a convention, they are much more difficult to plan and execute, and it's also difficult to incorporate everyone into the actual dive unless it is close to shore.
So, pros/cons with both.  I think Carsten has the right idea, technical presentations for all but limit the diving to a core group of people.  In any event, I would want you (Cliff) and Hank as primary presenters for past expeditions.  David Colombo, Alec, Brian, Hank and myself for project presenters.  And that's not to exclude anyone else, I just don't know everyone that is working on a project that might be able to share their story.  Maybe Scott, Steve or Vance could tell us about their experience with the Pisces project.  It seems like we're at a point where there is a lot of information to share and if we had a technical only convention it could work well.
Cliff, Hank, David, Alec, Brian, Scott, Steve, Vance,...anyone else that might want to share a topic, what's your availability for May, June, July, Sept, Oct?  What about setting a recurring date for our US Psubs conventions so we always know when they will occur and can plan other events around it.
Jon

    On Sunday, February 16, 2020, 10:31:57 AM EST, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:  

  Jon, with a 2020 Islamorada event, it would make three psub events this year: 1) 2020 Islamorda Psub convention, 2) Rostock Germany SubSeaSail European PSub event and 3) probably an InnerspaceScience.org expedition in Maine.  Granted not all will attend all three events but some like me might want to.  I am not sure how many would come to PSub convention with no diving event around a submersible.  As an alternative, I would like to see us put off the Islamorada convention into 2021.  By that time the Suhr's hopefully would be in a position to be able let us use there home in Islamorada  as base station, you should be at a point with your new boat to bring it for sea trials and we could also include the technical presentations you mention.  

Just a thought.
Cliff

Cliff

    On Sunday, February 16, 2020, 07:57:57 AM CST, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:  

  We can build it sufficiently around the European event, that's not an issue.  Maybe end of June?  Or October.
Jon

    On Saturday, February 15, 2020, 08:10:01 PM EST, Steve McQueen via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:  

Jon, Thanks for the update. Here is my input : )

A non-diving convention (tech presentations & social activities) would still have value in my opinion. Seems like there have been several diving opportunities in the past few years but not so much on the technical presentation front. 

I am interested in attending.  Let me know how I can assist.

also, I (maybe others?) am planning on attending the European convention this year so it would be nice if the dates didn't conflict.

Steve

On February 15, 2020, at 7:46 PM, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

 Yes, we should have one this year.
This has been on my mind so a good nudge to get us discussing it.  Last summer Cliff and I had started talking about another convention in the Keys.  With two expeditions completed and a number of projects coming to term there is a lot of information we can sure.  However, we are highly dependent upon the Suhrs for diving purposes in the Keys and were notified in October that unforeseen circumstances would prevent them from being in the Keys for most of the year.
We could have a non-diving convention with static displays here in the Keys (or somewhere else), or try to set up a diving convention at another location.  For sure, we have plenty of material for at least one day of technical presentations.
Suggestions?
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