[PSUBS-MAILIST] 2020 Psub Convention

Sun Feb 16 12:19:13 EST 2020

On the SubSeaSail 6-9 August, Rostock, Germany. We will have all full hour 
a tombola.
During the Hansesail there will be thousands of Tourist on the marine base 
were we are. 
The winner can get guest ride on some of the subs.

vbr Carsten

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Betreff: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] 2020 Psub Convention
Datum: 2020-02-16T18:15:25+0100
Von: "Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles" 
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An: "Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles" 
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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?

Jon
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