[PSUBS-MAILIST] 2016 Convention?

[Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles]

Based upon the chatter, it sounds like Seneca Lake is an attractive 
location for a number of people.  I think it qualifies as long as there 
are conveniences and resources in the form of reasonably priced hotels, 
restaurants, and services.  July and early August (first two weeks) 
would be the best opportunity in terms of season and school commitments 
for people that have kids of school or college age.  Based upon Al's 
warning about race weekend, it looks like available dates would be July 
5-10, July 19-24, July 26-31, Aug 9-14, Aug 16-21.  I will put a "stake 
in the ground" and suggest July 26-31 because it is mid-summer and 
offers the largest buffer between two race dates which should help with 
securing reservations.  If this doesn't work for most people we can 
change it.

I hear the call for the west coast, I would also nominate the Florida 
Keys again, but in both of those cases I would expect limited attendance 
particularly for submarines because of the travel distance involved.  
For a diving convention we should pick the location that will attract 
the largest submarine attendance.  So we should collate two lists 
immediately; who will commit to bringing their submarine (either dive 
ready or static display), and who will attend which will help us confirm 
the site.

I will commit to attending Seneca with AQUATIC, minimally as a static 
display.  I will commit to attending the Florida Keys but without 
AQUATIC.  I would not be able to make it to the West Coast this year.  I 
will also take the lead in top level coordination of the event as long 
as Scott and Steve are willing to help and we can depend upon our local 
member, Al, to scope out things that we might need a set of eyes to 
inspect for us.

 From a technical topic perspective, I will commit to giving a 
presentation and demonstration of my Submarine Environment Monitor (SEM) 
project  which I expect to have completed by convention time.

Jon

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> Before even starting down that path, are there any alternative ideas? 
> I think Jon makes the call, after weighing whatever ideas are out there.
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