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    WDHOF Scholarship in Underwater Education

    in Education Forum

    Heads up about the Women Divers Hall of Fame (WDHOF) 2020 Scholarship in Underwater Education.  Application deadline is October 31, 2019.  $2,000 scholarship will be awarded to a qualified applicant (female or male) to plan and implement an experiential education project for students in grades 6 -12, with a focus on marine or freshwater environments.  More than half of the student group should be female.  The project may include art, music, literature, entertainment, or STEM (science, technology, engineering, math).  Applicants should have documented experience working with this age group and facilitating this type of activity.  The scholarship is not intended to support living expenses, however, it may be used to support field expenses, including travel.   Applicants should include anticipated learning outcomes from the experience.   

    Just joined WAMAS and hoping to be at spring meeting

    in Welcome to WAMAS: FAQ / FYI / Hobby News

    Welcome, and looking forward to meeting you tomorrow!  (Well, technically today I guess.)   I think you'll find that we're a friendly bunch, and since we build in plenty of time to socialize I'm sure you'll have ample opportunities to meet other members and talk reefing.  (The good news is we wear name tags so you can connect faces with folks you may have "met" on the forum.)  We have a great speaker lined up, and there will be three sponsoring vendors as well as several members with tables selling coral and/or dry goods so you can see some of what's available in our area (let me just say I think we're very lucky).  Feel free to shoot me a message if you have any questions!

    Cozumel Diving Trip

    in Marine Photography

    If your courses are through PADI and you're looking at also doing your Advanced Open Water cert while you're there, one of your possible dives is the Underwater Videographer - that would be a great intro to using your GoPro underwater.

    Cozumel Diving Trip

    in Marine Photography

    I was just there last October (for my fifth dive trip there, I think)!  Lots of color and fish, so you should have a blast.  I don't know where you're staying, but try to get out to some of the restaurants in town - there's some great food at really reasonable prices.  Standard just drink bottled water warning.  I'm sure your instructors have already talked about it, but you'll be doing drift diving so pay attention to their instructions.  Jealous!!

    Heavy winds coming tonight

    in General Discussion

    Yikes.  I had my power cut in and out all night Thursday night, then off for 13 hours yesterday (got it back at 8pm last night, finally).  Bubblers in all the tanks worked, although the fish and coral I still have are pretty hardy.  I live in a little corner of Arlington next to Alexandria, and my two blocks get our power from Alexandria (above ground lines).  We were the only two blocks to lose power yesterday.  Our board has been working to get us disconnected and moved to the Arlington power grid like the rest of my neighborhood - hopefully this latest outage will get them moving on it again.

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