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March 2010 CUPS Meeting -

Coral Reef Critters – The Echinoderms by Mel Cundiff

 

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Coming for March 16, 2010 - The meeting time is 6:30 for socializing and presentation at 7pm

      Mel’s talk will guide us through the general characteristics, distribution, and natural history of The Echinoderms. He will have us look at the symmetry, skeletal and vascular systems. Modeling for him will be the famous Sea Stars. A look into regeneration and reproduction will forever change the image we once had of these underwater wonders. Brittle Stars, Serpent Stars and Basket Stars – more of our famous diving buddies. Sea Urchins, Cake Urchins and Sand Dollars will make you shiver and say “Ahhh” on the very same dive. Sea Cucumbers - will Mel  reveal the secret of the pearl fish? Join the famous dancers of the sea, the Crinoids and Feather Stars.  By the end of this talk you will be an Echino fan – forget those cute dolphins!!! 

Who is MEL CUNDIFF?  He is a guy who has managed to combine Scuba Diving with his Employment. As Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at CU in Boulder, he also doubles as a Scuba  Instructor. And wait until you read this: where he has been diving??? Bahamas. Canada (BC). Caribbean( Belize, Bonaire, Cayman Islands, Cozumel, Curacao,   Puerto Rico, Roatan, St. John, St. Maarten,  St. Thomas.Venezuela, Costa Rica), Fiji Islands, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Indonesia-north, south, east, Malaysia, Mexico: Pacific Coast, Caribbean/Gulf Coast, Micronesia: Palau (Belau), Truk (Chuuk), PNG-north, south, east, Philippines, Red Sea, Egypt, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Turks and Caicos, United States: CA, CO, FL, HI, MA, NE, NC, NM, WA

     His experiences include warm waters surrounding coral reefs; kelp beds in the Pacific Northwest and on a large number of wrecks. He has dived in cenotes, with manatees and dugongs, and in one of the world’s largest public aquaria. He will breathe off anything: surface-supplied air on hookah, Semi-Closed-Circuit Rebreathers not to mention air and nitrox. He has logged almost 2000 dives and administered 1100 SCUBA certifications including many specialties. His third double is a photographer with award winning photos. He also has to his credit contributions or publication including some of his photos in Dive Training, Alert Diver, Colorado-Wyoming Scientist, Colorado-Views from CU-Boulder, Diving Into Darkness: The Elements of Safe Night Diving, Between the Reefs, Underwater Universe and Who’s Who in Scuba Diving.

     Mel teaches advanced college-credit courses in Tropical Marine Ecology and Coral Reef Ecology—the latter course being taught in Cozumel, Mexico, to SCUBA-certified, seňor-level biology students. Each year he presents about four all-day, well-illustrated “Coral Reef Ecology” seminars to SCUBA-certified divers in the Colorado area.  These seminars have been well received and, along with the coral reef ecology course, have been the focal point of some of his articles published. Now I ask you – where will he go next? Come to the meeting and he will invite you along.

*Feb Meeting - Thank you Nick Ferris for some wonderful slides and underwater history on Kona, Hawaii.

**Coming for April 20, 2010 AMAZING FIJI, Beauty Above and Below Water by John Warn exploring the different regions of Fiji  

**Coming for May 18, 2010 Marine Mammals by Jim Durkee

 

The Downtown Aquarium is the new CUPS meeting place.

    Please mark your calendar for 2010 - the Third Tuesday of each month!

(See link below for map.)

·  Note: There is usually free parking in the lot just south and in the adjacent Children's Museum parking lot. You can enter this free parking area by taking the first driveway entrance on the right just south of the aquarium main building. We have received reports of car break-ins at this lot as it is unattended. Otherwise there is parking directly across the street from the Aquarium at a flat $7 in the evening.
·  Entrance: Go through the double doors on the Water Street side (across from Senor Sol Restaurant) and the classroom is directly to your right on the first level.

·  Map: Denver Downtown Aquarium  If you want to make your own Mapquest Direction map, here is the official address: 700 Water St, Denver, CO 80211

Thanks to the hospitality of Landry's Restaurants, Inc., CUPS will be able to return to our regular third-Tuesday meeting schedule at the beautiful Downtown Aquarium in their spacious classroom.


      

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Shark Bait Dive Club
First for those of you in the Denver area remember that the Shark Bait Dive Club meeting is Wednesday. RSVP today at info@sharkbaitdiveclub.com if you haven't already.
 
Please check out our new scuba web site at: www.greenmtnscuba.com
We have home video from our June '09 Indonesia trip as well as a photo gallery from 3 of our past trips. After you look the site over, we would love to get your feedback.
 
There are still 5 spots open on our June '10 Indonesia trip. We would love to have you join us on this incredible return trip! All the trip details are on the "Upcoming Trips" page.There are also 2 other great trips on the web site as well.

Mark & Debbie Wolff

      

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February 2010 CUPS Meeting - The Best of Kona by Nick Ferris


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Coming for February 16, 2010 - The meeting time is 6:30 for socializing and presentation at 7pm

Nick Ferris reports on Kona, Hawaii:

Nick Ferris will provide us with new info on Kona, Hawaii, with a viewer friendly explanation of why Hawaii exists. And a lot of fish of course. More than just the Ring of Fire. 


"The Best of Kona" will feature a great many kinds of reef fish and a few other residents of Hawaii's west coast. Some 28% of reef fish in Hawaii are endemic, meaning that they occur nowhere else.
Hawaii doesn't occur anywhere else either, so that makes good sense. Hawaii is a volcano, but not part of the volcanic "ring of fire". So we will examine WHY Hawaii is. Oh, and because Nick is a geologist, all geologists will be admitted free! Just kidding. Everyone is welcome. This should be a real treat.


Coming for March 16, 2010 - Mel Cundiff presenting "Reef Critters-the Echinoderms"

Coming for Apri 20 and May 18, 2010 Talks on Fiji and Marine Mammals.

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A-1 May sale - Volunteers Needed!

The A-1 May sale is going to be held May 22-23 at their facility on Oxford at Santa Fe. We are negotiating for a display at this event.  John Gordon will lead the event for CUPS and coordinate volunteers. Volunteers are needed to fill the following positions:

  1. One volunteer to coordinate entries and display setup and takedown with entrants.

  2. One volunteer to organize acquisition of prizes and awards; also publish rules for competition.

  3. One volunteer to develop and print brochures.

  4. One volunteer to schedule volunteers to sit with the exhibit at May sale (Sonia Atwood).

  5. Several members to sit with exhibit during sale.

You may volunteer for more than one position. There are 17 picture frames available to CUPS members (on a first come first served basis) for this competition; measurements are 15 7/8” x 19 7/8” note they are 25” on the diagonal. Any questions or to volunteer send email to John Gordon jgdiver51@hotmail.com or call 303-477-5951 cel 720-690-5463; he has documents from past events to help those who volunteer.
 
Scuba Splash at the Downtown Aquarium
The "Scuba Splash" at the Downtown Aquarium will be held July 31st and Aug 1st this is just a preliminary heads-up and not set in stone, updates will be forth coming at a later time. So start thinking about entry materials and preparation time for both events. 


The Downtown Aquarium is the new CUPS meeting place.

    Please mark your calendar for 2010 - the Third Tuesday of each month!

(See link below for map.)

·  Note: There is usually free parking in the lot just south and in the adjacent Children's Museum parking lot. You can enter this free parking area by taking the first driveway entrance on the right just south of the aquarium main building. We have received reports of car break-ins at this lot as it is unattended. Otherwise there is parking directly across the street from the Aquarium at a flat $7 in the evening.
·  Entrance: Go through the double doors on the Water Street side (across from Senor Sol Restaurant) and the classroom is directly to your right on the first level.

·  Map: Denver Downtown Aquarium  If you want to make your own Mapquest Direction map, here is the official address: 700 Water St, Denver, CO 80211

Thanks to the hospitality of Landry's Restaurants, Inc., CUPS will be able to return to our regular third-Tuesday meeting schedule at the beautiful Downtown Aquarium in their spacious classroom.


      

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CUPS Members invited to enter Glennie Nature Interclub Exhibition

The Colorado Underwater Photographic Society is cordially invited to participate in the 30th annual George W. Glennie Nature Interclub Exhibition, which will be held by the Merrimack Valley Camera Club, North Andover, MA on Saturday, March 27, 2010.

A PDF copy containing all the details is available by visiting the web site and clicking on 2010 Exhibition Description. Charlie Burke, Chair, 2010 Glennie Nature Interclub Exhibition, E-Mail: nichburke@yahoo.com


      

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About CUPS - The Colorado Underwater Photographic Society (CUPS), was formed to promote the art and practice of underwater photography as our members travel the globe in search of the best images (still and video). Read our mission statement here

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Archives of past meetings now available
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RE: Salt Water pool checkouts by ScubaBernie
I thought that seawater was about 3% salt so I don't believe that 10% salt would work the same way a...
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Nice find John thanks for sharing it with CUPS John G
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Here's a new underwater photography site worth checking out:http://www.uwphotographyguide.com/
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Hi All,I stopped by Denver Divers this weekend to check out the shop since it's under new ownership....
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Thanks Bette! I had no idea. What a shame. Appreciate the tip. John (Daigle)