Meadowlands Exposition Center, Secaucus New Jersey, Friday-Sunday, April 1-3, 2016
Hey Gang...we'll be at BTS again in APRIL 2016 so come and join us at the country's LARGEST SCUBA SHOW April 1-3, 2016!!! It's so good it's worth flying in for! And of course if you do you can get FREE ENTRY into the show for 3 hrs of help either at the show or at the SD Booth! We need your help to be at this show as we could not afford to do it without giving volunteer help to the show in exchange for a cheaper rate! So plan to be there and plan to help where you can! 
Check out dive gear vendors, travel vendors, local dive shops and of course SINGLEDIVERS.com! The event will have HUNDREDS OF BOOTHS!!
Oh and did I mention the chance to WIN FREE TRIPS??? Yes this year we are giving away a free trip to all the places listed below:
- Cozumel
- Dominica
- Bonaire
NOTE: We will also help people find rooms at the show that we can all share the price of. Some members book a room and offer to share and usually SD puts a few rooms on hold as well at the show rate. So let us know if you will want/need a room so we can start planning that as well.
Check out more HERE: http://www.beneaththesea.org/
FROM THE WENCH...
Thanks Jerry and Jay.... THIS IS THE YEAR WE NEED OUR MEMBERS THE MOST!!!!
We need real people sharing the SingleDivers.com story with new people!
We need real people helping in the booth to do the sharing!
We need real people who will truly tell others about us with as many people walking by as possible!!!
And we also need REAL people to help BTS so we qualify for our contribution hours which enables us to do this show in the first place!!!
So "Special Thanks" to our repeat volunteers for helping to "MAKE THIS HAPPEN"
HELP!!!!
We NEED 2 or more people who can be AVAILABLE, or TAKE OFF WORK or be SICK on FRIDAY and help us at the show!!! We make MOST of our volunteer hours on FRIDAY and that is when we need the most help since the wench can't be there this year! Why do we need so much help this year? Because the show is later this year and it overlaps one of our amazing trips so the wench (me) will be leading the trip and not able to attend the show.
Why is this such a big deal? Because the dive industry is shrinking and we have gone from 10+ dive shows a year to only 4-6 in the US. Most of the shows are concentrated in the winter months which is when people want to be diving so many of our trips overlap the shows. So its vital that we have good representation at the shows we can attend. And the club needs to be at these shows in order to reach more people to keep our supply of members GROWING!!!
Why are you doing the show if Kamala can't be there? Because we have been doing BTS for so many years and have created an amazing team of consistent volunteers who love helping SD and BTS as well as having the chance to see friends and make new ones all sharing a common goal... helping SingleDivers.com spread the word about its dive club! If we break this tradition even once and don't participate...it will break the magic we've worked so hard to create!
So this year WE NEED MORE HELP THAN USUAL....and we need LEADERS TO STEP UP AND HELP OUT!!!
- New to the club? - This is a great way to learn more about it and help the club!
- Haven't been around for awhile? - This is a great way to reconnect!
- Enjoy helping out? - We need your help more than ever!
- Have leadership skills? - We need them more than ever!
- Love being part of something bigger than yourself? - THIS FILLS THE BILL!
- Bored and need some excitement? - BTS is one of the largest dive shows in the country and we EARN our booth which takes a tremendous amount of effort to organize this many volunteers to help the hosting organization AND help SingleDivers.com!
Those Able to Help With the SD Booth and/or Show:
0. Kamala aka WreckWench (HELP!!! Because the dates are later this year, the show overlaps our Palau/Truk trips, so I need a mini-me or several to help manage the booth since I can't be there! )
1. Sylvia aka cat fish - Fri to Sun
2. Jerry aka Jerrymxz -- details to be added!
3. Helen aka fishfriend - Sat and Sun and hopefully Fri too!
4. Dr Jay Scuba Dentist - Fri to Sun
5. Jeff aka Sparky103 - Oh yeah, I'll be there Saturday
6. Liz aka liznyc (Saturday or Sunday)
7. Morgan aka Morgan (Saturday).
8. chuckE (available Friday and Saturday)
9. Jose aka jesterdiver, and maybe Jenny too (available Friday and Sunday)
10 Jenny aka TabeaK
Those Going to the SD Happy Hour:
Where... Embassy Suites. When... Saturday night, 6pm till ?
1. Kamala aka WreckWench - In Spirit only! 
(Spirit.... is that a Happy Hour pun????)
2. Sylvia aka cat fish - for a little while before the film festival
3. Jerry aka Jerrymxz.... we won't take No for an answer!
4. Dr Jay Scuba Dentist - - going to happy hour (maybe Sylvia will spend some time with us)
Those Wanting to Share a Hotel Room at the Show:
1. Sylvia aka cat fish
2. Dr Jay Scuba Dentist - -May need thursday hotel
Edited by cat fish, 20 March 2016 - 07:23 AM.
going to leave the kids unsupervised for the whole weekend. 
What do you think Sylvia can we handle it without adult supervision? 
