Chamber Day 2007 - open for business!!!

[Chamber Day]

This is too cool for words (or Karl simply has too much time on his hands).

We’re still working on the overall t-shirt design for the Flying Dutchman and we’re trying to figure out what to put on the front of the shirt, since it seems like the back is the best place for the Flying Dutchman logo. Karl came up with a great idea.

He’s wants to list all the names (see above) in the shape of a skull on the front of the shirt. Not only will this look cool, but it also means that if you’re signed up for the Dutchman, your name (or your pirate name) will be on the shirt. But . . .

We need a LOT more names than we have right now to make this work. So, if you’re not able to dive on the Chamber Day, give some thought to signing up for the Flying Dutchman. Not only will you help our Chamber, not only will you get a really great-looming shirt, but it’ll be a shirt with YOUR name on it.

Give us a call at 310/652-4990 or sign up through the web at www.chamberday.org.

Kenneth the Kurt
Chairman, Chamber Day/Eve 2007

 

[Chamber Day]

We are tantalizingly close to $20,000 . . .

We want to give a thank-you to Horizon Charters in San Diego for their Silver-level $500 contribution. And we’ve added a number of Bronze-level donors too. But we haven’t quite cracked $20,000 yet. But just a couple of more donations and we can cross that magical mark.

So . . . Who’s next? Who’s ready to join the growing list of divers, clubs, stores, boats, and others who are willing to make sure that our Catalina Chamber functions at peak efficiency? Who will help push us towards $20,000??????

CHAMBER CHALLENGE 2007 - $19,776 total (Updated 4/29/07 @ 11AM - last updated 4/27)
(New donors are marked with an asterisk - *)

Gold ($1000 & up)
Hollywoodivers
Ocean Institute
Pacific Wilderness Dive Club
Body Glove
Divevets
SoCal Tec Divers
Andrew Ainslie
Kendall Raine
Robert Wagner
Mike Emmerman/Pat Stockhausen
Sport Chalet

Silver ($500-999)
* Horizon Charters
CA Diving News/The Scuba Show
Scuba Haus
Richard Gayou/Sea Bass Dive Boat
Scuba Schools of America
Jim Krasne
Karl Huggins

Bronze ($100-499)
* Mark Windham
* Malibu Divers
* Whalers Dive Club
* Cheryl Tinney
* Maria Carillo High School
Santa Monica Police Department Harbor Dive Team
J. Quinn Roddick
Patrick Smith
James Haw
Larry & Ruth Harris
Fran & George Ollweiler
James Adams
The Sea Divers
Kevin Lee
DiveNav, Inc.
Mark Lacaillade
Ocean Adventures
Lee & Rebecca Jackrel
Susy Horowitz
Gorman Dive Adventures & Travel
Tze On Wong
Jeremy Wolf
Lost Patrol Dive Club
Tori & Walt Watson
Barnacle Busters Dive Club
Karen Cleveland
Brian Johnson
Mary-Lou Quinn
Michael Swinney
Michael Gallagher
Diver.net
Jerry Nickelsburg
Jeanne Sleeper
California Wreck Divers
Burbank Dive Club
Frank Huntley

Others:
* R.A. Buck
Jim Pearson
Sharon Sarmiento

Ken Kurtis
Chairman, Chamber Day/Eve 2007
www.chamberday.org

 

[Chamber Day]

I just got off the phone with Ron Mateas who's the point man for Paramount Petroleum and the guy heading up the spill cleanup efforts at Queen's Wharf. Ron tells me that as of 8AM this morning, the landing is back up and running and good-to-go. So this should NOT have any impact on us for Chamber Day on Wednesday, which is certainly a relief to hear.

- Ken

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Ken Kurtis
Chairman, Chamber Day/Eve 2007
www.chamberday.org

 

[Chamber Day]

Yahoo!!! We passed $20,000 in the Chamber Challenge. But we’re not done yet . . .

A big thanks to Don Lake, whose $500 Silver-level contribution passed us past the magic $20K mark. We’ve still got two days to go until Chamber Day/Eve 2007 and we’re still short of where we ended up last year. Don’t get me wrong - this is a terrific pace. But we’ve still got some work to do and there are still some of you who have donated in the past from whom we still haven’t heard.

So how about it? Who’s next? Who’s ready to propel us closer to last year’s record total of $25,000??????

CHAMBER CHALLENGE 2007 - $20,376 total (Updated 4/30/07 @ 8AM - last updated 4/29)
(New donors are marked with an asterisk - *)

Gold ($1000 & up)
Hollywoodivers
Ocean Institute
Pacific Wilderness Dive Club
Body Glove
Divevets
SoCal Tec Divers
Andrew Ainslie
Kendall Raine
Robert Wagner
Mike Emmerman/Pat Stockhausen
Sport Chalet

Silver ($500-999)
* Don Lake
Horizon Charters
CA Diving News/The Scuba Show
Scuba Haus
Richard Gayou/Sea Bass Dive Boat
Scuba Schools of America
Jim Krasne
Karl Huggins

Bronze ($100-499)
* Anne McCourt
Mark Windham
Malibu Divers
Whalers Dive Club
Cheryl Tinney
Maria Carillo High School
Santa Monica Police Department Harbor Dive Team
J. Quinn Roddick
Patrick Smith
James Haw
Larry & Ruth Harris
Fran & George Ollweiler
James Adams
The Sea Divers
Kevin Lee
DiveNav, Inc.
Mark Lacaillade
Ocean Adventures
Lee & Rebecca Jackrel
Susy Horowitz
Gorman Dive Adventures & Travel
Tze On Wong
Jeremy Wolf
Lost Patrol Dive Club
Tori & Walt Watson
Barnacle Busters Dive Club
Karen Cleveland
Brian Johnson
Mary-Lou Quinn
Michael Swinney
Michael Gallagher
Diver.net
Jerry Nickelsburg
Jeanne Sleeper
California Wreck Divers
Burbank Dive Club
Frank Huntley

Others:
R.A. Buck
Jim Pearson
Sharon Sarmiento

Ken Kurtis
Chairman, Chamber Day/Eve 2007
www.chamberday.org

 

[Chamber Day]

Two days to go and here’s where we stand . . .

BOATS (sponsor) [255 total spots, 14 available - 95% sold]

The Island Time had to drop out as of Friday because they’ve got engine problems and the parts will not be here before Wednesday. Fortunately, we were able to move those folks to the Sand Dollar (which was added earlier in the week. So here’s where we are:

Bottom Scratcher (Open) - 3 available
Cee Ray (Reef Seekers & Douglas Dive Club) - SOLD OUT
Flying Dutchman (Open) - 91 signed up so far and plenty more room
Great Escape (Open) - SOLD OUT
Magician (Sport Chalet) - SOLD OUT
Mr. C (CA Wreck Divers) - 3 available
Pacific Star (Scuba Schools of America) - SOLD OUT
Psalty V (Scuba Schools of America) - SOLD OUT
Sand Dollar (Open) - 8 available
Sea Bass (SoCal Tec Divers) - SOLD OUT
Second Stage (Scuba Schools of America) - SOLD OUT
Sundiver (Ocean Adventures) - SOLD OUT
Sundiver II (Ken Kurtis) - SOLD OUT

CHAMBER EVENING (table sponsor & total seats) [480 seats total, 1 available - 99.8% sold]

Open table (10) - SOLD OUT
Deep Sea Supply (10) - SOLD OUT
South Coast Divers (10) - SOLD OUT
Reef Seekers (20) - SOLD OUT
RA Buck & Barnacle Busters (20) - SOLD OUT
Aqua Adventures (10) - SOLD OUT
Haven’s Reef (20) - SOLD OUT
SoCal Tec Divers (20) - SOLD OUT
Scuba Schools of America (30) - SOLD OUT
Hollywoodivers (10) - SOLD OUT
Old Broads Dive Club (10) - SOLD OUT
Tom Wetzel & LA County (10) - SOLD OUT
ScubaDiverNet.com (10) - SOLD OUT
Ocean Institute (20) - SOLD OUT
Laguna Sea Sports (30) - SOLD OUT
Eco Diver Center (50) - SOLD OUT
DDD Club (10) - SOLD OUT
Ocean Adventures (20) - SOLD OUT
Sport Chalet (30) - SOLD OUT
Burbank Dive Club (10) - SOLD OUT
Sole Searchers (10) - SOLD OUT
David Walker Family (10) - SOLD OUT
OCDiving.com (10) - SOLD OUT
LABUE (10) - SOLD OUT
Dive Vets & Valley Scuba (10) - SOLD OUT
Pacific Wilderness (10) - SOLD OUT
Bluewater Divers (10) - 1 seat left

CHAMBER CHALLENGE
$20,376 as of 8AM this morning. Who’s next???

CHAMBER DAY COMMEMORATIVE BOOK
Orders for 25 books so far. Needless to say, we’d like to sell a lot more.

Two days to go and still time to boost these numbers if we all pull together to do so. The finish line is in sight and now’s the time for the extra push.

Ken Kurtis
Chairman, Chamber Day/Eve 2007
www.chamberday.org

 

[Boat Chick]

OK, who from SB is going to the Chamber Dinner? My husband and I will be there, sitting at the Laguna Sea Sports table

 

[merxlin]

The wife and I will be at one of the open tables. We'll be lucky to get there by 7.

 

[merxlin]

Very nice Ken. I like that! Can't wait to get it.

 

[dlndavid]

Nice shirt, love the name idea, very personal

 

[merxlin]

Ken, I also think you should get to assign a pirate name to anyone who didn't give you one of their own. Just add "bilge rat" "plank walker" or some such thing as a middle name.