In attendance:
Jim Hull
Denise Roberts
Wade Pfennig
Claudia Pfennig
Dave Washburn
Kathy Washburn
Mark Evans
Bruce Turnblom
Mike Garske
Dirk Spackman
Karen Miller
Earl Eblen
Rob Johnson
Jacob Johnson
Katie Johnson

Club Finance Report: May- balance $210.56.

Thanks to last month’s presenters, Gene Ralston of Ralston and Assoicates.

Trip Reports: Folks are out diving….BRP, Veterans Pond, Lucky Peak, Crane Falls.

Upcoming meetings:
May 17th – Diving at BRP 6:30pm
June 9th and 10th – Lake Pend Oreille Dive-(Jim Hull provided information)
June 12th Meeting will be a club dive at Lucky Peak at 6:30pm.
Lake Harbor cleanup has been canceled or postponed until further notice.
July 10th – Meeting – Rose Pond club dive 6:30pm
Blue Heart Springs TBA

Member Input:
Jim gave information on Lake Pend Oreille and the NW Treasure Hunt (June 23rd) Dirk questioned dives at Payette and Redfish – it was noted that Boise Water Sports will have their annual BBQ at Redfish in August so no dives there have been scheduled and Payette Lake is scheduled as a possibility later this year depending on the Lake Harbor Clean Up.

Meeting:
Wade introduced tonight’s presenter John Frease of General Fire.

John began his business in 1971. He states that he has only had two tanks rupture since he started. About 1 in 1000 tanks fail inspection and he says this is usually a weakness at the neck of the tank. John explained how they calibrate their equipment daily for testing and chart it to tank size. John demonstrated how tanks are hydo’ed. He states they measure the expansion of the tank. 10% expansion is acceptable however they discard tanks at a 5% expansion. John states it takes about 5 minutes to test the tank then put on the dryer for 10-15 minutes. General Fire stamps both aluminum and steel tanks. They test up to 7000 psi.

After the meeting quite a few club members remained to visit for about an hour or so. It was nice conversation and enjoyable catching up on dive stories and life in general.

Minutes recorded by Denise Roberts, Club President