9. A Look Ahead into 2025 – Another Busy Year

Welcome to 2025 - Happy New Year. As we make our way into the new year - let's take a look ahead at what is on our plate for 2025. Scuba Educational Alliance of Connecticut will be offering two different scholarships in 2025: Ocean Steward I Scholarship - Open Water Certification Ocean Steward II Scholarship - Advanced Open Water Applications open February 1, 2025 and will be awarded on March 31, 2025 March is also when we have the Boston Sea Rovers clinic here in the northeast and I will continue to help them in the planning and execution of the show. 2025 is also my third year serving on the DEMA Board of Directors and I also will participate in DEMA's Retailer Engagement Committee and the Show Committee. Check out my initial reading list for 2025. As for travel - we'll be heading out to Indonesia with Dive Into Lembeh and then onto the Philippines for a stay at Atlantis in Dumaguete. We are also planning a week on Cayman Brac with Dive Pirates working with divers with disabilities. Finally, my work with Scuba Diving Industry Magazine and the Level Up podcast will continue. Just need to fit all of this in with my work around the house and the sweetness of doing nothing.