Here's the latest info, as of Thursday, April 15 (Happy Tax Day - don't forget
donations to the Chamber are tax-deductible) at 5PM:

CHAMBER DAY
Right now we're roughly half sold out for the event, with 264 of the 351 (75%)
available boat spots accounted for. Here are the participating boats, the
stores sponsoring the boat, and the spots available for each boat:

Aquatica (USA Scuba) - 8 sold, 19 available
Bottom Scratcher (Open boat) - 18 sold, 9 available
Cee Ray (Sport Chalet & Reef Seekers) - 24 sold, 4 available
Encore (Open boat) - SOLD OUT (36)
Great Escape (Open boat) - SOLD OUT (36)
Horizon (Sport Chalet) - 10 sold, 18 available
Island Time (Sport Chalet) - 7 sold, 13 available
Magician (Westside Aquatics) - SOLD OUT (but happy to squeeze "phantom" divers
on - call John and he'll explain)
Mr. C (CA Wreck Divers & Rod Francis) - 15 sold, 9 available
Pacific Star (Scuba Schools of America) - SOLD OUT (35)
Psalty V (Scuba Schools of America) - 4 sold, 2 available
Second Stage (Scuba Schools of America) - 3 sold, 3 available
Sundiver (Ocean Adventures) - SOLD OUT (24)
Westerly (Douglas Dive Club, Golden Reef Dive Club, & Dive 'N Surf) - 14 sold,
10 available

Flying Dutchman - 16 sold, PLENTY of spots available (duh!!!)

You can book your spots either by calling the sponsoring store listed or our
central number at 310/652-4990. (The Flying Dutchman can only be booked through
310/652-4990.) Be aware that in addition to the $75 for the event, we are
pre-collecting $20 for food-and-air on each of the boats. You'll get in two
dives during the day, a walking tour of the Chamber and its facilities, a
commemorative t-shirt, raffle tickets, a shot at on-board raffle prizes, a
whole lot of fun, and you'll be helping insure the financial health of our
Chamber.

CHAMBER EVENING
So far, we've sold about 100 of the 340 (29%) seats available for this evening
event, to be held once again at the magnificent Aquarium of the Pacific in Long
Beach. Doors will open at 7PM, you'll have over an hour to mingle and stroll
through AoP's exhibits (including Shark Lagoon), and buy some evening raffle
tickets. Dinner will start around 8:15, with our program (raffle winners, thank
yous, etc.) starting shortly after 9PM.

Cost is $75 which gets you in the door, dinner, two non-alcoholic drinks, 5
raffle tickets, and tons of fun. Stores/organizations sponsoring tables so far
include: Reef Seekers Dive Co. & Ken Kurtis/Bill Wright (3 tables), Scuba
Schools of America & Rusty Berry/Dan Barrows (3 tables), LABUE, SoCal Dive Club
of the Inland Empire, Burbank Dive Club (2 tables), West LA Dive Club, Lost
Patrol, RA Buck & Barnacle Busters (3 tables), Sundiver & Ray Arntz, LA County
& Tom Wetzel, ScubaDivernet.com & Sergio Herrera, Hollywoodivers & Hal Wells,
Birds Love Us, Sole Searchers, D.D.D Club & Bill Holzer (2 tables), Sport
Chalet & Jim Guido (3 tables), and Blue H2O Dive Club & Jim Hoffman. Plus we
have 7 "open" tables, which are also still avaiulable for sponsorship. You can
reserve spots by calling our central number at 310/652-4990.

CHAMBER CHALLENGE
Each year, we also issue a challenge to the general diving community to
contribute funds directly to the Chamber in addition to what might be
contributed through the daytime and evening events. As of April 15, we are at
$7420. At ther same time last year, we were at $111,175 so we're WAAAAY behind
where we'd like to be. And we hope you'll heed to call to keep the Chmaber
financially healthy with your donation. You can get your name added to the
Challenege list simply by calling us at 310/652-4990 and let us know what you'd
like to give.

OVERALL
Last year the event raised around $75,000. Right now we're around $32,000 so
we've got our work cut out for us. We simply can't do it without your help. If
you'd like to join literally thousands of your fellow SoCal divers who over the
years have pitched in to help insure the financial health of our Chamber, then
we urge you to get involved this year, and help us make Chamber Day/Eve 2004
the most successful ever. Thanks.

The Chamber Day/Eve 2004 Committee
Ken Kurtis, Chairman
www.chamberday.org