The Sunken Treasures Society of Los Angeles is hosting a very important informational and organizational meeting for California Ships To Reefs on Saturday January 26th from 10:00am to 3:00pm on the waterfront in San Pedro.  The location is the Boardwalk Cafe next to Ports-O-Call Restaurant in Ports-O-Call Village at 1150 Nagoya Way.  There will be no charge for the event but lunch will be available for purchase.  There is plenty of free parking and if you wish to make a day of it bring the family too, there will be plenty for them to do while you are in the meeting.

California Ships to Reefs is embarking on a fundamental change of direction. We have been making progress in many areas but the climate around the surplus ships in California is changing quickly and we are currently adjusting course to meet that change HEAD ON. Dick Long, who was the leader of the Yukon project in San Diego, has stepped up to lead the charge and organize our team of volunteers to “make it happen”.Dick needs a cohesive and energetic group of volunteers to complete all the tasks necessary to achieve our goals. YOU are that “Army” of necessary people. In order to sink ships, and WE KNOW you want to sink ships!, we need those of you that are interested in the program but have been waiting for an opportunity to join in …so join in NOW and lead this program in the future. NOW is that time! We need people from virtually every walk of life — we have a job for everyone.

Dick has identified and enlisted the Senior Vice Chairs who will coordinate the committee work. Each committee will have a charter to define the work to be accomplished, with resources required and the final goal defined. We need you to fill in the blanks and achieve these goals! We are identifying Committee Chairs depending on people’s availability and desire. Any committees that we cannot fill from within, we will start to look outside our current volunteers for appropriate people to help get the job done. So pass the word on to your friends and people you think could be interested!

Our goal is to develop every aspect of the project, and to create a systematic method of reefing surplus ships and have it up & running in the next few months! Let’s Get it Done! We are working to get the first vessel into the pipeline in 2008.

This is a unique task never before done… YOU will make it happen. Remember, the Yukon project had over 2000 volunteers. That was one ship & they did all the work. We are talking about a pipeline of ships.

We are all going to get together to provide MORE information and start the work…get prepared… This is a very unique opportunity Where YOU define the path… YOU create the system to sink ships…