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SEASPACE is working in conjunction with the new Texas Dive Show. This new show will be held January 26-27, 2008, at the J.W. Marriott Hotel/Convention Center near the Galleria in Houston, Texas. We will have a booth just inside the entrance of the Texas Dive Show, and the Texas Dive Show has provided a room in which SEASPACE will hold a silent auction. In our booth we will be promoting the mission of SEASPACE and directing show attendees to the silent auction benefiting the SEASPACE Scholarship fund. The silent auction will be in the Sam Houston room. For all the details on the Texas Dive Show checkout their web site. Put the dates on your calendar. Plan to attend the Texas Dive Show to see the latest in all things diving.2008 Scholarship Application! Marine-related scholarships open to undergraduate students entering their junior or senior years and graduate students | ||||||
Founded in 1969 by members of the Houston Underwater Club, SEASPACE has a long and storied history of service to the dive community. While other consumer dive shows operate as commercial endeavors, SEASPACE is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. In addition to staging an exciting, annual scuba diving exposition, SEASPACE's mission has been to focus on marine environmental education, with a concerted and ongoing outreach to youth.
As of 2007, SEASPACE's Scholarship and Grants program has funded more than $520,000 in scholarships to students of the marine sciences and monetary awards to organizations involved in marine preservation projects. A SEASPACE Permanent Education Fund has been established, so as to enable the continuation of these awards for years to come.
SEASPACE wishes to express its profound appreciation to the exhibitors who have supported the show over the years, and made these financial commitments possible. Likewise, we wish to thank the hard-working staff and hundreds of volunteers who have made SEASPACE what our exhibitors tell us is the best organized and friendliest consumer dive show in the country.
Over the past decade, the SEASPACE Board of Directors has noted that times are changing for consumer and trade show events. With the proliferation of instant communication via the Internet, and television specials that can trump most any independent underwater film festival, the validity and imperative of staging an annual exposition may be on the wane.
After careful consideration, the SEASPACE Board of Directors has elected not to schedule a commercial booth-concentric exposition in 2008. Rather, SEASPACE is actively seeking avenues to continue its outreach and scholarship activities by other means. More information will be provided as plans progress, and the input of interested parties is welcomed.
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SEASPACE, Inc.
P.O. Box 3753
Houston, TX 77253-3753
(713) 467-6675
SEASPACE, Inc. is a 501(c)3 corporation