Pennsylvania Cave Conservancy Meeting Minutes for September 16, 2001

This is a summary of the minutes of the meeting.

Lacking a quorum, an unofficial meeting was called to order by President, 
Pat Minnick, at the Delaware River Family Campground at Delaware, NJ at 
10:00 am, Sunday, September 16, 2001.

The following officers were present:

President	Pat Minnick
V. Pres.	Karen Bange
Secretary	Keith D. Wheeland
Treasurer	George Bange

Representation was as follows:
Bald Eagle Grotto
Baltimore Grotto
Bucks County Grotto
Central New Jersey Grotto	John Tudek
Commander Cody Caving Club
Franklin County Grotto		Pat Minnick
Greater Allentown Grotto
Huntingdon Co. Cave Hunters
Nittany Grotto			Keith Wheeland 
Philadelphia Grotto		Amos Mincin, Ellen Hoffler
Pittsburgh Grotto
Seven Valleys Grotto		Joe Schock
South Jersey Grotto		Ed Fiore
York Grotto

There were other individuals present

Treasurer Report:
The treasurer, George Bange, reported a balance of $206.84 in the 
checking account, $2722.06 in the savings account for a total of 
$2,928.90.

OLD BUSINESS:

Project List:

Baker Caverns, Franklin County, PA.  No report

Dragon Cave, Berks County, PA.  No report

Duffield Cave, Franklin County, PA.  The owner doesn't want anyone entering 
the cave. Remove from the list.

Penn Aqua Cave, Mifflin County, PA.  The Nittany and Seven Valleys Grottos 
removed the temporary obstruction on June 16, 2001. Remove from the list.

J-4, Keith Wheeland reported that there has been no change in the status 
of J-4. The owner has asked that cavers not visit the cave.

Liability Insurance: The Secretary reported on insurance.

PCC Brochure: Two thousand brochures were printed and brought to the meeting. 
It was decided (unofficially) to distribute the brochures to show caves. This 
is to be done by various grottos and organizations.

Coral Caverns	Nittany
Laurel Caverns	MAKC
Crystal Caverns	GAG
Lincoln Caverns	HCCH
Crystal Grottos	FCG
Lost River		South Jersey
Historic Indian	Nittany
Penns Cave		Seven Valleys
Indian Echo		York
Woodward		Nittany

The PCC will send Gordon Ley a thank you letter for his help in getting 
the brochures printed.

PCC Cave Calendar: George Bange noted that there were not enough pre-orders 
to make the project worthwhile. Discussion followed two lines. How to save 
the project especially since a lot of effort went into it. And what to do 
in the future. It was decided (unofficially) to scrap the project for this 
year and return all funds collected for the pre- orders. It was also decided 
(unofficially) to try again next year with a slightly different approach.

Web Page: Dave Fricke, the web master, provided a report by email.

Fund Raising T -Shirts: Dean Snyder has PCC T -shirts for sale at $8 each.

NEW BUSINESS:

Spring 2002 MAR: The Spring 2002 MAR field meet will be hosted by Seven 
Valleys Grotto at the Rupert Cave Campground the weekend of May 4, 2002.

Pancake Breakfast: A pancake breakfast will be served on Sunday morning 
at the Spring MAR with proceeds to benefit the PCC.

Next Meeting: The next meeting of the PCC will be on Saturday February 23, 2002 
after the MAR Business meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 11 :20 am September 16, 2001.

Respectfully submitted
Keith D. Wheeland, Secy.