Pennsylvania Cave Conservancy Meeting Minutes for February 23, 2008

This is a summary of the minutes of the meeting.

The meeting was called to order at 3:40 pm by President Pat 
Minnick at the home of Jay Herbein

The following officers were present:
President       P. Minnick
Vice President  C. Catherman
Secretary       K. Bange
Treasurer       G. Bange

Representation was as follows:
Bald Eagle Grotto                JD Lewis
Baltimore Grotto                 Craig Hindman
Bucks County Grotto              ---
Buffalo Valley Grotto            Eric Synder
Central New Jersey Grotto        ---
Commander Cody Caving Club       Mike Mostardi
Franklin County Grotto           Pat Minnick
Greater Allentown Grotto         Dean Snyder
Huntingdon Co. Cave Hunters      Dean Synder (proxy)
Nittany Grotto                   Gary Dunmire
Philadelphia Grotto              Amos Mincin
Pennsylvania Inner-Earth Grotto  ---
Pittsburgh Grotto                ---
Seven Valleys Grotto             Gretchen Williams
York Grotto                      Dale Ibberson

Secretary Report:  The minutes from the September 2007 meeting 
were accepted as published in the January 2008 Breakdown. 

Treasurer Report: George Bange distributed a copy of the PCC 
financial summary.

Web Page: Dave Fricke gave an update on the PCC web site.  
Dave asked that PCC reps keep him up to date with current /
correct grotto and contact information.

PCC Breakfast: PCC will put on a Sunday morning breakfast 
at the Spring MAR. The Cathermans will coordinate with 
Commander Cody Caving Club the amount of food needed. PCC 
will decide at the Spring MAR field meet about hosting a 
Sunday morning breakfast at the Fall MAR field meet.

PCC Brochure: Anyone interested in brochures should contact 
George Bange.
  
Mail: The Christmas card for the landowner of Penn Aqua Cave 
was returned. Anyone with the correct address for the landowner 
should contact Karen Bange.

T-shirts: Dean Snyder has PCC t-shirts for sale. Submission 
for funding raising T-shirts for PCC’s 25th anniversary is 
February 2008. Designs are posted on the PCC website. T-shirts 
are to be printed in spring of 2009.

PA Cave Database: Bill Herr has volunteered to be the new PA 
Cave Database steward. Bill is asking for volunteers to be 
county stewards and provide him with updates on specific 
geographic areas in PA. Garrett Czmor has volunteered to be 
the steward of Huntingdon County and JD Lewis has volunteered 
to be the steward in North Central PA. Mike Spencer volunteered 
to be the steward for Lehigh and North Hampton counties; Jim 
Hart, Don Arrowood and Ken Jones will be county stewards for 
Cumberland, Franklin and Fulton counties. Any other volunteers 
to be county steward for the PA Cave Database should contact 
Bill Herr at wherr@maserconsulting.com. Everyone is encouraged 
to contact Bill with all updates and changes to caves in PA. 
Grottos are encouraged to put Bill on their newsletter mailing 
lists as information in newsletter is a good resource for 
updates/changes throughout the state.
Bill will supply county stewards database content information 
for their specific county. There was discussion about posting 
a listing of counties and county stewards on the PCC website.  

OLD BUSINESS:

Project List: 

Baker Caverns: Franklin, County, PA - Pat Minnick reported 
the property is off the market. The home is occupied by renters.

Dragon Cave: Berks County, PA – no report

J-4: Centre County, PA - status quo

Red Church Cave: Schuylkill County, PA - GAG will look into 
the status of the landowner 

Merkle Cave:  Berks County, PA - no change

Cleversburg Cave: Cumberland County, PA - FCG is managing 
access into the cave. Currently the cave is flooded.
     
Schofer Cave: Berks County, PA - The MAKC open house will be 
at Schofer Cave June 13-15th.

Durham Cave: Bucks County, PA - no change

Corker Hill and Frustration Pit: Franklin County, PA - A motion 
was made, seconded and passed for Amos Mincin to call Paul 
Trodonovich of WASHCO Homes to introduce Ken Jones as the 
contact person for PCC to enter into negotiations with WASHCO 
Homes for acquisition of the land containing Corker Hill and 
Frustration Pit. If an agreement is reached between PCC and 
WASHCO Homes in regards to the acquisition of the land, PCC 
will accept the property.   
Joel Jacobs reported that he has spoken to Mike Walsh of the 
Texas Cave Conservancy (TCC). Mike continues to voice interest 
in helping PCC with the possible acquisition of this land.  

NEW BUSINESS:

Inactive Members: A motion was made, seconded and passed that 
effective immediately grottos that have missed 6 consecutive 
PCC meetings have to reapply for PCC membership. Inactive grottos 
are: Central New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inner Earth Grotto and 
Pittsburgh Grotto. Karen Bange will send out a notification to 
these three grottos.

Officer elections were held.  
President - Pat Minnick 			
Vice President - Christopher Catherman
Secretary - Karen Bange  		
Treasurer - Gary Dunmire

Next meeting: The next meeting of the PCC will be on Sunday 
May 18, 2008 at the Spring MAR field meet.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:05 pm

Respectfully submitted,
Karen Bange, Recording Secretary