Pennsylvania Cave Conservancy Meeting Minutes for June 7, 2009

This is a summary of the minutes of the meeting.

The meeting was called to order by President Pat Minnick, 
at Lincoln Caverns on Sunday June 7, 2009

The following officers were present.
President - P. Minnick
Vice President - Christopher Catherman
Secretary - K. Bange
Treasurer - G. Dunmire

Representation was as follows:
Bald Eagle Grotto            ---
Baltimore Grotto             ---
Bucks County Grotto          Pat Richard
Buffalo Valley Grotto        ---
Central New Jersey Grotto    ---
Commander Cody Caving Club   ---
Franklin County Grotto       Pat Minnick
Greater Allentown Grotto     Dean Snyder
Huntingdon Co. Cave Hunters  ---
Nittany Grotto               Gary Dunmire
Philadelphia Grotto          ---
Seven Valleys Grotto         Gretchen Williams
York Grotto                  ---
 
There were not enough grottos represented for a quorum.

An unofficial meeting did take place.  The following was 
discussed:

Secretary Report: There was an addition made to the 
February 28, 2009 minutes.  The minutes did not reflect 
the officer elections. Elections for officers was held 
at the February 28th meeting. The current officers were 
all re-elected   

Treasurer Report: Gary Dunmire distributed a copy of the 
PCC financial summary. Gary has looked into an interest 
checking account and reported the current checking account 
pays market value interest rates which are increasing.

Web Page: No report

PCC Breakfast: Pat Minnick will be coordinating the PCC 
pancake breakfast at the upcoming Fall MAR. 

Fund Raising T-Shirts: Gary Dunmire reported Frank Stahan 
revised the current PCC Tshirt to reflect PCC’s 25th 
anniversary. The revisions will be emailed to PCC reps to 
present to their respective grottos. Grotto reps are 
requested to poll their grottos on T-shirt design preference 
and reply to Gary.

PCC Brochure: Brochures are available. Anyone interested in 
brochures should contact George Bange.

Mail: Dean Snyder reported PCC received an invitation to 
have a display at Walls Are Bad great outdoor week May 
15-24th. Since the date has passed, no action was taken.

PA Cave Database: No report. Bill Herr has been out of 
contact for the past year. Karen Bange volunteered to 
contact Bill in an attempt to determine his interest 
in continuing to maintain the database.

Project List:

Baker Caverns: Franklin, County, PA - No change

Dragon Cave: Berks County, PA – No change

Red Church Cave: Schuylkill County, PA - Dean Snyder has 
been in contact with the land owner in regards to the 
recent death of Dale Ibberson. The owner is aware of WNS 
and the voluntary cave moratorium. Although he is 
interested in opening the cave he will not allow caving 
at this time. He is in agreement to have a soil sample 
collected in the cave.  

Merkle Cave: Berks County, PA - No change

Cleversburg Cave: Franklin County, PA - Pat Minnick 
reported the kiosk has been upgraded. A professor 
from Shippensburg University is interested in water 
table logging in the cave.

Schofer Cave: Berks County, PA - No report

Durham Cave:  Bucks County, PA - No change

Corker Hill and Frustration Pit: Franklin County, PA - 
Pat Minnick reported WASHCO development is on hold due 
to economy. There has been no new activity.

New Business:

Christopher and Christine Catherman helped Judi Stack 
organize some of Dale Ibberson’s memorabilia after his 
death. Christopher has Dale’s PCC binder which Dean Snyder 
took to keep with other PCC materials.

Gary Dunmire announced that he will now have the Nittany 
Grotto key to Sharer Cave, Centre County while Karen and 
George Bange will have the Nittany Grotto key to Seawra, 
Mifflin County.

Todd Hancock introduced a newly chartered NSS grotto.  
Cave Hill Grotto, from Three Springs, PA, was chartered 
March 15, 2009. Their focus is on caves in central PA.  
They are in the process of designing an interactive cave 
data base website. The grotto would like to part of PCC.  
This will be voted on at the next official PCC meeting.

A moment of silence was observed in honor of Dale Ibberson.  
Dale was part of PCC since its beginning in 1983.

Next meeting: The next meeting of the PCC will be at the 
Fall MAR meet held at Rupert Cave, Mifflin County on Sunday 
October 4, 2009.  Meeting time 9:30 am

Respectfully submitted,
Karen Bange, Recording Secretary