Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:20:01 -0500 From: "David A. Riggs" Subject: 2007-02-21 WVUSG Meeting Minutes Minutes from the Feb. 21, 2007 meeting of the WVU Student Grotto. There were about a dozen people present, plus or minus a few. Upcoming Events: 1. Kyle and Garth are going to My Cave on Saturday Feb. 24, Garth is camping at Oildrum Falls on Friday night. Contact Kyle [1] if you'd like to go. [1] Kyle McMillan 2. John Harman is going to Bowden Cave on Saturday Feb. 24 (definitive date/time TBD) and plans on squeezing through The Agony and exploring the MG section. Contact John [2] if you would like to go. [2] John Harman 3. This weekend is the Cheat Canyon (Druid/NYDC Caves) dye trace. Contact Dave Riggs [3] if you'd like to help find springs and place traps on Saturday, or would like to come along to place dye in the stream on Sunday. [3] Dave Riggs 4. The Geology Club is NOT going to Bowden Cave this weekend. 5. There will be a vertical practice at the Rec Center at 5:30pm, Wed Feb 28 (before our next meeting). 6. March 3, the Nittany Grotto is camping at Yokum's and will be going to Sinnitt-Thorn and Mystic(?), the WVUSG has been invited to join them. 7. I mentioned a Wilderness First Aid training on March 10 - I will check to see if this course is "open" before posting any details. 8. March 17, we will be going to Sinnitt-Thorn [4], John Harman is arranging the trip, and it may be an all-day caving trip. If you want to go, you must come to the next grotto meeting to sign the waiver - trip size will be limited to 15 people. John also has some photos from a previous trip on his excellent website [5]. [4] http://www.psc-cavers.org/stcc/ [5] http://www.wvunderground.net Other Topics: 9. Jessica got a card for the family of Jason Simmons. Everyone signed it, and she's sending it to them with all the collected donations. Thank you all for your generosity, I'm sure his family will be very grateful. 10. We're dangerously low on funds. Please think of fund raising opportunities by next meeting. It was suggested that we could earn some cash by selling sliced pizza on campus. The meeting was adjourned at 8:40pm, and this sorry bunch was too tired to hold an after-meeting meeting. - DR -- David A. Riggs