To: wvusg@yahoogroups.com From: "John Tudek" Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:30:02 -0500 Subject: [wvusg] Grotto Meeting minutes for 1-30-08 Meeting Minutes for 1-30-08. Meeting called to order by chairperson John Harman at 7:33pm. -- Old Business -- Financial Report - No change. Student Grant - Kyle put together the Grant form and presented it to the grotto for changes. He'll present it to us next meeting for final review. Gear Locker - No report. YTR - No report. Learn to Survey - Due to weather + basketball, the practice survey was relocated to a Brooks Hall stairwell. -- Upcoming Trips -- (see the grotto Google calendar for upcoming trips!!) http://www.caves.org/grotto/wvusg/calendar/ Wisp - Kyle is heading out at 5pm from the Rec Center for skiing. Beaverhole Trip - will occur on Friday at 7pm. Meet at the Rec Center by the big TV. Cheat Canyon Practice Survey - Will occur concurrently with the Beaverhole trip. It will also meet at the big screen TV at 7pm on Friday. Dad-Stal Trip - Tom is still organizing it and is expecting somewhere between 5 - 10 people on the trip. The trip will be on the 10th of February. Suggested Future Trips - A Beginners trip to Germany Valley (Harper's? Ruddle? Fieldhouse? Cave Mountain Cave?) and possibly staying at the GVKS field house. Vertical Rodeo - Cancelled this weekend for excessive mud and cold. As an aside, we'll be looking into more convenient places to have vertical practice. There was also a presentation by Nathan Harlan of Adventure WV about backpacking in Patagonia for school credit. Brochures were handed out. -- Past Trips -- - Kyle McMillan, Dave Mason and Abby Hohn went to Lost World Caverns. - Dave Riggs, Ben Mirabile, Rich Finley, Jason Thomas, Jessica Morning, Garth Dixon, and John Harman all went to Scott Hollow. Rich wanted it to be known that it was the first trip he and Jason were on together where they got out on time. They did the Omega Loop backwards and came out into the Mystic River borehole. - Thad Martin and John Tudek went to Organ Cave - Abby Hohn, Dave Mason, Dave Riggs, and John Harman went to Honaker Cave. - Katherine Gurtler did some caving in Thailand and Laos over Xmas. Meeting adjourned sometime around 8:40 to the Brew Pub.