To: wvusg@yahoogroups.com
From: "John Tudek" <hewhocaves@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:20:07 -0400
Subject: [wvusg] Meeting Minutes 3-12-08

 WVUSG Meeting Minutes 3-12-08

Old Business

    - Financial Report - no change.
    - Student Grant

   - No news back from SGA (KRM)

    - YTR update

   - Date Change - moved back a week.
      - Dave Riggs volunteers to make a website in 4 minutes or less
      about the event.
      - Remaining Contacts

                    - Brian contacted VPI
                    - Garth contacted FSU
                    - Jessica contacted JMU
    Kyle needs to contact Nittany and AB.


   - Campground Pictures
   - Other various responsibilities


    - Vertical Rodeo - no change
    - Gear Locker - no change


New Business

- Spring Break

   - Anyone planning on caving?

Nicole and Gayle want to go caving over Spring Break.
- MAR

   - Anyone want to lead a trip(s)?

If interested, email John Harman.
- VAR / SERA

   - June 5-8
   - John H. planning a 2-3 day TAG trip. Others are interested.

- Upcoming Ed Devine HH video.  Everyone is excited

- BANFF Film Featival - will be coming back to Morgantown in early April.
The film portion is April 3, with the local version on the 18th.
http://www.chestnutmtnproductions.com/banff/morgantownhome.htm


Upcoming Trips

- Maiden Run Survey

   -     March 30.  At about noon. Set in stone. Be there. Probably a
   couple survey teams and a dig team. This will be an excellent first survey
   trip.


- Ski Trip
Cancelled in favor of ice skating.

- Greenbrier Co. - We have between 7 - 10 people possibly going. Kyle will
leave the earliest, around 4pm. We will be staying at the WVACS field
station. Directions will be sent out within the next day. john C will be
leaving very late, and Thad will be leaving early saturday morning. If you
want to come down and don't have a ride, let me (John Tudek) know, asap at
hewhocaves@gmail.com

- TWTCS (the wonderful Tucker County Survey) will also be this weekend. Dave
and Brian will put together a to do list for the county for the
spring/summer.

- Bowden Cave trip - To the Agony. Will be next Wednesday in lieu of the
grotto meeting. We'll be leaving at 5:15 from the parking lot across from
Brooks, closest to Life Sciences.

Trip Reports:

Dave Riggs, John Harman, and Cullen Hencke surveyed 49' of passage in
Germany Valley's Shovel Eater Cave, and dropped a virgin 49' pit trying
to follow the sound of "The Devil's machinery". On sunday, they bounced
three pits in Germany Valley, including one with a skunk at the bottom.
Brian Masney was also in Shovel Eater and got to drop his first ever
virgin pit... 10' deep!

Meeting adjourned to the Brew Pub at 8:15