From: "Rachel McCormick" Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:54:37 -0000 Subject: [wvusg] Meeting Minutes for 12/8 Meeting Minutes for 8 December 2009 Meeting called to order by Chairperson Abby Hohn at 8:03pm Financial Report - The Grotto has $425.47 A HUGE THANKS to Ben Mirable for donating $100, Thanks so much! The mailbox was checked by Tom Lilly. The Grotto has a bill for the West Virginia Caver and a check from the CSC for the football game that we worked. Motion by John Tudek to waive dues for Ben Mirable next year. Seconded by John Harman John Harman has been paid in full for Jerico Cabins Gear – Allen Dove is borrowing one set of Grotto surveying equipment Abby Hohn suggested electing someone to be gear czar to manage the checking out of gear Gayle Suppa volunteered to be in charge of the gear that will be kept in Dave Rigg's basement *All borrowed gear needs to be returned to Gayle or Abby by the end of the semester* Terra Incognito Tom Lilly – Trip report for Scott Hollow Progress has been made on the OTR trip report *Reminders to those doing trip reports: Please get those to Rachel McCormick no later than January, preferably within two weeks of the end of the semester. Those who have volunteered for trip reports are: -Kyle McMillan and Gayle Suppa for OTR 2009 -Rachel McCormick for Beginner's Weekend and Sharps Cave -Jeremy Browning for Stillhouse, Sinks of Gandy, and Via Ferrata -Gayle Suppa for White Sides, NC rappel -Krista Tindall for Carpenter-Swaygo Abby Hohn and Gayle Suppa will be getting together before the first Grotto meeting in January to write the grant Contact John Harman for a cave trip this Saturday Christmas Party has been cancelled Welcome back party suggested instead, maybe the first weekend back in January -could be held at Tiffany Neumann's -could be at Krista Tindall's cabin near Seven Springs, PA with possible skiing Trip Reports -Scott Hollow: Tom Lilly Tom Lilly, Rachel McCormick, Gayle Suppa, Krista Tindall, Garth Dixon, Ben Mirable, and Kyle McMillan went to Scott Hollow Cave last Saturday. They spent about five hours in cave going to the Double Waterfall and did the Omega Loop. -Memorial Day Cave: Dave Riggs Dave Riggs, John Harman, Brian Masney went to Memorial Dave Cave this past weekend. Dave Riggs did a short 20 ft bolt climb that opened up into about 220ft of virgin walking passage. The passage eventually opened into a very large room with a 70ft dome to one side and a rifle barrel dome off to the other side that was +165 ft. There were lots of sandstone cobbles and good flow from the dome. Some passage has been surveyed near what should be the top of the dome, so they may be able to break through from the top to make a +100 ft pit. All had a great time caving and at cave camp. Meeting was adjourned at 8:36 pm I'm sorry these are being posted so late. My dead week wasn't very dead.