KENTUCKY SPELEOLOGICAL SURVEY
MEETING AGENDA 17 MARCH 2021
7:00 pm
New Board Members:
Sarah Arpin, Chair |
Howard Kalnitz, Member-at-Large |
Bob Roth, Vice Chair |
Amber Yuellig, Member-at-Large |
Christopher Morris, Secretary |
Kevin Zachary, Member-at-Large |
John Cassidy, Treasurer |
Reading of previous meeting’s minutes (Christopher Morris)
Treasurer’s Report (John Cassidy)
- Balance report
Data Committee (Howard Kalnitz)
- New data requests
- Database management update
Emergency Response (Mike Keltner)
- Strike from agenda if no new report.
Membership Committee (Sean Vanderhoff)
- New members this month
- Total membership
Grant Committee (Amber Yuellig)
- Strike from agenda if no new report.
Annual Report (Christopher Morris)
- Christopher is hopeful to have it out by the end of March.
New Business
- GOAL: To get the KSS back on track in terms of data management, organizational function, and stakeholder interests and involvement (cavers, membership, researchers, conservationists, private industry, government agencies, etc.), guided by our Purpose, Mission Statement, and Vision.
- Bylaw review and revision
- Committee reworked and written into the bylaws
- Code of Ethics
- Social media
- Add resources (grottos, etc.) to website
- 2021 schedule
- Treasurer’s recommendations:
- Consider what to do with the money we have been bringing in, especially with the 2018(?) IRS audit. Possibly hire a KGS intern again.
- Investment put on hold due to COVID uncertainty.
- Grant application received: Athanasios Apostolopoulos
Announcements?
Meeting Adjournment