2018.05.17
KSS Board Meeting
Attendees: Howard Kalnitz, Sean Vanderhoff, Shelia Minor, Amber Yuellig, Bob Roth, Jim Currens, Mike Keltner
Announcements:
- Howard has been receiving comments that Jim Currens had an interview on the radio
- Lexington community radio, program called BIOS
Reading of Previous Minutes
-read by Amber Yuellig
-motion made by Sean, second Howard
- approved unanimously
Treasures Report
- No report
- “got $60.04” maybe data request fee?
Committee Reports
Data Access Committee
- no report
Database Committee
- reports keep coming in
- just entered about 20-30 caves from Isaaacs, Bobo and one of the environmental consultants
- New esri group nearing completion
- Base layer complete
- County groups are setup
- Data is being deployed to count groups in a way that allows instant updating
- Will most likely keep filemaker pro as base data but not deployed to county coordinators
- Should be deploying to county coordinators in the next few weeks
- Also has an emergency group
Membership Committee
- membership committee is going to get the most recent version of the PowerPoint and take it over
- next year when the bylaws are updated again, we will add an official standing committee, the committee will draft a description of functions of the committee
Newsletter Update
- there is still one newsletter Howard needs to send out
Grant Committee
- Amber Yuellig will head the granting committee
- Will outline our granting program: scope, amounts, what we will receive from grantees
Data Safeguard
- no updates
Survey Initiative Weekend
- we need to receive data back from previous survey initiatives
- Next survey initiative will be second weekend of June, Wells Cave; camping will be at Great Saltpetre Cave preserve, final agenda will be posted to Yahoo and Facebook
Arch Database Data Sharing
- no report
Kentucky Nature Preserves Committee
- will set up some time after our ArcGIS conversion to work with this group
- suggest face to face meeting in the fall
New Business
- KSS is giving presentations at State Cave Survey session at NSS Convention in Montana
- Welcome presenters or folks who would like to help present
Motion to close- Howard
Second- Amber
Meeting ended 7:42 pm
Will go back to normal time/ date next time
Next meeting: June 20 7pm