2018.04.18
KSS Board Meeting
Attendees: Josh Brewer, Amber Yuellig, Howard Kalnitz, Barry Adams, Christopher Morris, John Cassidy, Sean Vanderhoff, Sara Arpin
Announcements:
Reading of Previous Minutes:
-Read by Amber Yuellig
-Motion made by Josh to approve
-Approved Unanimously
Treasurer’s Report:
-John had to move the paypal email to John’s personal email
290 search fees
-state filing
-question whether we need to change the treasurer’s scope to remove membership duties, add membership committee to bylaws
Committee Reports:
- Data Access Committee
- Two data requests, one from Michael Goodman (private) interested in cave and karst landforms in Simpson County, asked him for a more narrow scope
- Third Rock- 5 km radius of proposed Hopkinsville north bypass
- Database Committee
- Howard is excited about how well the caver app is soing
- See Esri below
- Data Archives
- Up to 600 publications, sarah is going to mail out a list of publications we have to yahoo group
- Emergency Response Committee
No Update
- Membership Committee
-all welcome emails sent out, authored by Shelia
-Sean, Shelia Minor, Both Roth
- committee has had one meeting since forming
- will send out email reminders regarding renewals
-are considering taking over the PR presentation
Old Business
Grotto Presentation
Newsletter/ Annual Report
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ESRI
- Grant given by ESRI conservation group
- cost $200, a year for organization cost (80% discount off non for profit status)
- Chartered a KSS organization with ArcGIS access for county coordinators
- Howard will start working with board to set up organization and sending out board and county coordinators
- Josh motion, Sean second, unanimously approved
Safeguard Data/ Security
- no report
Update on Survey Initative weekend
- landowner thrilled with the work performed by KSS
- another survey weekend for first weekend of June? Looking for volunteers/ sponsors
Arch Database Data sharing
- working on details to present to KSS
Request from Kentucky Nature Preserve Committee
- discussed at caving on paper meeting
- howard is looking into request further
New Business
- student looking for organizations willing to give small grant to fund a trip to San Salvador Island, Kentucky
- we should consider a committee if we wish to become a granting organization
- we have made a donation to the Tenessee springs initative previously as geology does not follow political boundaries
- should have a limited scope
- we should have a write-up about the emergency system
- Josh and Sara are offering up two spots at NCRC training for this upcoming weekend at GSP
Motion to close Amber, Second John
Ended at 7:47pm