KSS Meeting May 15, 2019
Attendees: Howard Kalnitz, , John Cassidy, Amber Yuellig, Preston Forsythe, Sarah Arpin, Christopher Morris, Jedidiah Nixon, Josh Brewer, Sean Vanderhoff,
Announcements:
- Next meeting is June 16, Paper Caving. This is the Saturday before convention. June 16 is canceled. Sarah or Ben will propose a new date.
- Mike Keltner- Hart County is sponsoring a NCRC intro class June 1-2. Spots are available.
- Cincinnati museum center- June 16, cave day
Treasurers report
- ending balance $13,739.19
- IRS- will be sending a request for additional information
- Investments- holding off on hearing back on status from IRS. If it is going to take a while, we may want to move forward with mutual funds
Committee Reports
- Data Access- Arpin
- 12 data requests- 6 private, 6 commercial
- over $900 in fees have been billed out
- currently we are 5 requests behind where we were last year total
- Database Committee
- Howard is working with tools used in different arc map versions
- Data Archives
- Emergency Response- no report
- Membership- Sean
- New members generated from release of annual report
- We missed a few life members in our recent report mailing, troubleshooting to fix issue
- Grant Committee- Amber
- No update
- Annual Report
- Please start sending material now for next years report so we can get it out on time
- Advisory- Howard no update
- Survey Initatives
- Logan county- Saturday ridgewalking, well attended, also participated in surveying at Stinson Cave
- Wells cave survey- first weekend of August
- Annual Meeting
- September 14, considering Louisville
Old Business
We received an updated agreement from Kentucky State Preserves. They sent a new legal contract with much of the language we are wary of removed. Howard needs to do a read-through
Regional Coordinators- no updates
Grant Info- still need to post grant to website
New Business
Letters for Advisory committee- no updates
Bowling Green Airport- looking for open comments for airport expansion. We need to remain apolitical, neutral, and provide data as requested and advocate for caves. Individuals may take up a more active stance
We may be able to use the large format scanners to scan in maps but has to be done during work hours when a specific staff member can sign on.
Meeting closed: 8:14
