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committees for 2006 were formed at the last meeting. If you are interested
in helping with any of them, please contact the committee leader.
Cave Management -- Jeremy Bounds
Cave Restoration -- Jon Beard
Cave Survey -- Bob Taylor
Cave Trips -- Jeremy Bounds
Super trip -- Randy Rosebrough
Public Outreach -- Charity Gramm
New
Members -- Jeremy Bounds
Vertical Training -- Chris St. George
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The appointed officers for 2006 are:
Ozarks
Underground Editor -- Jack Rosenkoetter
Under the Highlands Editor -- Charity Gramm
Librarian -- Michael Carter
Webmaster -- Michael Carter
Quartermaster -- Chris St. George
Grotto Store -- Randy Rosebrough
May 2006
- New elections were held at the May 2006 meeting because several of our officers quit and formed there own grotto (Springfield Plateau Grotto). The new officers are as follows:
- Charley Rey--President
- Jeremy Bounds--Vice-President
- Bonnie Howard--Secretary
- Zach Copeland--Treasurer/Under the Highlands Editor
- Bill Copeland--MSS Director
- Pam Sales volunteered to take over the Grotto Library from Michael Carter
- Bill Heim is our only remaining Director since Roy Gold and Jack Rosencutter resigned.
- James Potts volunteered to edit the Ozarks Underground.
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June 2006 |
- Pam Sales now has the Grotto Library at her house and needs help in organizing it.
- Jonathan Beard sent a letter to OHG stating he will allow OHG members to check out the Breakdown Cave key, but anyone wanting to go in any of the other previously OHG managed caves must go on a SPG sponsored trip. It turns out that Jonathan was the private manager of these caves not OHG.
- Charley Rey appointed two new OHG Directors, Eddie Simmons and Ron Martin.
- Several of the committees have been reformed. They are:
- Restoration Committee; Max White, Randy and Melanie Roseborough, and Charley Rey.
- Cave Survey; Charley Rey, Bill and Zach Copeland, and Wayne Pierce.
- Cave Trip; Leo Thompson, Wayne Pierce, and Todd Heinz.
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July 2006
- Charley Rey made a motion that any new caves that OHG gets the privilege to manage in the future will have a memo of understanding with the landowner stating that OHG is the exclusive manager of the cave not a specific person.
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August 2006
- The Super Trip committee announced that the 2007 Super Trip would be to New Mexico (Guads) with dates to be in late March-early April.
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September 2006
- Bill Copeland announced he will take over webmaster duties.
- Lawrence Ireland won an award at the NSS Convention for his work in bio-inventories.
- The 2004 MVOR t-shirt held at the Holstein Mill (OHG hosted) won a NSS salon award.
- The Carroll Cave Conservancy is buying a data logger to monitor water level fluctuations in Thunder River at a cost of $1700.
- Chris St. George came up with a money making suggestion for OHG. He suggests we make and sell bat houses.
- Randy Roseborough announced that we will team up with the Tulsa Grotto for next year's Super Trip.
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October 2006
- OHG returned $500 to MVOR that was given to us for cave gating. Because of some issues with the Missouri Department of Conservation on gating, it was felt that the money should go back to the MVOR until these issues are resolved.
- CCC reports that Carroll Cave is now 13.34 miles long and still growing.
- Charley Rey bids for the Spring 2007 MVOR in OHG's name. A committee was formed to work out the details. We will need lots of volunteers to make this happen.
- It was announced that the 2007 National Caves and Karst Symposium will be held in St. Louis sometime in October. It will be sponsored by MCKC and the MDC. They are asking for donations from Missouri Grottos.
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November 2006
- Business meeting held Nov 1st, the following members were nominated for office
- President---Eddie Simmons and Charley Rey
- Vice-President--Chris St. George and Bill Heim
- Secretary--Bonnie Howard
- Treasurer--Ashley Smith
- M.S.S. Director--Bill Copeland
- Remember, you may still nominate someone for office at the December meeting!
- Bill Copeland has turned in the following cave maps to the MSS files
- Hannaford Cave (Webster Co)
- In and Out Caves 1,2,and 3 (Laclede Co)
- Mayfield Spring Cave#2 (Laclede Co)
- Mayfield Spring Cave#1 (Laclede Co)
- Mapping still continues in Shamel Cave in Laclede County. Contact Bill Copeland or Eddie Simmons if you would like to help
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