Board Meeting Minutes

11:00 AM, July 23,  2005

Mid County Fire Station, 148 North Hwy 5, Camdenton, MO

Ø       Before Meeting

o       Sign in

o       Attended by

§         Bill Copeland – President

§         Randy Bruegger – Vice President

§         Jeffrey Crews – Secretary

§         Rick Hines – Treasurer

§         Bill Gee – Board Member

§         Terry DeFraties – Board Member

§         Jeff Page – Board Member

§         Tom Grant – Observer

§         Andy Isbell – Observer

§         Mike McKinney – Observer

Ø         Treasure’s Report

o       $4943 in the treasury

o       $310 is earmarked to be spent by rescue

Ø         Old Business

o       Sauna should be done by October – November, Mike Hartley

o       School House

§         Terry will find out how much it will cost just to get a roof on.

Ø         New Business

o       Rick Hines made a motion to require the survey committee to provide a plan of action for the next year within 2 months.

§         Motion seconded by Terry DeFraties

§         Motion carried by simple majority with 4 votes in favor.

Ø         Committee Discussions

o        Membership (Randy Bruegger)

§         96 members in good standing

§         Database is working good

o       Cave Radio (Randy Bruegger)

§         Roos radio will talk just fine but will not be able to used for locating due to an automatic gain incorporated into the hand held CBs

§         Earl Hancock will provide his radio for locate work

o        Access (Jeff Page)

§         There have been a total of 224 participations this year on 75 trips

§         There have been significantly fewer trips this year than last by this point.

§         Committee will work on missed memberships and recruitment

o        Rescue (Terry DeFraties)

§         A winch will replace current haul system.

§         A new pulley system above hole will be installed to facilitate the safe hauling of packs up the hole.

o        Restorations and Conservation

§         Continue trail building to water Barrier

Ø         Acres for America (Tom Grant)

o       Tom Grant explained the process for applying for a grant to Acres for America for the purchase of land above Carroll

Ø         12:57 Break

Ø         More Acres for America discussion

Ø         Meeting Adjourned

Ø         Members Meeting was canceled due to a lack of participation by the Membership at large

o       Ron Lather and Lawrence Ireland attended and were brought up to speed on Acres for America proposal

Minutes by Jeffrey Crews