NCRC
Summer Meeting Minutes
August
8, 2006
Bellingham
WA
Call
to Order 9:13
a.m.
Roll
Call & Collection of Proxy Letters
(A-x)
Caribbean
Mercado
absent
Central
Mirza
present
Eastern
Good
proxy Bannerman
Northeastern
Evans
proxy Hudson
Pacific NW
Punches
proxy Mirza
Rocky Mtn.
Ohms
present
South Central
Comer
absent
Southeastern
White
absent
Southwestern
Rodgers
proxy Ohms
Western
Mortimer
present
Training Coordinator
Ashburn
proxy Hudson
Medical Coordinator
Mosberg
present
Diving Coordinator
Wilson
present
National
Coordinator
Punches
proxy Mirza
Minutes of
Winter 2006 Meeting
Medical
moves and Diving seconds approval - approved
Finance Report
Shows
ending balance of 48,657.89. There
were no questions.
Peri
Frantz emphasized the need to have the NSS president (Bill
Tozer)
and the NSS Treasurer (Peri Frantz) as signatures on all N
CRC
accounts. She wants to have
this process finished by the end of
2006.
(Copies of Peri's drivers license are available from her,
Tozer's
are available from the NSS Office.)
Database Report
No
report
Officer Reports
National
Coordinator
Appendix A.
Training
Coordinator
Steve Hudson gave a verbal report from Dave Ashburn.
Several
seminars have been run. November
Educational Board meeting will
be at Walker County weekend before Thanksgiving (November 18).
Medical
Coordinator
Appendix B.
Diving
Coordinator
Water rescue part of old manual has been digitized and Steve is
adding some information on sump diver rescue.
Regional
Coordinator Reports
Caribbean
Region
No report. Caribbean
region sponsored the National Seminar,
which went well.
Central
Region
Has hosted 3 OCRs and plans 2 more this fall.
Worked with Marc
Olms for level 1 in Jackson Hole WY.
Sept 10-16. Contact
Anmar
if interested in attending.
Minor rescue in May in Sloan's
Valley cave. No
deaths or injuries.
Eastern
Region
Have conducted 3 OCRs and have 1 awaiting approval from Ashburn.
A staff meeting has been held with another to be held at OTR.
Northeastern
Region
Appendix C.
Pacific
Northwest Region
Appendix D.
Rocky
Mountain Region
Level 1 in WY this fall. Training
for Wind Cave park staff.
Working on rescue plan for Great X.
South
Central Region
Appendix E.
Southeastern
Region
Report missing
Southwestern
Region
Appendix F.
Western
Region
Roger Mortimer gave the report.
An OCR is planned in the fall,
and work is starting on a modular for next year.
2006 Seminar
Update
See
National Coordinator report for details.
2007 Seminar
Update
Mosberg
moved and Hudson seconded approval of the proposal to hold
the
2007 seminar in Salem Virginia. Hudson
questioned the
availability
of adequate bathroom/showers at the site and discussion
followed.
John Evans can provide a backup location if needed.
Dates
are not yet available, discussion of dates followed with
early-mid
June suggested. Motion passed.
Mosberg
moved and Olms seconded that the seminar plans, including
date,
budget, and all other facility plans be completed by November
1,
2006. - Motion passed.
Nominations for
Positions
PNW
Region Coordinator (Currently Punches)
Hudson moves and Bannerman seconds John Punches.
Passed
Central
Region Coordinator (Currently Mirza)
Mosberg moves Olms seconds Anmar Mirza.
Passed
Eastern
Region Coordinator (Currently Good)
Mortimer moves and several seconded Jeff Good.
Passed
Education
Board Member at Large (currently Hudson)
Mortimer moves and Mosberg seconds Steve Hudson.
Passed
Curriculum
Website/FTP site
Discussion
of who updates, who can access, and what material will be
available.
Discussion of backup. Anmar
stated that the server is
for
distribution and is not the master copy, which is currently held
by
Marc Tiritilli.
Hudson
move and Mosberg seconds approval of Marc Tiritilli's
proposal
for a website/FTP site to distribute approved teaching
material.
Passed
Hudson
moves and Mosberg seconds approval of up to $150/year to
support
the Web/FTP site. Passed
Other Business
at the Discretion of the Board
Peri
notes that she is working with the NSS office to smooth and
speed
the process of distributing bank statements to the individual
NCRC
treasurers.
The
book is in final form and ready to go.
It will be distributed
in
electronic form, and is required for any future seminars.
After
the
book has been field tested for a few years it will be given to
the
NSS to be published on paper.
Bannerman
moves and Mortimer seconds that the book be placed on the
web/FTP
site as soon as reasonably possible.
Passed
Mortimer
moves and Mosberg seconds that the editor is strongly
encouraged
and supported to require citation of the material in the
book.
Passed
Announcements
Education
board meeting will be on Feb 2, 2007 and the BORC meeting
will
be on Feb 3, 2007 at Walker County 911 center.
Phil
Whitfield, of Camloops, BC, and BCCR (British Columbia Cave
Rescue)
described the training courses, including week-long team and
companion
rescue training that he offers in British Columbia and
Alberta.
He is interested in establishing a liaison with the NCRC.
Companion
rescue covers the hazards of caving, basic rigging, and
pickoffs
etc. with a mock rescue at the end.
The mock is based on a
4
person caving party where one gets in trouble.
Discussion ensued
about
the best way to coordinate. Cross-boarder
mutual aid was
discussed.
Phil indicated that there is a MOU in place between the
appropriate
states and provinces. Phil
and some of the regional
coordinators
indicated that there might be interest in a Western
Canada
regional coordinator some time in the future after more
discussion
between the NCRC and BCCR. Potential
problems with were
discussed.
Mosberg
moves and Bannerman seconds that the BORC extend a formal
invitation
to BCCR to attend an Education board and/or a BORC
meeting.
Passed
Anmar
will ask Punches to work on a MOU with BCCR
Bannerman moves and Mortimer seconds adjournment at 10:37