JRG Meeting Minutes

Regular Meeting

January 29 , 2008

By Chuck Waller, Secretary/Treasurer

The January meeting of the James River Grotto was held on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at the Warren House ground floor activity room at Lynchburg College.

Board Meeting:

The board meeting began at 6:30 PM. Board members present were Mike Frazier, Paul and Melanie Stern, Harry Sowers, Larry Sowers, and Chuck Waller. At the board meeting the 2008 JRG officers were elected:

Mike Frazier - President, Harry Sowers - Vice President, Chuck Waller - Secretary/Treasurer.
Also, Committee Chairpersons were elected:

Conservation/Education - Larry Sowers, Safety - Jim Tennant, Membership - Paul Stern, Web Site - Melanie Stern, Trip Coordinator - Matt Lair. The board voted to eliminate the Gearmaster position.

General Meeting:

The general meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM. Members present were Howard Kirkland, Robbie Donovan and George Wortley. LC Student member Laura Bianca was also in attendance.

Welcome Visitors: Visitors at the meeting were Rudee Lair and Amadeus DeKastle.

Trip Reports: Paul Stern gave a trip report on the grotto's latest cave outing to the Lipps Entrance to Organ Cave.

Previous Meeting Minutes Update: None

Finance Report: Current treasury balance is $3,469.16

Trips and Events:

Paul Stern has several trips planned to Porters Cave in February. Contact Paul for details.

Details are being worked out for a March grotto cave trip to possibly Castle-Windy Cave.

The 2008 Fall VAR will be September 19, 20 & 21.

General Discussion:

Blue Ridge Grotto has located a site to host the 2008 Fall VAR. JRG will be working with BRG as a co-host. Details will be distributed as they develop. We will need a lot of help from James River members to help pull this off.

Howard Kirkland gave a great trip report on his latest multi-day adventure paddling in The Grand Canyon.

The grotto is looking at buying some new helmets and lights to replace some of our older and well used one. Several members are exploring different options on this purchase and details will be discussed at the February meeting.

Meeting Adjournment:

The meeting was adjourned at 8:15PM.

Program:

There was no program after the meeting.