NCRC Board of
Regional Coordinators
Summer Meeting
August 5, 2003
NSS
Convention, Porterville, California
Call to Order
~9:00 pdt
Roll Call/Proxies:
Proxy letters are Att. A
Caribbean
absent
Central
Anmar Mirza
Eastern
Steve Mosberg for Steve Meyers
A1
Northeast
Paquette proxy for Evans
A2
Southeast
Mirza proxy for Tim White
A3
South Central
Mirza proxy for John Green
A4
Southwest
Bob Rodgers
Rocky Mountain
Marc Ohms
PNW
John Punches
Western
Mark Bowers
Training
Mirza proxy for Dave Ashburn
Diving
vacant
Medical
absent
National
John Punches
Approval of minutes of
Winter meeting
Moved Mosberg
Second Mirza
Unanimous
Financial Officer's Report
verbal
$926 in donations to NSS (Scholarship fund?)
National Coordinator's Report Attachment
B
Still no insurance
New NCRC Financial Officer
Loss of NCRC Diving Officer
Winter meeting openings:
All from Education Board
Database Manager
Education Board Member at Large
Training Officer's Report
Verbal - Good seminar for 2003, lots of refinements of curriculum
Medical Officer's Report
Verbal - Steve Mosberg has prepared a Medical Coordinator position
description that will be forwarded to the BORC for review and discussion at
the winter meeting.
Diving Officer's Report
vacant
Regional Reports
Attachment C
Caribbean
none
Central
verbal/CD to Punches
Attachment
C1
Eastern
verbal/
Attachment
C2
Northeastern
none
PNW
Attachment C3
Rocky Mountain
verbal
Attachment
C4
SC
none
SE
none
Southwestern
verbal/
Attachment C5
Western
CD to Punches
Attachment
C6
2003 National Seminar Status
verbal
93 students, good site location, lots of positive
feedback
2004 National Seminar Status (June 18 - 26, 2004)
verbal
Registrar - Jo Ellen Kimmel
Budget prepared - $450 unless camping fee waived
Gerdon Youth Center in Corydon
Access to Wyandotte State Park
Brochure as soon as prices stabilized
2005 National Seminar Status
Huntsville area, no further report
Nominations for BORC Positions
PNW Region Coordinator
Punches incumbent, no other applicants
Mirza moves, Bowers seconds to continue Punches - Unanimous
Central Region Coordinator
Mirza
incumbent, Rodney Lewis expressed interest
Paquette moves, Bowers seconds to continue Mirza - Unanimous
Eastern Region Coordinator
Meyers incumbent, Doug Moore nominated to replace
Doug Moore recommended to replace Meyers
Education
Board Member-at-Large
Bryan Lavender incumbent, expressed no interest
Rodney Lewis expressed interest (if not chosen for Central Region)
David Comstock nominated by John Green
Becky Jones expressed interest
Mark Tiritilli nominated by Becky Jones
Lewis
0
Comstock
1
Jones
3
Tiritilli
5
Mark Tiritilli is new Education Board Member at Large
Announcements'
New NCRC Financial Officer is Berta Kirchman of Atlanta
Georgia.
NCRC Winter BORC Meeting, Feb. 7, 2004, Walker County (Georgia) 911 Center
NCRC Education Board Meeting Feb. 6, 2004, Walker County (Georgia) 911
Center
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Replacement of Diving Officer - Steve Omeroid discussed
integration with CDS
Expression of interest by Ken Hill, letter to Dave
Ashburn, recommended by CDS
Mosberg moves Ken Hill to fulfill Dennis William’s term, Mirza seconds
Unanimously
approved
NSS is seeking a Safety and Techniques Committee
Chairman - contact Amy Bern, Education Division
Discussion Items
NCRC Charter revisions and implications
Interest from an individual seeking to establish a
grief-counseling network – will add her to the Discussion list and she may
contact persons through that mechanism.
American Caving Accidents - Bill Putnam is keeping
accident reports for now.
Paquette recommends publishing a list of all certified
NCRC instructors, with their recertification dates, bios and photos of all
NCRC Regional Coordinators, reports of annual Seminar - photos, etc.
Mirza moves, Ohms seconds to approve and act upon the
above recommendation of the Executive Vice-President, as appropriate.
Unanimously approved
Mirza moves, Mosberg seconds to post a current list of
NCRC instructors and their certification dates to the NCRC Web site.
Unanimously approved
Book status
- still progressing but on hold due to the Parnell auto accident.
Mirza moves, Bowers seconds to set October 1 as a
"drop dead" date to get all remaining chapters out for review, or
seek other authors to draft the missing material.
Rodgers
abstains, rest approve.
Mirza moves, Rodgers seconds to send a check for $100
to Habitat for Humanity in Dennis' memory. (Dennis Williams - NCRC Diving
Officer 2002-2003)
Unanimously approved
Adjourn at 12:05 p.m. pdt