National Cave Rescue Commission

Board of Region Coordinators

Winter Meeting 2002

Called to order at 9:10

Roll call & proxies Parnell proxy for Burgess Att. A-1

Myers proxy for Chewning Att. A-2

Smith proxy for Green (written proxy pending) will

be A-3

Evans

White

Chewning

Ashburn

Mirza

Bowers

Punches

Minutes of the Summer 2001 Meeting

Motion & passed to accept as presented

National Coordinators Report Att. B

Database Manager's Report Att. C

Financial Officer's Report Att. D

Training Officer's Report Att. E

Upcoming training events (see C-7)

Regional Coordinator's Report Att. F

Burgess - Southwest F-1

White - Southeast F-2

Evans - Northwestern F-3

Meyers - Eastern F-4

Green - South-Central F-5 (?)

Mirza - Central F-6

Bowers - Western F-7

Ohms - Rocky Mountain - no report

Punches - Pacific NW - Included in Att. B

Chewning - Medical F-8

10 minute break

Old Business

2002 National Seminar - Evans

Ad to appear in next NSS News

Nancy Chrimes will be registrar

To send $1000 seed money to the seminar account from National

Domain name - NCRC.info - $45/year

Motioned & passed: NCRC will pay for and adopt this domain

name

Web page - Seminar.NCRC.info

Policy for NCRC National Seminars

Motioned & passed (unanimous): seminar policy is approved with

modifications

2003 National Seminar - Burgess

Budget prepared

Proposed dates for early June

Motioned & Passed (unanimous): Burgess shall select seminar

dates in early June as proposed.

NCRC Book - Parnell

32 chapters written, 10 reviewed

Needs curriculum changes from Ed. Board

Instructors for National need to be identified to work with chapters

vs. teaching

Photos need to be taken to help with completing illustrations

Anmar will send Jeff a CD with photos from past seminars

Needs feedback for Medical chapter from Chewning

Layout/publication by October

Printing by March 2003

NCRC Logo - Bowers

Revised logo will be available very soon. Model circulated.

Cave Rescue Scholarship Fund - Punches

By Consensus: Brainstorming ideas on how to award

scholarships will be submitted to the NCRC Admin list. After discussion a

draft policy will be submitted to the NCRC Discussion List, then back to

Admin list for final policy decision.

Break for lunch

Discussion of Regional Coordinator Roles

Motioned & passed (1 abstention): All communication

regarding training within a Region shall be channeled through the Regional

Coordinator from initiation of requests for training approval through

monitoring of training quality and final reporting requirements. This

includes dissemination of training materials. The Training Officer is

ultimately responsible for approval of all training. If a request for

training is not acted upon within 30 days, or is denied, the instructor or

course coordinator requesting the course may appeal to the Training Officer,

or ultimately to the Board of Regional Coordinators. A Regional Coordinator

may appeal a decision by the Training Officer to the NCRC Board of Regional

Coordinators.

New Business

Renewal of Lapsed Instructor status

Motioned & passed (1 abstention): implement the recommendation of

Education Board:

A. If status lapsed due to failure to meet ongoing training or teaching

requirements, the candidate must complete Level II and Instructor

Qualification courses, and be reviewed by the Education Board, with possible

appeal to the Board of Regional Coordinators.

B. If due to resignation, the candidate's request is reviewed by the

Education Board, with possible appeal to the Board of Regional Coordinators.

Inactive Education Board Member-at-Large

Motioned & passed (1 abstention): James Davis is recalled as a member of the

Education Board

Member-at-Large Position Filled

Motioned & passed (unanimous): Barb Ritts is appointed to

complete the remainder of James Davis' term and the next full two-year term.

2004 National Seminar

Mirza bids for Central Region to host this seminar

Motioned & passed (unanimous): bid accepted

2002 Convention Meeting and seminar at Convention

Meeting is likely to have low attendance of BORC members.

By consensus: Agenda will be developed well in advance, and

business at the meeting restricted to those items. Meeting will be chaired

by Punches' proxy.

2002 Convention Seminar

Mirza will lead the mini-seminar Introduction to Cave

Rescue. Punches will handle promotion and registration.

Nominations and Appointments

Caribbean Region

Efrain Mercado Vazquez and Steve Segal have

both requested consideration for the position.

By majority vote: Efrain Mercado Vazquez

(NSS 33566) will be recommended to BOG for appointment as Caribbean Region

Coordinator

Education Board Member-at-Large

Bruce Smith has requested consideration for the position

Accepted by acclimation

Database Manager

Trisha Daugherty nominated

Accepted by acclimation

NASAR MOU

Motioned & passed (unanimous): Susan Thrasher will be asked

to get the old MOU from Steve Hudson, which will be updated and submitted to

the Board of Regional Coordinators for review and email vote.

Dates and Places for 2003 Winter meeting:

First weekend in February, at Walker County 911 Center. Education

Board meeting on Friday,

Board of Regional Coordinators meet on Saturday, both at 9 a.m.

2003 ITRS

Motioned & passed (unanimous): NCRC shall co-sponsor the 2003 ITRS

Conference

Brief discussion of criteria to consider in selecting a replacement for

Henry Nicholson.

Executive Session

Requested to address personnel matters.

Motioned & passed (unanimous): enter executive session

following 5 minute break. Issues heard and considered. Written response will

be sent to the parties involved within 30 days, with copies to the NSS

Board.

Executive Session Closed

No further business

Adjourned at 5:00 p.m.