NCRC BORC Winter Meeting, February 3, 2001

NCRC Board of Regional Coordinators
Winter Meeting
February 3, 2001
Walker County Georgia 911 Center

Meeting was called to order at 9:10 a.m. by National Coordinator John Punches

Roll Call and acceptance of proxies:

Caribbean Region Vacant
Southwest Region Burgess present
Central Region Mirza present
Pacific NW Region Punches present
Eastern Region Myers present
Medical Officer Chewning present
Training Officer Ashburn present
Northeast Region Evans present
Western Region Bowers present
Rocky Mountain Region Gookin absent
Southeastern Region Parnell present
South Central Region Green proxy Mirza (A)
Diving Officer Nicholson present
National Coordinator Punches present
Database Manager Daugherty present

Visitors: Debbie Myers, Brian Lavender, Bruce Smith, Jack Gandy

Minutes of the Summer 2000 meeting were approved as distributed
Myers moves, Bowers seconds - unanimously approved.

The statement to be included in the front of On Call was revisited without change.

Financial Officer
Financial Report:
Income 4145.63
Expenses 0

Bank Balance 13356.71

Ashburn moves to accept the Seminar report form (B)as amended, Evans seconds.
Green (Mirza) abstains, rest in favor.

Database Manager: (C-1 and 2)
Over 5000 participants
Over 125 courses
Over 175 instructors
Regional Coordinator packets will be distributed this weekend.

National Coordinator's report (D-1)
Planned training needs to be forwarded to John Punches to be included on the web site and forwarded to the NSS News.
NCRC Description for the Members Manual and the Web page have been updated (D-2 & 3)

Education Board: (E)

Ashburn moves to approve the Education Board recommendation to realign the vertical component of levels 1-3, Evans seconds. Unanimously approved.

Ashburn moves to accept the Education Board recommendation to change the approved type of load-releasing hitch to the Radium LRH. Second by Mirza. Unanimously approved.

Education Board recommends Jack Grandy for appointment to the At-Large position.

Diving Officer:
International Underwater Cave Rescue and Recovery First Responder Manual
Training done annually, usually at Ginny Springs in Florida
Maintains list of trained rescue divers

Nominations and Appointments:
Rocky Mountain Region: (to fulfill balance of John Gookin's term to expire 2002)
Marc Ohms - recommended by John Gookin
Jeb Steward - also expressed interest
Marc Ohms is unanimously recommended for appointment

Diving Officer:
Henry Nicholson
Keith Walburn
Henry Nicholson is unanimously recommended for reappointment

Education Board at Large:
Barb Ritts
Mike Payne
Becky Jones
Doug Moore
Marc Tiritilli
Jeff Weaver
Jack Grandy
.
Jack Grandy is unanimously elected to the Education Board.

Caribbean Region: Position is vacant, the region will be forwarding a recommendation (due to expire in 2001)

Coordinators' reports due to John Punches by 2/16/01

2000 Seminar
73 students
Use of familiar sites was very helpful in planning instructor assignments
Food vendor the only major problem - inadequate amounts, quality. Replaced mid-week.

2002 Seminar bid:
Northeast Region (similar location to 1979 and 1991 seminars)
(Chewning left the meeting at 11:45 p.m.)
Ashburn Moves, Green seconds to accept John Evans bid for the 2002 Seminar
Unanimously approved.
Draft policy for National
Deadline for preliminary Budget Jan 1 of previous year.
Deadline for confirmation of site June 1 of previous year (brochure and final budget)
Decision for drop from National to Regional, based on numbers - 45 days prior to seminar

2003 Seminar
Southwest Region (Carlsbad area)
Ashburn moves, Bowers seconds to accept Harry Burgess bid for the 2003 Seminar
Unanimously approved

Ashburn moves that the 2001 seminar be removed from the South Central Region. Central Region (Don Paquette and Anmar Mirza) and Southeast Region (Diane Cousineau) are to proceed to seek alternate sites. Proposed budgets are to be distributed on the Administrative list before March 1) Bowers seconds
Unanimously approved

ITRS
1st Weekend of November, Denver, Colorado
Evans moves, Mirza seconds that NCRC will co-sponsor the 2001 ITRS
Unanimously approved

Evans moves that the NCRC purchase a copy of the 2001 ITRS proceedings for each member of the BORC, Parnell seconds. Unanimously approved.

Ashburn moves that the NCRC obtain 2 copies of the 2000 ITRS proceedings, Green (Mirza) seconds. Unanimously approved. Copies to be sent to Dave Ashburn, invoice to John Punches.

Book update - Review is proceeding, still hopeful to get a finished product this summer. All chapters have been reviewed by at least some of the review board.

Anmar has received a request from Mark Priddy for a copy of the level 1 curriculum to be shared at a training seminar in Turkey. The request was refused.

Break for lunch at 1:30 p.m.
Returned to meeting at 2:00 p.m.

Cave Rescue Team Database
Define what constitutes at cave rescue team-unable to get uniform decision
What information does NCRC give out?
Contact persons?-yes
Available equipment?-through regional coordinator
Full team list?-no
Each Regional Coordinator needs to identify available rescue resources within the region, relay appropriate information to be posted on the Web.
NCRC Database to go on the Web as a password protected area, with sort and print options.
Update contact/callout protocol with AFRCC.
Query letter to NCRC trained individuals re: what rescue team do they belong to, if any? NO

NCRC revised logo - needs to be revised to show correct packaging, change position of litter attendant, etc. Mark will e-mail jpegs after corrections.

NCRC has been invited to send a representative to the MRA meeting in Washington state.

Evelyn Bradshaw has forwarded a request from Costa Rica for assistance in cave rescue training and equipment. This will be forwarded to Efrain Mercado in Puerto Rico.

Minors cannot attend seminars unless a designated guardian is present in the same classes/level.

Winter meeting 2002 will be February 1-3, location to be determined. Education Board meeting will be on Friday of the same weekend, at the same location. E-mail preferences to John Punches before the end of February.

Summer meeting will be July 24, 2000 at the NSS Convention in Kentucky. The one-day cave rescue course will be on Wednesday, July 25.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:45 p.m. (Some kind of record!!)

Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Welling
Recording Secretary