Attendees: Hubert Crowell, George Dasher, Roger Bartholomew, Bob Hoke, Pauline Apling, Bob Gulden, Thom Engel, Bob Thrun, Mike Futrell, Jim Kennedy, Brent Aulenbach, Rodney Horrocks, Aaron Addison, Dan Lamping, Dan Legnini, Darrell Adkins, Scott House, Chris Genier, Gael Herve, Walt Hamm, Bill Frantz, Jim Coke, Dwight Livingston, Thomas Cottrell, Luc Le Blanc, Doug Medville, Pat Kambesis, Carol Vesely, Howard Kalnitz.
Meeting was called to order at Noon. Meeting minutes from the 2006 meeting were approved.
Hazel Medville spoke at the section meeting about SACS involvement with the International Congress of Speleology to be held in Kerrville, Texas in August 2009. Hazel says that the Congress and the NSS convention will be combined and as a consequence some of the meetings and events will be run differently. For example rather than having a SACS Session, there would be a four Congress sessions on aspects of cave survey and cartography. The sessions organizer of the Congress will choose who will be chairing the session (usually someone from the hosting country and someone international). The deadline for abstracts for that session would be in February 2009, so it will not be possible for someone to submit a talk at the last minute. Also, in addition to the oral presentation, speakers will also be expected to submit papers for publication in the Congress proceedings.
Hazel said that SACS could set up a special symposium on survey/cartography (we will need to talk to Dave Hubbard who is in charge of symposia for the Congress). SACS can choose its own chair person and invite papers. We will need to let Hubbard know before the end of this year if we wish to hold a symposium. Hazel also said that we need to decide what day we wish to have a SAC session meeting.
The cartographic salon will also be run differently than our standard salons. The salon will be the same in terms of map entry and judging. In addition to our standard awards, the Congress also has a “peoples choice” award where those viewing maps vote on their favorite ones. We will need to restrict the number of entries per individual but the number is up to SACS. Maps that have been submitted at previous Carts salons can be submitted to the International Cart Salon.
For the SACS meeting we may have to do a dinner meeting instead of our traditional lunch meeting. Our preference is not to be scheduled against geology or the field trip day, or on Friday.
SACS needs to decide who will be our representatives at the 4 Congress sessions.
For Symposia everyone likes the idea of Data Management and "Cartography for Large Cave Projects." and possibly "Digital Cartography". The following people volunteered to be on the Symposium Steering Committee: Rod Horrocks, Carol Vesely, Aaron Addison, Jim Kennedy, Chris Chenier. They will finalize the Symposium topic.
Following individuals volunteered to be Congress SACS session co-chairs:
Rod Horrocks, Carol Vesely, Howard Kalnitz, Luc LuBlanc, Brent Aulenbach, George Dasher
Following individuals volunteered to be on the committee to determine salon criteria for the Congress:
George Dasher, Rod Horrocks, Pat Kambesis, Howard Kalnitz, Carol Vesely, Aaron Addision, Chris Chenier.
Election of Officers was held and the original slate was voted back in:
| Carol Vesely | Chairman |
| Howard Kalnitz | Vice-chairman |
| Treasurer | Treasurer |
| Pat Kambesis | Secretary |
Announcements:
The morning session for SACS is complete and went well.
Howard Kalnitz gave a session on "What makes a good map" which was very well attended.
Carol Vesely and Pat Kambesis will be doing a half-day sketching workshop on Friday July 27 in the afternoon.
Luc LeBlanc will be doing a workshop on Auriga location to be determined.
2007 Cartographic Salon. George Dasher was the salon chair. Because of the low number of maps, there were only two categories, Novice and Experienced. The following people served as judges: Novice maps: Pat Kambesis, Howard Kalnitz, Walt Hamm; Experienced: Carol Vesely, George Dasher, Hazel Barton.
George Dasher will be stepping down as Salon Coordinator and Jim Kennedy will take over starting next year.
Officers Report:
Secretary: Nothing to report
Treasurer. Bob Hoke said that a treasurer's report is available for anyone who wants a copy. We have $3900 in the bank. Dues are due.
Editor's report: SACS should publish whatever guidelines they come up with for the International Cart Salon. The editor welcomes volunteers to do “theme issues” of the newsletter.
Elections:
Bob Gulden nominated the existing set of officers. Rod Horrocks seconded. The vote passed unanimously.
Meeting was adjourned at 1:30pm
Minutes submitted by Pat Kambesis, Secretary, SACS