Minutes Jan 25, 2021
Meeting time 2 hours or less.
Call to order time: 6PM
BOD Present: Renee Power, Robby Brown, Richard
Blackburn, Brett Floren, Max Kuznetsov, Jason Black, Cheryl
Doran
Members present: Bill Main, Andy Pitkin, Jim Wyatt, Joe
Citelli, John LaManna, Adam Hughes, Barbara Dwyer, Jimmy
Crawford, Howard Smith, Dominick Gheesling, Charlie
Roberson, Gayle Hall, James Chandler, Samantha Wohlmuth,
Jonah Gibbons, Paul ?, Sam Leflore, Tara Rogers, Timmy
Young, Pam Wooten, Chris Brock
Other guests: Adam Weaver, Nick Anderson, Geary Schindel
all from NSS.
Quorum: Yes
Approval of minutes Nov 14, 2020
Yes: Dec 22, 2020 via email
Housekeeping:
1. Please announce your name when speaking especially with
motions/seconds/votes. Helps Robby.
2. Only Robby is allowed to record the meeting for purposes of
accurate minutes. All have to agree to be recorded.
OLD BUSINESS
Scholarship – Reggie H. Ross Scholarship
• Attachment: Email thread with Jason Gulley
• Need to finalize – We voted on Scholarship Committee
Money from general community.
• 1000.00 Grant to forward learning for any under graduate
pursuing cave science or a related study.
• Student must be pursuing cave science of similar study
• Student/applicant must submit a 1500 word paper on why they
deserve the grant.
• Must be currently enrolled in school
• Must currently have a 3.5 GPA
• 3 finalists will be picked and the winner judged by the board of the
CDS
winner will be notified by phone and or email
Per Adam this $1000 a year for 5 years
This money is not included in our operating budget
Need to develop application process further.
Create a temporary Scholarship Committee to develop and manage?
“Advertise” to membership to find volunteers?
UWS – Barbara
• New printer
• Mailing information update
• Advertising UWS/website – Lynn Connelly
• Digital UWS – For the rest of the year.
From Sept minutes – Cheryl/Adam
• Sheck Exley award – educational materials used with
interest money alone from donation?
Alachua repair reimbursement – Andy Pitkin
• Discuss and vote Unanimous
• Howard Smith and Robs Culbert did the work
NEW BUSINESS
Officer Reports
Chair – Renee
• We voted in the summer to create an SOP for our positions
• Ken resignation Dec 22, 2020
• Discuss/Vote Ken replacement –
• Motions in play – hear from each person present as part of
discussion
Bill Main – voted onto the board. Robby Brown, Richard
Blackburn, Brett Floren, Max K. AYE
Cheryl – Renee Power, Jason Black
Bill Main is elected.
Property
• Mill Creek (Alachua)
• Site Manager selection
• Motion on floor for Robs to be temp Property Manager.
Motion rescinded by Renee.
• Andy Pitkin – interim Site Manager
• Adam Weaver (Brett extended invitation)
• Management Plan – https://caves.org/preserves/ascp/
mcsp-mp.shtml
• Discuss/vote on permanent Site / Property Manager
• Cow
• Boards replaced by Howard Smith. Reimbursed $40.
• Rick Robinson – Cow Springs, Inc – unable to reach
(Robby left the meeting briefly for a scheduled medical
treatment.)
The Board was not made aware of this during the meeting. Richard took
over duties.
VC – Brett
• Brett made a motion to have his access to CDS IT system
restored. Richard Blackburn seconded the motion.
• Heated discussion
• BoD members Brett, Richard, Robby left the meeting ending
the quorum