CHOUTEAU GROTTO AUGUST MINUTES



                  WEDNESDAY AUGUST 6, 2003



                  THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY RICK BENNETT AT 7:08PM WITH

                  7 MEMBERS AND 2 GUESTS PRESENT



                  TREASURERS REPORT:  $1211.61 IN THE TIL



                  MSS REPORT: N/A



                  FORESIGHT REPORT:  N/A



                  OLD BUSINESS:



                  MEMBERSHIP MANUAL  JOE IS STILL WORKING ON AND NEEDS

                  VOLUNTEERS TO BE LANDOWNER RELATIONS CONTACTS. PLEASE CONTACT

                  JOE DOM IF YOU CAN HELP.



                  HUNTERS CACHE:  1ST AID KIT STILL NEEDED. MIKE MORGAN MOTIONED

                  FOR A KIT TO BE BOUGHT AT THE COST OF $15-25. IT WAS SECONDED

                  AND VOTED IN.

                  RICK OR RITA ARE TO PICK IT OUT FOR THE GROTTO.



                  QUARTERMASTERS REPORT:  CLINOMETER IS STILL MISSING, BOB IS

                  SAID TO KNOW ABOUT IT. WE ALSO NEED TO GET THE COMPASS FIXED.

                  AND FINALLY WE NEED TO DRAW UP A FORM TO SERVE AS A WAIVER AND

                  LOG OF ISSUED GROTTO EQUIPMENT.



                  NEW BUSINESS:



                  ANNUAL PICNIC:  THE BOY SCOUT CAMPGROUND IS RESERVED FOR THE

                  WEEKEND OF SEPT. 12,13, AND 14.  THERE IS ALSO A BLACK CRINOID

                  D-LEVEL TRIP ON THE 13TH. ANYONE INTERESTED NEEDS TO CONTACT

                  THE PARK FIRST THING ON AUG 13 TO RESERVE A SPOT. OR CONTACT

                  ROXIE CAMPBELL VIA COOLIST



                  ROPE WORK:  FRIDAY SEPT 12, 2003  5PM  MAP ON COOLIST          

                                                                                 

                                                                                 

                                                                                 

                                                                                 

                                                                     MVOR:  IN

                  PULASKI COUNTY OCT. 3-5, 2003. CONTACT IS WWW.MVOR.ORG



                  TAG:  OCT. 9-13, 2003



                  MSS MEETING SEPT 13,2003



                  CAVE TRIPS:



                  MARCK AND JUAN VISITED GRIMZYNSKI IN PULASKI COUNTY. THIS WAS

                  JUANS FIRST VISIT TO THE SYSTEM.  IT WAS A GREAT TRIP AS

                  ALWAYS. THE LANDOWNER TOLD US OF A BLACK BEAR AND CUB AS WELL

                  AS A MOUNTAIN LION ON PROPERTY, BUT WE SAW NEITHER.



                  RITA WORDEN WAS ON A 18+ HOUR MAPPING OF CARROLL CAVE, NOTING

                  THAT IT WAS A CHALLENGING EXCURSION BUT THE MAP IS COMING

                  ALONG.  RITA ALSO MENTIONED HER CONCERN FOR THE CAVE FISH

                  SPECIES. FEARING THAT THE TRAFFIC MAY BE EFFECTING THE ONCE

                  PEACEFUL HABITAT



                  RITA IS ALSO PLANNING A TRIP TO A SINK NEAR MOUNTAIN GROVE TO

                  MAP FOR THE LANDOWNER.



                  MIKE MORGAN INQUIRED AS TO IF ANY GROTTO MEMBERS WOULD BE

                  INTERESTED IN FINISHING MAPPING A CAVE NEAR ST. THOMAS, NOTING

                  THAT THE LANDOWNER IS INTERESTED IN A FINAL MAPPING



                  ANYTHING I MISSED



                  OCT 13-17  NATIONAL CAVE & KARST MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM IN

                  GAINESVILLE, FLA.



                  MOTION TO ADJOURN



                  MOTION TO ADJOURN WAS MADE AT 7:45PM AND SECONDED FOLLOWED BY

                  A SLIDE PRESENTATION BY RICK BENNETT



                  THESE MINUTES ARE RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY MARCK CAVEMAN

                  SCHNEIDER.  MY APOLOGIES FOR THE UNTIMELY WAIT FOR THESE. MY

                  COMPUTER CRASHED AND I JUST GOT BACK MY CPU.