Meeting:           25 Mar 2008

Attendance:  Pat, Amanda, Larry, JD*, Karen, George, James, Joe, Will, Bet, Keith, Gary, Andy, Jason


GENERAL MEETING:  Began:    7:05    Ended: 8:30  
 
CHAIR
                    pass around roster, see who is student and who is not.
                    Keith says total members are 111, 47 are students,
                    but the names on club sports don't match his.


Treasurer:      NKA- wait until we have a bank account to donate to the NKA. 
                        ASA has about $3,500 only money we are allowed to donate. 
                        Vote how much to donate at the next meeting.

                        Need donation amount that makes since. 
                        Club sports has to okay all expenses.

                        Blue water rope, 600 feet is $530--
                            order this week through climbinggear.com

Newsletter:   Waiting for one map from crow then stuff will be put together. 
                        Out within the month.



Gear:             Gary cleaned everything and everyone approves him being reimbursed.
                        In process of Labeling new helmets, and headlamps wants a date on everything---
                             how to label the headlamps?
                        State College Police has a marker that they could loan that doesn't wear out. 
                           Engraving a 3 digit number on-yes.


CONSERVATION
                   April 19 in the Sinkhole clean up from 8-12 followed by a picnic-- need volunteers
                    Gary, Keith, Christina, Larry

OLD BUSINESS
Karen: Barry Duncan can not vend at our MAR
Any one know of someone else that might want to do this?
    Doug Moore? Karst Sports? Link on webpage to different vendors?   

NEW BUSINESS
Share Cave what are we doing during the summer months?
    Game Commission need to know what we what to do with Share, we hold the key. 
    No caving for this year except for the bat counts. Hopefully a year from now we will no more. 

NY Times had article about WNS syndrome, check it out.

Guy wants to study cave with faunal assemblage that is near Sesquena University, anyone no on any? 
    None really in PA, perhaps dawn in Mexico. 
    He is working on a cave near Freeburg, but now is denied unlimited access.

Trip Reports:  Keith at pancake weekend we dug into a cave and installed 11 foot culvert,
                        perfect fit in all dimensions, rain started just as culvert was set. 
                        Surveyed about 95 feet, could get more, one passage was blowing air,
                         few more digs can be done.  Total of 62 feet deep, lots of formations. 

Trips Planned:  TAG, YTR...

Program:  Dr. Jenn Macalady, Assistant Professor in Geoscience
 Penn State Astrobiology Research Center.

AMAZING!