CascadeGrotto Cascade Grotto Meeting 9/20/19 Introductions – new faces Old Business Legal waivers Jay Clark is a lawyer and NSS member who is offering pro-bono work/advice for liability lawsuits; offering to grottos. Work would be specific to Washington laws. NSS member response from poll asking if Grottos (non-exhaustive) use them is 50/50 agree and disagree (need … Read more
Four little brown bats or Yuma myotis (species are difficult to distinguish visually) that were found near Cle Elum in Kittitas County in April (2019) tested positive for white-nose syndrome. WDFW received the positive test results in August (2019). This is the first confirmation of white-nose syndrome east of the Cascade Range in Washington. Be … Read more
Quick Start: The light has 3 main levels (High, Medium, and Low) and a beacon-strobe mode. When the light is OFF: One short-click turns on the light to High Two short-clicks turn on the light to Medium Three short-clicks turns on the light to the beacon-strobe mode Four short-clicks starts the battery indicator mode (see … Read more
No meeting in August July19, 2019 Tukwila Community Center Meeting Agenda Participants: Eric, Bob, Miki, Brad, Choice, Katt, Daryl Old Business Legal waivers for trips Discussion on the merits of waivers Brad led a P-town area Meet Up group “Cascadia Explorers” on a caving trip – Brad proposes we create a Meet Up group. … Read more
June 21, 2019 Attendees: Robert Mitchell, Renato, Talon, Choice, Brad, Chi, (New Members) Rachel Brendle, Alex Fischer Old Business: Caving with Montana NRMG, Renato but did not get a response Vancouver Island Caving New Business: Brad suggested that Cascade Grotto should have a Meetup page Cascadia Explorers Trips Legal waivers for future trips … Read more
May 17, 2019 Tukwila Community Center Meeting Agenda Attendees: Daryl Greaser, Talon Swanson, Robert Mitchell, Lane Holdcroft (returning member from the mid-90s), Eric Jorgenson, Brad Hutchinson, Choice Meyer, Miki Kanada, Gilly Elor, Sid Creutz, Tyrone Phillips. -Call to order and Introductions – Old Business – $30 allocated to snacks for Beginner’s Trip _$30 … Read more
The NSS News Conservation issue is free to the public to download. Click on the image *below* to download.
April 2019 Tukwila Community Center Meeting Minutes: Attendees: Paul Ho, Choice Meyer, Brad Hutchinson, Eric Jorgensen, Robert Mitchell, Talon Swanson, Ryan Maier, Chi Tran, Dary Greaser. Old Business: T shirts – Chris is in process to give written quote. Coming soon NSS Anti-Harassment policy Vote to adopt NSS policy; approved, Cascade Grotto to adopt NSS … Read more
March 2019 Tukwila Community Center Meeting minutes (not sure where these are from) Michael McCormack knows about the 501c3 Put Eric in touch with Ron Zuber and Van Bergen Poll > Weekend for Windy Creek Cave Hideaway Island north of Vancouver Island Need a list of Exchange Publications for Cascade Grotto
January 18th, 2019 Tukwila Community Center, Tukwila, Washington Meeting Agenda of the Cascade Grotto 23 Attendees: Daryl and Katt Greaser, Chris Larson, Ryan Maier, Chris Wittenbrink, Haley Maier, Paul Hill, Talon Swanson, Robert Mitchell, James Mooreshire, Caleb Lystad, Hailey Lystad and their 3 girls; Ivy Friedman, Brad Hutchinson, Choice Meyer, Eric Jorgenson, Tyrone Phillips, Julie … Read more