Cascade Grotto Meeting
Hybrid meeting (Phinney Neighborhood Association and Google Meet)
Wednesday March 6, 2024

Votes

Allocate $12 for extension cord

Reimbursement for use in meetings

Eric proposed, Bram seconded

• 7 for
• 1 against

Allocate $200 for renting Mt Valley Grange

As part of Western Regional Kim will be renting the Grange hall in Amboy WA

Eric proposed, Sarah seconded

• 7 for
• 0 against

Presentation

Hydrologic Connections Between Precipitation, Dripwater, and Stream Discharge in James Cave, Virginia

Presented by Megan Junod

Slides

Business meeting

Old Business

Rescue (was discussed last meeting)

• NCRC rep did not yet respond
• Will CC NCRC rep and move forward on our own
• Next steps:
  • Organize subcommittee w/ monthly meetings
  • Create a mailing list (currently only a discord channel)
  • Lead is needed:
    • Sarah proposed, Zach replacing once he’s up-to-speed
    • Dusty (lots of rescue experience) may be a key consultant

Newsletter

• Alex K offered assistance in newsletter work
• Upcoming meeting for data transfer coming up

Financial reimbursement

• in progress, bank account transfer hasn’t been yet been completed

Treasurer report

• 82 dues-paying members
• 8646.23 in bank account EOY 2023
• 8901.02 total as of March 6, 2024
  • 344 in cash
  • 310.62 in paypal
  • 3108.67 in checking
  • 5137.08 in savings

New Business

Western Regional

• contact Eric to join the email list
• registration will get launched end of March
• Gauntlet ropes course
  • Some Oregon grotto members are a little hesitant
    • Eric, Drew, Ainsley, Sarah will go to Oregon grotto meeting to advocate for it (3/15)
  • some funding will need to be provided
    • at least $1k is needed ($1.2 – 1.5 for full reimbursement)
    • Rocky mountain regional may be at a similar time and can defray our costs
    • another event might try to snag them if we don’t act quickly enough

Rescue scholarship

• specifically for rescue training (maybe first aid too)
  • only to dues-providing members
• in memory of Lauren K
• propose to allocate $200 per year from grotto funds
  • people can donate to fund privately, via grotto
• will move forward developing a proposal
  • Megan has background in scholarships w/ VPI and may offer assistance
  • Eric previously wrote a scholarship thing previously, may use as reference

Cascade grotto swag

• members may want to rep the grotto
• also stuff we can offer to trip leaders as thanks
• Megan does not have space to store this, so we need to figure out a storage solution