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

Presentation by Brianna

• Whigpistle: lots of terrible crawling and ear dippers, lots of borehole
  • Splash entrance (horizontal) needs people to explore things (Niles is desperate)
  • How to get involved? Talk to Joel Despain or Niles Lathrop
  • Talk of cascade grotto expedition (If October / dry season, Sean said he’d include FRCS)

Trip Reports

• Dia de los Muertos campout in Trout Lake:
  • Deadhorse, 812 (Bill Halliday), Stairwell, Cheese, New
  • Cold, Rainy / snowy, lots of fun!
• Dusty Derigged Wolff cave saturday before Trout Lake:
  • All the trad gear comes out
  • .5 x 4″ SS bots
• Maurice and Sarah went to TCR and didn’t cave but helped with the Gauntlet
• Papoose
  • Eric did some ridgewalking: 3 sinks, potential dig, and a bear
  • Trips Saturday and Sunday
  • Eric did a trad climb in Sunday to an infeeder lead to return to (with a rope now)
• Eric went to Whigpistle
• Marbles – sisyphus is a serious dig, Bram checked a climb lead. Eric found Stash Pit and visited it instead of Bigfoot
• Sean went to New Mexico for a week working on a dig on BLM land
  • got 25′ in the dirt, good air (a hole drilled in the wall whistled)
  • Good air is basically wind! Bad air is co2, etc – anything you can’t breathe

Announcements

• OG Hells canyon this weekend
• 11/21 7pm Library office hours in Fremont (Eric’s place)
• December 7th holiday party at Taylor Goodhart’s residence in Snohomoish 3pm – whenever
  • Smoked BBQ dinner + Potluck style, bring a side / veggie things
  • Bring a white elephant gift
  • Carpool! Don’t park on wet grass
  • No smoking etc. until kids sleep ~9pm
  • No drinking and driving, stay the night or carpool!
  • Help people with a place to sleep if they need!
  • Look out for more info!
  • Let us know for restrictions
  • Excel sheet will have potluck info
  • Bring Chairs! Indoor outdoor party
  • Email and flyer will be sent out
• 2025 events! Early planning meeting soon
• OCR class planning for 2025 in WA
  • Hannah and Sarah, Hannah will approach USFS as a permitting lead to have in GPNF

Business meeting

• Decon your gear!
• All EC is here
• Treasurer’s Report as of a couple hours ago
  • .65$ in cash
  • $1143.60 in paypal (soon to bank)
  • $3475.30 checking
  • $5,150.08 in Savings
  • total: ~$9,700
  • 80 current members and Maurice emailed ~25 people to renew

Old Business

• Holiday party planning (See above)
  • allocate up to $200 for host for main dish: Shannon propose, Eric second
    • some veggie options since the grotto is paying!
    • voting: carried unanimously
  • date for a virtual planning meeting: 11/20 Shannon
    • agenda: logistics, google sheet signup, flyer,
    • discuss theme / attire
  • to go containers + firewood? ask Taylor if he needs firewood
    • up to $50 for preferably compostable? to go containers, plates, napkins, silverware
      • Eric + others have leftover ones
      • Discussion item for preplanning meeting is who can bring what
      • Sarah propose, Shannon second (after ammendments)
      • vote: unanimous
  • white elephant cap $30
  • Awards: people should email the leadership nominating someone for any award (make up something) EC is not eligible
    • up to $15 for office expenses for printing them out, eric proposed, Sarah second
    • vote: unanimous assent
• Executive committee changes from Eric, re: email
  • 8-14 is “well known” ideal number of board members according to Eric according to some lawyers for nonprofits
  • Most grottos don’t have this structure, also they don’t act on their bylaws
  • Sarah comments that expanded committees adds challenge to build trust in sensitive items, especially when designated as not present to central area – separate board and EC for sensitive? (To do: determine how to deal with disciplinary action)
  • Sometimes we have trouble filling roles (Robert)
  • Do we have people interested in filling roles?
    • Dusty volunteers
  • Proposal A: Two more members at large
  • Proposal B: Two regional representatives
  • Poll between A & B
    • A: 7
    • B: 6
  • Proposal A voting on: Maurice second, Eric propose
    • Nay: 3
    • Aye: 10
    • Passes

New Business

• Elections:
  • Format is online form that you submit to be nominees 11/7-end of holiday party
  • ballot from day after holiday party to 12/31
  • everyone gets 3 votes
  • Boof has volunteered as vote counter
• Sarah proposes: designated person as point of contact for code of conduct, Shannon seconds. Sarah will write up a proposal
• Maurice proposal to change $100 to $144 for Shannon for snacks cancelled bc WR planning committee pays
• Sarah Motion $30 for pronoun stickers + name tags for holiday party for helmet. Bram second
  • 5-10% active participants are nb or other pronouns since being asked
  • passes unanimously
• Maurice proposes $65 to Maurice for pumpkins for Halloween party, Shannon seconds
  • passes unanimously
• Nancy proposes opportunity for flag to go to Antarctica for 6mo then return, we could print a new one (Second item). Sarah seconds
  • passes unanimously