The twenty-third meeting of the Board of Directors of the Southeastern Cave Conservancy was held on August 27, 1995 at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. These minutes, when accompanied by the corrections or additions approved by the Board, constitute the official record of the meeting.
ATTENDEES: Directors: Bill Putnam (Chair), Kenneth Huffines (Secretary), Buddy Lane (Treasurer), Linda Tucker and Richard Blackburn. Proxy: Steve Davis for Kris Green. Members and guests: Lee Tucker, J.V. Swearingen, Mark Wolinsky, E.T. Davis and Gina Davis.
CALL TO ORDER: Chair Bill Putnam called the meeting to order at 12:45 P.M.
MINUTES: The minutes of the twenty-second Board Meeting were reviewed. Linda Tucker moved that the minutes be approved as read. Buddy Lane seconded. Passed unanimously.
Chairman: Bill Putnam thanks Mark Wolinsky for setting up the meeting. Bill also reported on the SCC's booth at the SERA Summer Cave Carnival.
Secretary: Kenneth Huffines distributed copies of the Acts of the Board, history of SCC meeting locations, history of Directors and history of Officers. He also reported on the SCC information board being displayed at the NSS Convention in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Treasurer: Buddy Lane provided a verbal report. The balance is $31,346.91. PMI balance: unchanged. Neversink Fund: approximately $16,000
Nominations & elections Committee: The election for board members will proceed as soon as all the candidate's statements are received.
Big Coon Valley (Alabama): Bill Putnam forms the Big Coon Valley Task Force and appoints E.T. Davis chair.
Surprise Pit: J.V. is still waiting on the paperwork from Jay Clark. Richard Blackburn moved to accept the Surprise Pit Management Plan as distributed by J.V. Buddy Lane seconded. Passed unanimously. Buddy Lane moved to allocate $500 for lawyer fees for drawing up the lease. Richard Blackburn seconded. Passed unanimously.
Sustained Contributions: J.V. is setting up credit card access through Scott Fee.
Cavers, Inc.: No progress. Caver's Incorporated needs to dissolve the corporation and transfer its assets to the SCC
Legacy program: Dave Hughes and Bill Putnam have started preliminary work.
Editor: Bill Putnam appoints Karen Sotona editor of the Newsletter. The next issue is due out in September.
National Cave Management Symposiuim: Buddy Lane moved to allocate $480 to pay expenses for Mark Wolinsky to attend the National Cave Management Symposium in Spring Mill State Park, Indiana. Linda Tucker seconded. Motion passes with Lane, Tucker and Blackburn in favor, S. Davis opposed, and Huffines abstaining.
Proxy: Richard Blackburn leaves the meeting and assigns his proxy to E.T. Davis.
Neversink Acquisition: Mark Wolinsky presents an update on Neversink (see attachment). Buddy Lane moved to authorize Mark to investigate and negotiate the acquisition of the Glass tract and report back to the board. Linda Tucker seconded. Passed unanimously. The Board develops a Neversink Management Plan. Buddy Lane moved to accept the Neversink Management Plan. Linda Tucker seconded. Passed unanimously. (A written version is attached.)
Neversink fund raising: J.V. reports on the Neversink fund raising plans. Kenneth Huffines moved to allocate $1500 for the purchase of T-shirts, certificates, plot maps and other expenses. Steve Davis seconded. Passed unanimously.
NEXT MEETING: The next board meeting is scheduled for noon local time on Sunday, October 8, 1995 at the Sequoyah Caverns Picnic Pavilion.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further items, the meeting was adjourned at about 5:30 PM.