| July 2026 Minutes | | Meeting was held on July 07, 2026 | | Minutes recorded by: Darcy Phillips |
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| Attending | - William Tucker (Host)
- Tammy Tucker (Host)
- Riley Siders
- Pierson Miller
- Ryan Marshall
- Tim Kohtz
- LeeAnn Dean
- Darcy Phillips
| | Old Business | - Covered last month's minutes
- Still waiting on dues from some members.
- Ralph Canyon Dig- finally heard back from Georgia. LAG has approval for casual use- hauling out old materials, visiting Mudgett’s. We should have John McLean make a non-destructive assessment of the site, can pursue more serious digging after looking at those results. Overall planning to hold off on anymore work until September when it is cooler. Need to make plans for taking the landowner family on a trip to Mudgett’s.
- Reminder to check out Mike Mansur’s page on signupgenius for cave formation repair projects. Anyone interested can search his name or Cave Formation Restoration Project on the signupgenius site.
- Reminder for members to create a cave resume since they are becoming more important to getting on outside projects.
| | New Business | - Looked over the SW Regional calendar of events.
- Deadline for submitting CRF proposals to Hunter is August 28th. Going forward there will be biannual deadlines for project proposals, so next one will be in February.
| | Trip Reports | - Sonora- Riley- A bit warm in the cave. Drove down Friday evening and camped. Walked through the cave on Saturday, then fixed the Sandcastle break, about a 60lb stalagmite. Struggled with the epoxy in the humidity, learned we need to bring supplies for jacks and braces, mixing containers and other supplies that can hold up to humidity.
| | Upcoming Trips | - July 11th-12th -Sand Cave
- July 18th -SW Regional at Mike Mansur’s house
- July 24th- Ft. Stanton radio telemetry with John Lyles
- July 25th – Ft. Stanton photogrammetry with Ron Lupenski
- Sep 19th- Ft. Stanton resistivity with John McLean
- TBD- SW Regional with Sandia Grotto
- TBD- Royal John
- November- Lake Cave restoration with John Cochran
- December Winter Tech at NCKRI
| | Program | | | Next Meeting | - August 4, 2026
- 7:00 PM
- LeeAnn Dean
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