| April 2026 Minutes | | Meeting was held on April 07, 2026 | | Minutes recorded by: Darcy Phillips |
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| Attending | - Brian Alger (Host)
- Lee Ann Dean
- Matthew Plett
- Darcy Phillips
- Gunnison Brasher
- Jenson Brasher
- Matt Brasher
- Tim Kohtz
- Tammy Tucker
- William Tucker
- Pierson Miller
- Yee-Bien Chuah (Zoom)
- Tim Chariton (Zoom)
| | Old Business | - Covered last month's minutes
- Officer Reports:
Lee Ann has been reimbursed for NSS memberships.
Still waiting on dues from some members. - Ryan has emailed Georgia about Yellowjacket/Endless/McKittrick trip permits, will need to get in touch with her by phone at the end of April.
- High Guads recreation trip will need to be after May 2nd and the HGRP anniversary. Still working on finding available trip leaders.
- Millrace date is still TBD, need a date from Mike Moffett. May end up being a combined trip with New Mexico Tech.
| | New Business | - Gunnison and Lee Ann had trip reports published in the Southwest Regional Newsletter, and Tim Kohtz’s artwork was featured on the front.
- Fort Stanton Trip is approved for 5 people with a trip leader. Option for Snowy River or Historic Section, consensus is Snowy River due to limited access. Lee Ann will see about permits.
- Sending out letters to landowners about access to Ralph Canyon dig site.
- Merus maps are complete, Brian sending them to Armstrong.
| | Trip Reports | - Darcy/Nichole- Speleothem repair- Started off the morning with doing the classroom portion at NCKRI. Very large group, mostly from Aggie Grotto. Broke out after lunch to work in Sand, Endless, and McKittrick. Within the first 20-30 minutes each managed to find the pieces of a broken curtain and refit and repaired the formation. Probably around 12 repairs and refits across the group by the end, lots of progress in the other caves too.
- Pierson- Project YESO- a small trip returning to Fenced Off Pit, continued to survey past mud, the projects was temporarily derailed by issues with Disto calibration. More trouble navigating the knot on the line. Sunday visited an unnamed cave and cleared out packrat mess before discovering some pretty unexciting breakdown.
- Ryan- Project YESO - ridgewalking near private property. Had a good interaction with the landowner and learned about a possible pit, but were unable to find it. Second day spent surveying.
| | Upcoming Trips | - April 11th and 12th - Cable covering in Carlsbad
- April 11th or 12th – Boyd’s Cave clean up
- April 24th – 26th - Southwest Regional Trip in the gypcap area near Roswell, more info on GroupMe.
- May 2nd – HGRP anniversary trip to do restoration/trail maintenance/survey. Contact Jennifer Foote individually to let her know your interest and skill level. Contact info will be available on GroupMe.
- TBD- Repair trip at Blowing Crack and Devil’s Pit in Senora. Date dependent on when Nichole or Darcy can teach speleothem repair.
| | Program | - William discussing Equipment Decon and Brick use.
| | Next Meeting | - May 5, 2026
- 6:30 PM
- Dean Residence
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