This post collects links to ZIP files containing business meeting minutes from 2010 through 2016. Each year is a single ZIP file containing PDF files of the approved minutes.
To use these files, download the ZIP and the expand to a temporary directory. Each ZIP will create a directory for the year which will contain the files.
The files for 2016 may look a bit odd with blank pages at the end. I had to strip a bunch of cave map images from those files in order to get them down to
TAG Trip Report – August 4 through 8, 2021
Go to the bottom of this post to see photos from the trip.
Several months ago I heard some interest from a few KCAG members about getting more experience with vertical gear in some deeper pits. I searched around a bit and decided to set up a trip to some of the classic SCCi (Southeast Cave Conservancy Inc.) pits in the TAG area. The chosen pits were Neversink, Valhalla and South Pittsburgh Pit.
I scheduled the trip for early August 2021. The plan was
At the regular grotto meeting of 16 March 2021 I gave a presentation comparing various kinds of cave lights. This post has links to the presentation file and to the data files that I collected.
The data files are plain text, comma-separated values. They can be imported to any spreadsheet or graphing program. I used https://labplot.kde.org/ to create the graphs in the slide show.
The first column in the data files is elapsed time in seconds. The second column is the brightness in lux.
The file names
At the regular grotto meeting of 16 February 2021 I gave a presentation comparing the capacity of various kinds of batteries. This post has links to the presentation file and to the data files that I collected.
The data files are plain text, comma-separated values. They can be imported to any spreadsheet or graphing program. I used https://labplot.kde.org/ to create the graphs in the slide show.
The first column in the data files is elapsed time in seconds. The remaining columns should be clearly
This post collects the minutes of KCAG business meetings in 2021. Each link below is a downloadable PDF file.
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Seth Colston (Leader) – KCAG
Bill Gee – KCAG
Becky Nelson – KCAG
This was the first recorded trip to Geronimo Cave near Macks Creek, MO since Bill Gee visited the cave about 12 years ago. I will be leading the survey efforts along with others in the Kansas City Area Grotto.
All three of us met at 6:30am in Grandview, MO. Bill led the convoy while strictly following the speed limit. Becky and I followed behind. We stopped shortly in Warsaw, and arrived at Husong’s property
This post contains links to all of the KCAG business meeting minutes documents for 2017. We do nto have meetings in June and December, so there are no files for those two months.
2017_02_08KCAGBusinessMeetingMinutesDownload 2017_03_08KCAGBusinessMeetingMinutesAmendedDownload 2017_04_12KCAGBusinessMeetingMinutesDownload 2017_05_10KCAGBusinessMeetingMinutesDownload 2017_07_12KCAGBusinessMeetingMinutesDownload 2017_08_09KCAGBusinessMeetingMinutesDownload 2017_09_13KCAGBusinessMeetingMinutesDownloadThis post collects links to minutes for KCAG business meetings held in 2020. Note that the March meeting was cancelled due to coronavirus concerns. We do not have regular business meetings in June and December.
2020_01_21KCAGBusinessMeetingMinutesDownload 2020_02_18KCAGBusinessMeetingMinutesDownload 2020_04_21KCAGBusinessMeetingMinutesDownload 2020_05_19KCAGBusinessMeetingMinutes-Ver2Download 2020_07_21KCAGBusinessMeetingMinutesDownload 2020_08_13KCAGBusinessMeetingMinutesDownloadA remembrance by Shawn Williams.
It’s January 23rd, 2020 and we’re all struggling with the words this morning…
It’s going to be very difficult moving on without her spirit. The grief is as difficult as her light was bright.
This earth has lost a soul whose light, love and laughter radiated to touch so many. Her hats were many! Adventurer, Trail Builder, Campfire Aficionado, Dancer, Camp Chef, Cave Explorer and Restorer, Float Tripper, Wine Connoisseur, Cheer Leader, Trip Leader,
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