This page contains the agenda and meeting minutes from the annual Western Region business meetings. We hope to normalize and update these links in the future.
Agenda (September 21, 2024)
- Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
- Western Region Reports
Chair (Katrina Smith)
Vice-Chair (Jesse Johnson)
Treasurer’s Report (Gail McCoy)
Editor (Scott Nicolay) - Grotto Reports
Cascade Grotto
Desert Dog Troglodytes
Diablo Grotto
Mother Lode Grotto
Northern Nevada Grotto
Oregon Grotto
Oregon High Desert Grotto
Redwood Grotto
San Diego Grotto
San Francisco Bay Chapter
San Joaquin Valley Grotto
Shascade Caving Society
Shasta Area Grotto
Southern California Grotto
Southern Nevada Grotto
Stanislaus Speleological Society
Willamette Valley Grotto - Old Business
Organizational needs: webmaster, Western Caver, library (Katrina Smith)
Grant Fund
NSS Board of Governors (Sonia Meyer or Dave Brumbaugh)
Congress of Grottos (Gail McCoy)
Western Cave Conservancy (Marianne Russo and Steven Johnson)
CRF (John Tinsly)
Northwest and Craters of the Moon
Sequoia-Kings Canyon
Mineral King
Lava Beds - New Business
- Upcoming Events
National Cave & Karst Management Symposium Oct. 6-10, 2025 at the Bristlecone Convention Center in Ely, Nevada. Hosted by the Western Cave Conservancy https://ely2025.nckms.org/
Speleo-Ed Seminar (none scheduled)
Regional Meetings
2024 – Oregon Grotto
2025 – San Joaquin Valley Grotto
2026 – Southern California Grotto
2027 – Shascade Caving Society & Shasta Area Grotto
2028 – San Diego Grotto
2029 – Willamette Grotto
2030 – Northern Nevada Grotto
2031 – Desert Dogs Troglodytes
2032 – Diablo Grotto
2033 – Cascade Grotto
Minutes
The draft minutes from the September 2024 business meeting can be found here.
The draft minutes from the March 2009 business meeting can be found here
The draft minutes from the 2004 business meeting can be found here.
The 2003 business meeting minutes can be found here.
The 2002 business meeting minutes can be found here.
1997-2001 business meeting minutes can be found here.