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Thanks to all of you who attended. We had 17 at the meeting on Sunday, by far the largest crowd I remember in recent years. The majority of our directors and officers were there. Those of you who were not at K-O-R, please know that you were missed and that we need everyone's help to make this a successful organization. Randy Paylor's KSS Cave Database Map was impressive and we appreciate all of the time that went into that presentation. The KSS has information on file for 4437 caves, with good locations for 3337 caves. Bill Walden's Redmond Creek and Sandy Springs maps were also interesting and show the many hours of surveying that have gone into those projects.

We want to publicly thank Jim Greer for the Treasurer's Report. The group is not wealthy but we are alive and have an amount on hand for our current needs. We discussed ways to increase that money. One way is through publications. We need writers, editors, reviewers, proofreaders and others who can support publication of material that would be interesting to cavers concerned with KY. This has worked for Texas, W. VA., and TN. Thanks to Jim and Cat Kennedy for many helpful comments.

By the way if you were not there, on Sat. evening Jim Kennedy presented an entertaining "Caves w/o Bats" program. He also handed out copies of an interesting Eastern Cave Bat Booklet.

Jim Greer updated us on his excellent work he has been doing (along with Randy's contribution) on our tax exempt status and filing of our annual state report. Our 501 (c) status was in question but we are making progress on correcting that. We are now waiting on the IRS.

A main topic was the scheduling of more data organization sessions. Working with our cave data is our main mission. The next "work" session is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 10th, 10 am at the KGS Bldg. in Lexington. This is tentatively based on Jim's and Randy's schedule so we hope this day will work. Stayed tuned. This is also an opportunity to see where we are and what we have.

At future regional events we need to have a table and booth highlighting the KSS. And, along this publicity direction, Randy is working on an electronic newsletter.

Oct. 28, 29 will be the dates for our fall meeting and that will be at Bill Walden's lakeview home in Wayne Co. This will be an opportunity to see a few of the wonderful caves in that area. On that Sat. we may do short hops in several of the classic caves along our se state border. On Sunday morning we will have our meeting. More on this as the date approaches.

Minutes from the July 17, 2006 Meeting at KOR