What the committee does:
The IO Committee faciliates and manages the NSS relationship with its Internal Organizations including Grottos, Regions, Surveys, Sections. Additionally, it also manages the relationships with outside affinity groups as well.
Reports to:
Operations Vice-President
Contact Information
Paul Winter
Chair
iocommittee@caves.org
Important Links
You can submit your IO's annual report by following the instructions here.
Annual Report: [IOs] shall submit an annual report to the Internal Organizations Committee containing the mailing address of the organization, a list of the organization's officers with their respective NSS numbers, the names of two organization members (with a telephone number or e-mail address) who are to be listed in the NSS Members manual as contacts, the URL of the organization's webpage (if any), whether the organization has changed its constitution and bylaws since the last annual report, and whether copies of the organization's publications are being submitted per the following.
Two copies of each publication (if any) shall be submitted to the NSS Library. At least one copy and preferably two copies shall be furnished to the NSS Cave Files Committee, and it is recommended that one copy be furnished to the U.S. Geological Survey.
If the organization's constitution or bylaws have been changed, copies of the new documents must be provided to the Committee.
The Committee may request additional information, but the completion of it must be labeled as optional.
Organizations may submit membership rosters for archival purposes.
The same directions can be used to update your grotto's information on caves.org. Click Here
