After ten years of giving much to NCRC, John Punches has stepped down as
National Coordinator of the National Cave Rescue Commission. During his
tenure John oversaw significant improvement in NCRC, riding herd on an
occasionally contentious Board of Regional Coordinators, taming a financial
mess, helping bring professionalism to the curriculum, and increasing NCRC outreach.
John's tenure as NC is the longest NCRC has had. This speaks well to how
well liked he is. John is still retaining the coordinatorship of the Pacific
Northwest Region, where for many years he was the only NCRC instructor,
recently joined by Jansen.
I (Anmar Mirza) will be replacing John as National Coordinator. I've been the
Central Region coordinator for eight years and will not be running for CR position
again when it comes up this summer. I hope to continue the progress NCRC
has seen, and to keep on in our mission of serving the caving community.