[Texascavers] Jacob's Well and Hays Co groundwater problems Part I :

2009-05-15 Thread JerryAtkin
Silent Springs Is it too late to save Hill Country water? Forrest Wilder | _May 15, 2009_ (http://www.texasobserver.org/toc.php?iid=305) | Features Sixty feet below the shimmering surface of Jacob’s Well, an artesian spring that for thousands of years has pulsed iridescent blue-green water

texascavers Digest 15 May 2009 12:45:20 -0000 Issue 758

2009-05-15 Thread texascavers-digest-help
texascavers Digest 15 May 2009 12:45:20 - Issue 758 Topics (messages 10684 through 10699): Re: TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online! 10684 by: Charles Goldsmith 10685 by: Charles Goldsmith 10686 by: Bill Bentley 10687 by: Lyndon Tiu

[Texascavers] Jacob's Well and Hays Co groundwater problems Part II :

2009-05-15 Thread JerryAtkin
(continued from Part I) Geologists say pumping in western Hays has already passed the limit of sustainability. Computer modeling by the Texas Water Development Board predicts water-level declines during a severe drought of between 50 and 100 feet across the Trinity, including portions of Bexar,

[NMCAVER] Fw: Revamped WNS Website and Spring Updates

2009-05-15 Thread froo froo ha.
- Forwarded Message From: Peter Youngbaer wnsliai...@caves.org To: NSS Board of Governors b...@caves.org; Mike Warner m...@speleobooks.com Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:35:45 PM Subject: Revamped WNS Website and Spring Updates Hi, Everyone, Just wanted to let you know that we just

Revamped WNS Website and Spring Updates

2009-05-15 Thread Charles Goldsmith
FYI - Forwarded Message From: Peter Youngbaer wnsliai...@caves.org Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:35:45 PM Subject: Revamped WNS Website and Spring Updates Hi, Everyone, Just wanted to let you know that we just went live with a totally re-vamped WNS web page: 

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2009-05-15 Thread texascavers-help
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Re: CONFIRM subscribe to texascavers@texascavers.com

2009-05-15 Thread Charles Goldsmith
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Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread Chad Fenner
Well said, and your efforts are greatly appreciated by the 90% of us who do not spend our time complaining, especially those of us who rarely post but often read cavetx for the sole use of keeping up. Jules' comment was out of line. It's just like a church where 80% of the work is done by 20%

Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread Charles Goldsmith
Thank you for the kind words, we have too many critics around here :) On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Chad Fenner caverc...@maverickgrotto.org wrote: Well said, and your efforts are greatly appreciated by the 90% of us who do not spend our time complaining, especially those of us who rarely

Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread Jules Jenkins
trust me, if there are 50 junk, complainy cave tex emails I DELETE them all.  But, why should I have to spend so much time deleting junk, ridiculous responses not meant for all or NON cave topic emails. Perhaps, Charles, you should be more proactive and NOT the normally quiet list administrator

RE: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread Fritz Holt
Charles, We all appreciate your making this venue available to us. As far as paper vs. electronic, I can understand why a younger, dedicated caver may want to establish an original hard copy collection for posterity. I wish that I still had all of The Caver issues which I received in the mid

Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread Charles Goldsmith
I should be pro-active? Why should I spend my time moderating a list, when it takes someone less than 1 second to delete an email. I spend enough time maintaining, replying to questions, and paying for the infrastructure behind this server, why should I spend even more time policing adults? You

Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread Fofo
No, actually, I like very much the list the way it is and how Charles manages it. The delete key is your friend. - Fofo Jules Jenkins wrote: trust me, if there are 50 junk, complainy cave tex emails I DELETE them all. But, why should I have to spend so much time deleting junk,

RE: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread Denise P
I think you are doing a fine job! Thanks for your time and money -Denise From: wo...@justfamily.org Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 13:43:37 -0500 To: julesje...@yahoo.com CC: Texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online! I

RE: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread Geary Schindel
Charles, VERY WELL SAID, and Thank You for all your hard work and invaluable service to the caving community. Geary -Original Message- From: Charles Goldsmith [mailto:wo...@justfamily.org] Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 1:44 PM To: Jules Jenkins Cc: Texas Cavers List Subject: Re:

Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread Charles Goldsmith
Man, and you thought you stirred up a hornets nest, I just kicked it a few times :) Charles On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 1:24 PM, mark.al...@l-3com.com wrote: All, I'm pleased to announce that Carl Kunath has been gracious enough to submit three back issues of the TEXAS CAVER from 2001, 2002,

Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread Charles Goldsmith
Thank you for the kind words, we have too many critics around here :) On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Denise P pepabe...@hotmail.com wrote: I think you are doing a fine job! Thanks for your time and money -Denise From: wo...@justfamily.org Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 13:43:37 -0500 To:

Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread Charles Goldsmith
Thank you for the kind words, we have too many critics around here :) On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Geary Schindel gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org wrote: Charles, VERY WELL SAID, and Thank You for all your hard work and invaluable service to the caving community. Geary

Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread Don Arburn
Charles, you are doing a bang up job! Thank you. Don

Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread speleosteele
We love you, Charles. Bill Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Charles Goldsmith wo...@justfamily.org Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 13:43:37 To: Jules Jenkinsjulesje...@yahoo.com Cc: Texas Cavers ListTexascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area

Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread Jules Jenkins
DELETE --- On Fri, 5/15/09, Fofo gonza...@msu.edu wrote: From: Fofo gonza...@msu.edu Subject: Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online! To: texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Friday, May 15, 2009, 6:47 PM No,

Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread Charles Goldsmith
Thank you for the kind words, we have too many critics around here :) On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 1:59 PM, speleoste...@tx.rr.com wrote: We love you, Charles. Bill

Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread Charles Goldsmith
Thank you for the kind words, we have too many critics around here :) On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Don Arburn donarb...@mac.com wrote: Charles, you are doing a bang up job! Thank you. Don

Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread Don Arburn
Do you not realize you are doing the very thing you complained about, over and over!? Let it go. On May 15, 2009, at 2:06 PM, Jules Jenkins wrote: DELETE --- On Fri, 5/15/09, Fofo gonza...@msu.edu wrote: From: Fofo gonza...@msu.edu Subject: Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More

RE: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread Geary Schindel
It's one thing to bitch and moan about what someone wrote and another to think that you need to be the censor for the list serve. I find you very restrained as I'm sure that it is far harder to not intervene sometimes. Then again, you can always censor the folks that complain too much. Anyway,

RE: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread Mark . Alman
Wow, what's Julie's problem!? I think she wants to be deleted from CaveTex and, probably, needs to be. I didn't know or intend to kick a hornets nest. I thought announcing more material in the Members Area was a good thing! I wonder if Jerry Atkinson and Julie are somehow related? Or are

Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread Charles Goldsmith
Yeah, this is totally out of character for her, but then again, I do have a habit of bringing up things most people don't like and maybe I rubbed her wrong at the business meeting. I know you weren't trying to kick the nest, but some where taking it that way, since you are posting updates, etc.

RE: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread Denise P
Believe me, as TSA secretary, I know! I don't know what people expect from volunteers or why they like to complain so much. Human nature I guess. -Denise From: wo...@justfamily.org Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 13:54:42 -0500 Subject: Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are

Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online!

2009-05-15 Thread speleosteele
Yes, and most of them go caving very often either. Bill --Original Message-- From: Charles Goldsmith To: Bill Steele RR Sent: May 15, 2009 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [Texascavers] TSA Members Area Update - More TC's Are Now Online! Thank you for the kind words, we have too many critics around

[ot_caving] WNS factor in TV show

2009-05-15 Thread Louise Power
For those of you who didn't see Bones on Fox last nite, WNS was one of the clues that led the good guys to an abandoned warehouse where the bad guys were keeping their kidnapping victim. Needless to say, there were bats (unseen and unidentified) living there some of whom, apparently, had WNS.

[Texascavers] ICS needs a few items

2009-05-15 Thread Jon
Hi folks, I am putting a request out to everyone for a couple of items we need at ICS. These will only be needed for two weeks and then can be returned. 1)  Does anyone have access to orange construction fence.  We can use up to 2000-feet. Every piece and part will help. 2)  We need three large