[Texascavers] Slideshow of the Day
Here is a new slideshow uploaded to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1IEc1704oE&feature=related Note the guy with the 5 headlamps on his helmet. Or is one a video-camera? Also note all the cavers using the Petzl Ultra. The video is probably better if you mute the sound. David Locklear
[Texascavers] Looking for Leslie Bell
Sorry to bother ya'll. I'm looking for Leslie Bell. Drop me a line chica, Aimee
[Texascavers] Rare Sighting of Mexican Long-tongued Bat
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20101022b AUSTIN–Something batty is going on in Dripping Springs, and just in time for Halloween. When Jim Yantis stepped out on his porch October 17, he noticed a bat roosting on the house. Yantis, a nature lover, said he quickly noticed something different about this bat. “His head reminded me of a dog’s head,” Yantis said. “I knew it was a special bat so I took pictures of it. When it got dark that Sunday, I caught it flying off behind me.” Yantis’ speculation about the creature’s unique nature was correct. It turned out to be a male Mexican long-tongued bat, a species that has only been documented four times in Texas. “I’m sure this is a new species record for Hays County,” said Diana Foss, an Urban Wildlife Biologist with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Foss, also a member of the Houston Bat Team, said it is unusual to spot this type of bat in Texas. “The long nose marks it as a nectivore and not an insect eater like most of the other 31 bat species found in Texas,” Foss said. She said this particular species is thought to follow agave blooms north. “This one may have found some convenient agave blooms near Mr. Yantis’ home,” Foss said. The only record of the Mexican long-tongued bat in the state prior to 2000 was in Hidalgo County. These bats have been found in Cameron County and Midland since that time, and were spotted in El Paso three years ago. Bats are noted for their insect-eating habits. These tendencies are significant because they keep the moths that impact grain supplies under control. A good number of bat species are nectivores in the tropics, and important plant pollinators. Bob Locke of Bat Conservation International said the Mexican long-tongued bat is not only a significant pollinator of agave, but of some cacti from Arizona and New Mexico south into Venezuela. They tend to be small colony roosting species, usually found in small groups along crevices, Locke said. “Their name comes from their tongue, which can be 1/3 the length of their body,” Locke said. The bat was found dead late the morning of October 18. The specimen will be kept at the Texas Department of State Health Services lab in Austin. - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [Texascavers] Texas Cavers Reunion "Dust Bowl" 2010
Someone still had to get the porta johns so we did not have 300+ folks defecating the land. Not entirely free. Folks could have got in by just paying the parks per night camping fee of $15 per car. http://www.hiddenfallsadventurepark.com/camping.html Ron From: J. LaRue Thomas To: texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Wed, October 20, 2010 8:31:07 AM Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Texas Cavers Reunion "Dust Bowl" 2010 Rather than assume nefarious cheapskate-ism, remember that when we held TCRs on private land (no "use fee") the main/only thing the registration fee paid for was the food. People who were not there for the Saturday dinner or did not want to eat the dinner didn't need to pay. (If this was not the policy this certainly was the misperception). Reminding folks that "That was then and this is now and things are different" may very well take care of most of this issue. Jacqui - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[NMCAVER] UIS is looking for website assistance
The International Union of Speleology (UIS) is looking for some web-savvy people to help with the UIS website. Four positions need to be filled: Website Manager Technical Manager Addresses Manager Calendar Editor Descriptions of the positions are provided below from the UIS Internal Regulations. If you are interested in assisting, please contact: Fadi Nader, UIS General Secretary, fadi.na...@gmail.com or Christian Dodelin, UIS Vice President of Operations, christian.dode...@sfr.fr Please post or distribute this message to anyone you feel may be interested. Thank you, George Veni UIS Vice President of Administration -- Technical Manager The Technical Manager is responsible to the Bureau via the President. The Technical Manager's responsibilities are: . Technical design and management of the Internet facilities. . Liaison with the provider of the Internet facilities. . Administration of the Domain Name registration entry. . Ensuring effective backup arrangements for the facilities. . Ensuring effective security arrangements for the facilities. . Ensuring as much as practicable the ease of transferring the facilities to another site if that becomes necessary. For example, by the use of open-source and commonly used software. . Technical advice to the Bureau and other UIS officers as requested. . Initial creation of basic emailing lists (listservers) as requested. . Updating of generic email redirections when advised by the Addresses Manager. . Initial creation of basic Internet databases as required, and setup of software authorization for their management. . Setup of website access for Commission Presidents and others who will be uploading their own material on to the website, upon request from the Website Manager. Website Manager The Website Manager is responsible to the President together with the Secretary. The Website Manager's responsibilities are: . Preparation and loading of website content in accordance with Bureau policy and upon request by the President and/or Secretary . Uploading the pages received from the UIS Calendar Editor and the Addresses Manager, although these uploads could be delegated directly to the Calendar and Address Managers if preferred by the Website Manager; . Managing (but not loading) the loading of web pages by Commission Presidents, Publicity Officer, and the like; . Other day-to-day operation of the web site. Calendar Editor The Calendar Editor is responsible to the General Secretary. The Calendar Editor's responsibilities are: . Soliciting and receiving information about new speleological events; . Publicizing UIS' calendar facility; . Operation of the calendar database; . Design of the Calendar web pages; . Loading or supplying updated calendar pages to the website. Addresses Manager The Addresses Manager is responsible to the General Secretary. The Addresses Manager's responsibilities are: . Publicizing the procedures for address updates for UIS and relevant Country Officers. . Receiving updates for people, organizations and positions. . Operating the address database. . Loading or supplying updated address and related web pages to the website. . Supplying address list facilities to other UIS officers, for example, files to the UIS Secretary for printing postage labels. . Updating email addresses in any closed listservers (emailing lists) which are being used by the Bureau. ___ NMCAVER mailing list nmca...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/nmcaver_caver.net
texascavers Digest 24 Oct 2010 18:54:49 -0000 Issue 1176
texascavers Digest 24 Oct 2010 18:54:49 - Issue 1176 Topics (messages 16401 through 16407): Re: Calcite Rafts - Compiling information on sites and pictures 16401 by: Mixon Bill Jill Orr Party and Earth's Birthday Party Reminder 16402 by: Geary Schindel 16403 by: Fritz Holt Re: Texas Cavers Reunion 2010 16404 by: Gill Edigar Re: New Project! Inner Space Caverns 16405 by: mark gee Re: New Project! Inner Space Caverns (HONEY CREEK CAVE TRIPS ANNOUNCEMENT!) 16406 by: speleosteele.tx.rr.com UIS is looking for website assistance 16407 by: George Veni Administrivia: To subscribe to the digest, e-mail: To unsubscribe from the digest, e-mail: To post to the list, e-mail: -- --- Begin Message --- Forwarded by Mixon: Begin forwarded message: From: "Patricia A. Beddows" List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: October 21, 2010 6:51:31 PM CDT Subject: Calcite Rafts - Compiling information on sites and pictures Reply-To: Gregory Lehn , Patricia Beddows > Hello to all of you ! I hope you are all doing very well. Life is advancing well here at Northwestern University. My position is hectic since I am wearing the hat of the Assistant Chair, but so far every month has included very rewarding events and accomplishments. Ed and I bought a house this summer so we are certainly settling in more seriously now in the city of Evanston, just north of Chicago. I am sending out a big group email with the goal of picking your collective brains for information on calcite rafts. The reason for this interest is in support of Greg Lehn who is a PhD student I am working with. In our graduate program, the students must develop two research proposals, and for his second project he is examining the formation of calcite rafts, environmental conditions reflected in the physical and chemical characteristics of the material, and the ability to generate high resolution records of environmental change from them. As you know me, you can guess that the test-location is the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Would you be able to share: - where (region or specific cave) you have ever seen calcite rafts forming, and if they accumulating in significant quantities. Please describe. - where in your caving and research experience there are NO calcite rafts; - any pictures of calcite rafts you might have! Any scale of picture is welcome from SEM to a cave chamber; - any literature on calcite rafts - particularly older and non- indexed literature that might be hard to find. Greg will be codifying this information onto a map, and your observations on calcite rafts in general will be very helpful. Thank you very much for your time, Trish _ Dr. Patricia A. Beddows Assistant Chair and Lecturer Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University 1850 Campus Drive, Locy Hall – 312 Evanston, IL, 60208-2150 Tel: 847-491-7460 Fax: 847-491-8060 www.earth.northwestern.edu A chicken is the egg's way of making another egg. You may "reply" to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org --- End Message --- --- Begin Message --- This is a reminder that we are having a party tonight in honor of Jill Orr who will soon be the dearly departed Jill Orr (she is moving to San Diego). The party is at the Schindel's house at 11310 Whisper Dawn, San Antonio. Phone is 210-479-2151. This is a pot luck affair and all cavers are welcome. We'll have the grill going. In addition, it is Earth's Birthday (the night before October 23, 4004 BC) so dress accordingly. Geary and Sue. --- End Message --- --- Begin Message --- Geary, Was clothing worn in 4004 BC? Cavers should have no trouble adapting. F From: Geary Schindel [mailto:gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 2:57 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] Jill Orr Party and Earth's Birthday Party Reminder This is a reminder that we are having a party tonight in honor of Jill Orr who will soon be the dearly departed Jill Orr (she is moving to San Diego). The party is at the Schindel's house at 11310 Whisper Dawn, San Antonio. Phone is 210-479-2151. This is a pot luck affair and all cavers are welcome. We'll have the grill going. In addition, it is Earth's Birthday (the night before October 23, 4004 BC) so dress accordingly. Geary and Sue. --- End Message --- --- Begin Message --- It would be great if other Grottos or demented groups would make floats, etc and participate in the DooDah Parade next year. --Ediger On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 10:23 AM, F
[Texascavers] UIS is looking for website assistance
The International Union of Speleology (UIS) is looking for some web-savvy people to help with the UIS website. Four positions need to be filled: Website Manager Technical Manager Addresses Manager Calendar Editor Descriptions of the positions are provided below from the UIS Internal Regulations. If you are interested in assisting, please contact: Fadi Nader, UIS General Secretary, fadi.na...@gmail.com or Christian Dodelin, UIS Vice President of Operations, christian.dode...@sfr.fr Please post or distribute this message to anyone you feel may be interested. Thank you, George Veni UIS Vice President of Administration -- Technical Manager The Technical Manager is responsible to the Bureau via the President. The Technical Manager's responsibilities are: . Technical design and management of the Internet facilities. . Liaison with the provider of the Internet facilities. . Administration of the Domain Name registration entry. . Ensuring effective backup arrangements for the facilities. . Ensuring effective security arrangements for the facilities. . Ensuring as much as practicable the ease of transferring the facilities to another site if that becomes necessary. For example, by the use of open-source and commonly used software. . Technical advice to the Bureau and other UIS officers as requested. . Initial creation of basic emailing lists (listservers) as requested. . Updating of generic email redirections when advised by the Addresses Manager. . Initial creation of basic Internet databases as required, and setup of software authorization for their management. . Setup of website access for Commission Presidents and others who will be uploading their own material on to the website, upon request from the Website Manager. Website Manager The Website Manager is responsible to the President together with the Secretary. The Website Manager's responsibilities are: . Preparation and loading of website content in accordance with Bureau policy and upon request by the President and/or Secretary . Uploading the pages received from the UIS Calendar Editor and the Addresses Manager, although these uploads could be delegated directly to the Calendar and Address Managers if preferred by the Website Manager; . Managing (but not loading) the loading of web pages by Commission Presidents, Publicity Officer, and the like; . Other day-to-day operation of the web site. Calendar Editor The Calendar Editor is responsible to the General Secretary. The Calendar Editor's responsibilities are: . Soliciting and receiving information about new speleological events; . Publicizing UIS' calendar facility; . Operation of the calendar database; . Design of the Calendar web pages; . Loading or supplying updated calendar pages to the website. Addresses Manager The Addresses Manager is responsible to the General Secretary. The Addresses Manager's responsibilities are: . Publicizing the procedures for address updates for UIS and relevant Country Officers. . Receiving updates for people, organizations and positions. . Operating the address database. . Loading or supplying updated address and related web pages to the website. . Supplying address list facilities to other UIS officers, for example, files to the UIS Secretary for printing postage labels. . Updating email addresses in any closed listservers (emailing lists) which are being used by the Bureau.
[PBSS] Christmas Party:
You do realize if we have the PBSS Christmas party in Carlsbad that only about three or four of PBSS members will show up. Look at last year's party at Ess cave, and Carlsbad is a lot farther away. I am for a party at the SWR, maybe at Lucy's, but it will be a small party. As for secretary'a job, we may have to combine secretary and treasure like we have done in the past. Yes I want to go to the dig in November. Walter ___ PBSS mailing list p...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/pbss_caver.net
Re: [PBSS] elections, and Christmas
Oh, yeah, secretary, because Bill & I don't really need to keep being the secretaries, too. J. - Original Message - From: "Bill Bentley" To: Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [PBSS] elections, and Christmas And even gert a secretary position filled... - Original Message - From: "J. LaRue Thomas" To: "Bill Bentley" ; Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 7:32 AM Subject: Re: [PBSS] elections, and Christmas And I will be happy to serve another term as pres. I do think we want to fill our vice pres. spot, since I occasionally miss a meeting and we've been relying on the treasurer to take over when that happens. Jacqui - Original Message - From: "Bill Bentley" To: Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 10:39 PM Subject: Re: [PBSS] elections, and Christmas I will serve as PBSS Treasurer another term if you all will have me... Bill - Original Message - From: "J. LaRue Thomas" To: Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 6:46 PM Subject: [PBSS] elections, and Christmas All-- At the October meeting we did not discuss either a Christmas Party or officer nominations. I imagine we would vote at the November meeting? So are there nominations? Are there ideas for a Christmas Party? Maybe we can all go to SWR at Carlsbad 1st weekend of Dec. and call that the party?! We can get a motel room...shades of off-campus college parties... Ideas posted to this list might get some good discussion going. Jacqui ___ PBSS mailing list p...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/pbss_caver.net ___ PBSS mailing list p...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/pbss_caver.net ___ PBSS mailing list p...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/pbss_caver.net ___ PBSS mailing list p...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/pbss_caver.net
Re: [PBSS] elections, and Christmas
And even gert a secretary position filled... - Original Message - From: "J. LaRue Thomas" To: "Bill Bentley" ; Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 7:32 AM Subject: Re: [PBSS] elections, and Christmas And I will be happy to serve another term as pres. I do think we want to fill our vice pres. spot, since I occasionally miss a meeting and we've been relying on the treasurer to take over when that happens. Jacqui - Original Message - From: "Bill Bentley" To: Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 10:39 PM Subject: Re: [PBSS] elections, and Christmas I will serve as PBSS Treasurer another term if you all will have me... Bill - Original Message - From: "J. LaRue Thomas" To: Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 6:46 PM Subject: [PBSS] elections, and Christmas All-- At the October meeting we did not discuss either a Christmas Party or officer nominations. I imagine we would vote at the November meeting? So are there nominations? Are there ideas for a Christmas Party? Maybe we can all go to SWR at Carlsbad 1st weekend of Dec. and call that the party?! We can get a motel room...shades of off-campus college parties... Ideas posted to this list might get some good discussion going. Jacqui ___ PBSS mailing list p...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/pbss_caver.net ___ PBSS mailing list p...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/pbss_caver.net ___ PBSS mailing list p...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/pbss_caver.net
Re: [PBSS] elections, and Christmas
And I will be happy to serve another term as pres. I do think we want to fill our vice pres. spot, since I occasionally miss a meeting and we've been relying on the treasurer to take over when that happens. Jacqui - Original Message - From: "Bill Bentley" To: Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 10:39 PM Subject: Re: [PBSS] elections, and Christmas I will serve as PBSS Treasurer another term if you all will have me... Bill - Original Message - From: "J. LaRue Thomas" To: Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 6:46 PM Subject: [PBSS] elections, and Christmas All-- At the October meeting we did not discuss either a Christmas Party or officer nominations. I imagine we would vote at the November meeting? So are there nominations? Are there ideas for a Christmas Party? Maybe we can all go to SWR at Carlsbad 1st weekend of Dec. and call that the party?! We can get a motel room...shades of off-campus college parties... Ideas posted to this list might get some good discussion going. Jacqui ___ PBSS mailing list p...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/pbss_caver.net ___ PBSS mailing list p...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/pbss_caver.net ___ PBSS mailing list p...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/pbss_caver.net
Re: [PBSS] elections, and Christmas
In your camper, maybe? :-) - Original Message - From: To: ; Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 10:17 PM Subject: Re: [PBSS] elections, and Christmas So where and when would PBSS have their Christmas party in Carlsbad? Can it be in a RV park? I need to plug in my camper so I can use the 110v outlets! without using the generator. Cheers... Martha McArthur 505-350-9022 (cell) ___ PBSS mailing list p...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/pbss_caver.net
