Re: [Texascavers] Spring TSA meeting
Sorry about that premature announcement everyone! Please be sure to keep your eyes ready for Crash's announcements! We should know soon! Ann TSA Treasurer, out-going On Dec 8, 2015, at 12:30 PM, Jim Kennedy via Texascavers wrote: > > Folks, please belay any previous announcements about the TSA Spring > Convention. They are premature. We do not yet have confirmation on the dates > or the site yet. But if all goes as planned, it will be the dates and site > mentioned. Believe me, after the first of the year you will be inundated with > my big media blitz promoting said event. > > Jim "Crash" Kennedy > TSA Vice-Chair Elect > and TSA Spring Convention Coordinator > > Mobile email from my iPhone > >> On Dec 8, 2015, at 7:48 AM, Geary Schindel via Texascavers >> wrote: >> >> >> Has a date for the spring TSA meeting been set yet. > ___ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Spring TSA meeting
Geary and others---the date for TSA Spring Convention is April 22-24, 2016. Any further details will have to come from future Vice Chair, Jim Kennedy. It will be at the Edwards County Fairgrounds facilities in Rocksprings. Ann Scott On Dec 8, 2015, at 7:48 AM, Geary Schindel via Texascavers wrote: > Folks, > > Has a date for the spring TSA meeting been set yet. > > I'm trying to schedule some additional meetings and wanted to check. > > Geary > > Geary M. Schindel, P.G. > Chief Technical Officer/Director > Aquifer Science > > [EAA Logo Signature Color.jpg] > 900 E Quincy > San Antonio, Tx 78215 > Main: (210) 222-2204 > > ___ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] TSA Election Results
Thank you for the 87 votes of confidence!! I look forward to serving the TSA!! Ann On Oct 14, 2013, at 11:13 AM, ellie watson wrote: > President # Votes > Kurt Menking 87 > Don Arburn (write-in) 2 > Jim Kennedy (write-in)1 > > > Vice-President# Votes > Roger Moore 89 > Mark Gee (write-in) 1 > > > Treasurer # Votes > Anne Scott87 > > > Secretary # Votes > Heather Tucek 90 > > > On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 11:24 PM, Julia Germany wrote: > > I ditto that request. > > Thanks! > julia > > -Original Message- > From: Jim Kennedy > To: Louise Power > Cc: Don Arburn ; ellie.thoene ; > texas cavers > Sent: Sun, Oct 13, 2013 11:21 pm > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] TSA Election Results > > I, for one, would like to see the total elections results, including > write-ins, invalid votes, etc. > > Jim > > Mobile email from my iPhone > > On Oct 9, 2013, at 4:52 PM, Louise Power wrote: > >> Does this come as a big surprise to anyone, since there was only one >> candidate for each office? >> >> CC: texascavers@texascavers.com >> From: donarb...@mac.com >> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 16:40:00 -0500 >> To: ellie.tho...@gmail.com >> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] TSA Election Results >> >> Congratulations!! >> >> Sent cellularly. >> -Don >> >> On Oct 7, 2013, at 9:19 AM, ellie.tho...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> TSA Members, >> >> TSA Annual Officer Elections closed October 4th and I am happy to announce >> the following winners: >> >> Chairman- Kurt Menking >> Vice-Chairman - Roger Moore >> Secretary -Heather Tucek >> Treasurer- Anne Scott >> >> Elected officers will take office on the first day of the New Year 2014. >> >> We had a 49% voter participation of all registered members with email >> addresses on file. Thank you for voting and thanks for your support of TSA! >> > - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] TSS work session canceled tonight
The TSS work session will not be happening this evening. Sorry for any inconvenience. We will see you in December!! Ann Sent from my iPhone - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] TSS work session canceled tonight
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[Texascavers] TSS work session canceled tonight
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Re: [Texascavers] CWAN Trip Report - January 28, 2012
Ben, How cool...the Capricorn Party Room!! Forever recorded in cave survey history! Ann, a Capricorn Sent from my iPhone On Feb 9, 2012, at 12:17 PM, Benjamin Schwartz wrote: > January 28, 2012 > > Cave Without A Name, Kinney County, TX > > Crew: Benjamin Hutchins, Benjamin Tobin, Benjamin Schwartz (Ben3) > > Report by: Benjamin Schwartz > > After a slow start leaving San Marcos on Saturday morning, the three of us > piled into my truck and headed out to the cave. On the way we had to stop > twice - once for breakfast tacos and another time for batteries (both > critical caving supplies), but we made it to the cave before 10:00 am. > Checking in with Mike Burrell, he reported that the water at our gauging weir > was up a mere 0.08 feet after all the heavy rain in the region earlier in the > previous week. The area around CWAN only got about 1.5 inches, and the stream > level hardly budged, while other areas nearby got several times that > amount and experienced more serious flooding. > > The plan for the day was to go to the Waterfall Room at the current upstream > end of the cave and continue pushing a virgin upper level stream crawl that > Brett Gerard, Ben Hutchins and I had turned around in on the previous trip to > this part of the cave. During the previous two years, a group of us have > systematically resurveyed the known cave in order to create a high quality > map and (we hoped) find additional cave passage. Sometime last fall, the last > previously enjoyed passage was surveyed and we were able to start pushing and > surveying some of the many virgin leads that remained. Admittedly, a number > of them are not very attractive when compared with the main stream passage, > but there is good airflow moving through parts of the cave and I am convinced > that there is potential for a significant amount of additional passage to be > found. > > Our goal for the day was 260 m, which was the amount required to move CWAN up > a notch in the TX long cave list. Quickly changing into our wetsuits and > gearing up, we managed to leave the parking lot and enter the cave before > scaring off too many tourists. We told Mike to expect us by midnight and > headed upstream around 10:40. A little while later, we looked at each other > and realized that none of us had a watch with us. This was strangely > reminiscent of the last trip into the cave! I sloshed and jogged back to the > surface, got my watch, and rejoined the others at 11:00 – finally we could > really move! > > The trip upstream took around two hours as we swam, crawled, waded, and > salamandered through the ~2.5 km of stream passage between the Tour Route and > the Waterfall Room. On the way, we speculated about what some of the virgin > side leads might do, and if we would get a chance to survey them on this > trip. The two very low air space leads were still very low, but still blow, > and none of the ‘sumps’ (low air sections, really) along the main route were > any lower than normal – including the third one which, in the main passage, > is the lowest and longest by far. > > At the Waterfall Room, we climbed into the upper part of it, traversed > into the upper level passage leading out of it, and paused for a quick taco > break and to push a potential breakdown lead. The lead didn’t look very good, > but I did find another point to access the stream (with no passable leads) > which feeds the waterfall entering the middle part of the room, as well as a > possible lead that seemed to be have potential for rejoining the same water > farther upstream. But more on that later… > > Our first lead for the day was another smaller stream in this upper level > section. Both this and the larger ‘waterfall stream’ are flowing to the > southwest and into the room, which is in the opposite flow direction when > compared with the main stream below it. The streams are also perched on top > of a green marly layer ~1.5m thick. The Waterfall Room appears to have > developed at a point where water has punched down through this layer, > intersected the main stream level, and caused a large zone of collapse which > is slowly being dissolved away to create the room. Another interesting aspect > of the room is that it is the largest known room/passage in the wild > cave and is comparable in size to the large parts of the tour route, but with > multiple levels and more complexity. > > Moving toward our objective, we traversed a section of complex dry breakdown > passage before dropping through breakdown and into a low, dry, stream bed ~ > .75m high and 2m wide. Following this upstream, the passage gradually became > lower as we passed tiny holes in the floor where trickles of water are > pirated away to some lower level during higher flow conditions. We soon > reached an active piracy hole and the cave turned from sticky muddy to > wonderfully wet and sloppy. Just past this, we arrive
Re: [Texascavers] CWAN Trip Report - January 28, 2012
Ben, How cool...the Capricorn Party Room!! Forever recorded in cave survey history! Ann, a Capricorn Sent from my iPhone On Feb 9, 2012, at 12:17 PM, Benjamin Schwartz wrote: > January 28, 2012 > > Cave Without A Name, Kinney County, TX > > Crew: Benjamin Hutchins, Benjamin Tobin, Benjamin Schwartz (Ben3) > > Report by: Benjamin Schwartz > > After a slow start leaving San Marcos on Saturday morning, the three of us > piled into my truck and headed out to the cave. On the way we had to stop > twice - once for breakfast tacos and another time for batteries (both > critical caving supplies), but we made it to the cave before 10:00 am. > Checking in with Mike Burrell, he reported that the water at our gauging weir > was up a mere 0.08 feet after all the heavy rain in the region earlier in the > previous week. The area around CWAN only got about 1.5 inches, and the stream > level hardly budged, while other areas nearby got several times that > amount and experienced more serious flooding. > > The plan for the day was to go to the Waterfall Room at the current upstream > end of the cave and continue pushing a virgin upper level stream crawl that > Brett Gerard, Ben Hutchins and I had turned around in on the previous trip to > this part of the cave. During the previous two years, a group of us have > systematically resurveyed the known cave in order to create a high quality > map and (we hoped) find additional cave passage. Sometime last fall, the last > previously enjoyed passage was surveyed and we were able to start pushing and > surveying some of the many virgin leads that remained. Admittedly, a number > of them are not very attractive when compared with the main stream passage, > but there is good airflow moving through parts of the cave and I am convinced > that there is potential for a significant amount of additional passage to be > found. > > Our goal for the day was 260 m, which was the amount required to move CWAN up > a notch in the TX long cave list. Quickly changing into our wetsuits and > gearing up, we managed to leave the parking lot and enter the cave before > scaring off too many tourists. We told Mike to expect us by midnight and > headed upstream around 10:40. A little while later, we looked at each other > and realized that none of us had a watch with us. This was strangely > reminiscent of the last trip into the cave! I sloshed and jogged back to the > surface, got my watch, and rejoined the others at 11:00 – finally we could > really move! > > The trip upstream took around two hours as we swam, crawled, waded, and > salamandered through the ~2.5 km of stream passage between the Tour Route and > the Waterfall Room. On the way, we speculated about what some of the virgin > side leads might do, and if we would get a chance to survey them on this > trip. The two very low air space leads were still very low, but still blow, > and none of the ‘sumps’ (low air sections, really) along the main route were > any lower than normal – including the third one which, in the main passage, > is the lowest and longest by far. > > At the Waterfall Room, we climbed into the upper part of it, traversed > into the upper level passage leading out of it, and paused for a quick taco > break and to push a potential breakdown lead. The lead didn’t look very good, > but I did find another point to access the stream (with no passable leads) > which feeds the waterfall entering the middle part of the room, as well as a > possible lead that seemed to be have potential for rejoining the same water > farther upstream. But more on that later… > > Our first lead for the day was another smaller stream in this upper level > section. Both this and the larger ‘waterfall stream’ are flowing to the > southwest and into the room, which is in the opposite flow direction when > compared with the main stream below it. The streams are also perched on top > of a green marly layer ~1.5m thick. The Waterfall Room appears to have > developed at a point where water has punched down through this layer, > intersected the main stream level, and caused a large zone of collapse which > is slowly being dissolved away to create the room. Another interesting aspect > of the room is that it is the largest known room/passage in the wild > cave and is comparable in size to the large parts of the tour route, but with > multiple levels and more complexity. > > Moving toward our objective, we traversed a section of complex dry breakdown > passage before dropping through breakdown and into a low, dry, stream bed ~ > .75m high and 2m wide. Following this upstream, the passage gradually became > lower as we passed tiny holes in the floor where trickles of water are > pirated away to some lower level during higher flow conditions. We soon > reached an active piracy hole and the cave turned from sticky muddy to > wonderfully wet and sloppy. Just past this, we arrive
Re: [Texascavers] CWAN Trip Report - January 28, 2012
Ben, How cool...the Capricorn Party Room!! Forever recorded in cave survey history! Ann, a Capricorn Sent from my iPhone On Feb 9, 2012, at 12:17 PM, Benjamin Schwartz wrote: > January 28, 2012 > > Cave Without A Name, Kinney County, TX > > Crew: Benjamin Hutchins, Benjamin Tobin, Benjamin Schwartz (Ben3) > > Report by: Benjamin Schwartz > > After a slow start leaving San Marcos on Saturday morning, the three of us > piled into my truck and headed out to the cave. On the way we had to stop > twice - once for breakfast tacos and another time for batteries (both > critical caving supplies), but we made it to the cave before 10:00 am. > Checking in with Mike Burrell, he reported that the water at our gauging weir > was up a mere 0.08 feet after all the heavy rain in the region earlier in the > previous week. The area around CWAN only got about 1.5 inches, and the stream > level hardly budged, while other areas nearby got several times that > amount and experienced more serious flooding. > > The plan for the day was to go to the Waterfall Room at the current upstream > end of the cave and continue pushing a virgin upper level stream crawl that > Brett Gerard, Ben Hutchins and I had turned around in on the previous trip to > this part of the cave. During the previous two years, a group of us have > systematically resurveyed the known cave in order to create a high quality > map and (we hoped) find additional cave passage. Sometime last fall, the last > previously enjoyed passage was surveyed and we were able to start pushing and > surveying some of the many virgin leads that remained. Admittedly, a number > of them are not very attractive when compared with the main stream passage, > but there is good airflow moving through parts of the cave and I am convinced > that there is potential for a significant amount of additional passage to be > found. > > Our goal for the day was 260 m, which was the amount required to move CWAN up > a notch in the TX long cave list. Quickly changing into our wetsuits and > gearing up, we managed to leave the parking lot and enter the cave before > scaring off too many tourists. We told Mike to expect us by midnight and > headed upstream around 10:40. A little while later, we looked at each other > and realized that none of us had a watch with us. This was strangely > reminiscent of the last trip into the cave! I sloshed and jogged back to the > surface, got my watch, and rejoined the others at 11:00 – finally we could > really move! > > The trip upstream took around two hours as we swam, crawled, waded, and > salamandered through the ~2.5 km of stream passage between the Tour Route and > the Waterfall Room. On the way, we speculated about what some of the virgin > side leads might do, and if we would get a chance to survey them on this > trip. The two very low air space leads were still very low, but still blow, > and none of the ‘sumps’ (low air sections, really) along the main route were > any lower than normal – including the third one which, in the main passage, > is the lowest and longest by far. > > At the Waterfall Room, we climbed into the upper part of it, traversed > into the upper level passage leading out of it, and paused for a quick taco > break and to push a potential breakdown lead. The lead didn’t look very good, > but I did find another point to access the stream (with no passable leads) > which feeds the waterfall entering the middle part of the room, as well as a > possible lead that seemed to be have potential for rejoining the same water > farther upstream. But more on that later… > > Our first lead for the day was another smaller stream in this upper level > section. Both this and the larger ‘waterfall stream’ are flowing to the > southwest and into the room, which is in the opposite flow direction when > compared with the main stream below it. The streams are also perched on top > of a green marly layer ~1.5m thick. The Waterfall Room appears to have > developed at a point where water has punched down through this layer, > intersected the main stream level, and caused a large zone of collapse which > is slowly being dissolved away to create the room. Another interesting aspect > of the room is that it is the largest known room/passage in the wild > cave and is comparable in size to the large parts of the tour route, but with > multiple levels and more complexity. > > Moving toward our objective, we traversed a section of complex dry breakdown > passage before dropping through breakdown and into a low, dry, stream bed ~ > .75m high and 2m wide. Following this upstream, the passage gradually became > lower as we passed tiny holes in the floor where trickles of water are > pirated away to some lower level during higher flow conditions. We soon > reached an active piracy hole and the cave turned from sticky muddy to > wonderfully wet and sloppy. Just past this, we arrive
[Texascavers] TSS Work Session this week
Cavers: There is a scheduled second Wednesday work session of the Texas Speleological Survey on January 12th, tomorrow, at the JJ Pickle Research Center on Burnet Road north of highway 183. Both publication sales and the library will be open. We will be working on many projects such as our office computer system, scanning more maps, filing publications in the library, and doing other administrative chores as needed. If you have a particular cave you would like to know more about, this is a good time to look it up. The door will be open at 5:00 p.m. and stay open till we adjourn. The TSS office phone has been removed so if you get lost or stopped by the guard, call me or someone you think might be there (this week, Ron Ralph at cell 797-3817 or Ann Scott at cell 731-5823). Remember it is best to arrive before 6:00 pm, or the gate guards might not let you in! The TSS facility is on the third floor of building 18-A at PRC, which is located in northwest Austin between Research and Braker, and Mopac and Burnet. The entrance is on Burnet Road, just north of the light at Rutland. Building 18-A is labeled“TM2” on UT’s PRC map located at http://www.utexas.edu/maps/prc/areas/sw.html , in case you need more detail, or get the directions from the TSS website (below). If you have questions or problems, please contact Ron at ronralph(at)austin.rr.com or the office manager, Jim Kennedy. Please go tohttp://www.utexas.edu/tmm/sponsored_sites/tss/tsscalendar.htm for additional information. We hope to see you there tomorrow! Ann TSS Director Ann Scott, PhD, RPA Research Fellow, Texas/Mesoamerican Archaeological Research Laboratory The University of Texas at Austin mayaca...@mail.utexas.edu - 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] TCMA Auction Results from TSA Spring Convention 2010
Arron wishes to also extend his thanks to Saj Zappitello for helping out at the TCMA Auction. He realized he was mistaken with the names in the posting to Texascavers...I think he was just having a difficult time keeping all the young, attractive women in order! ;-) We had a great time and thanks to all who bought items and who helped out!!! Ann On Apr 11, 2010, at 9:46 PM, A. Wertheim wrote: Thank you to everyone who participated in the TCMA Auction at the TSA Spring Convention this year! The final numbers came in: the auction raised $3430 to help keep up our cave preserves. Many thanks to Crash, Ann Scott, and Ellie Thoene for putting on a great auction and evening show! And big thanks to the TCC, TSA, and Ellie for putting on such a wonderful event in beautiful Cedar Park. The TCMA and its members work hard to make sure we have places to go caving. The generous support of the caving community in fundraising activities such as the auction and garage sale during TCR go a long ways to cover general expenses. Thank you for supporting Texas Caving and the TCMA. The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. Get busy. Ann Scott, PhD, RPA Research Fellow, Texas/Mesoamerican Archaeological Research Laboratory The University of Texas at Austin mayaca...@mail.utexas.edu - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] A call for donation items--TCMA Garage Sale at TCR this weekend!!
Hey UT Grotto members and other Texas grottos, too! TCMA could really use your help...at TCR this weekend there will be the TCMA Garage Sale selling donated goods to raise money to help with cave purchasing!!! BUT the garage sale can't happen without help from YOU! Please take the time this week to find items to donate to the cause...if there are items that need transportation, contact Linda Palit. She may be able to help make arrangements for you. Thanks for your help in the preservation and protection of Texas Caves!! Ann Ann Scott, PhD, RPA Research Fellow, Texas/Mesoamerican Archaeological Research Laboratory The University of Texas at Austin mayaca...@mail.utexas.edu - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] TSS Work session this Wednesday, the 14th--Part II re-do!!
Hello again Cavers!
I'm doing a re-posting of the TSS work session this Wednesday the 14th
and putting out a call for assistance...we could use some help with
loading Ron Ralph's truck with our TSS/TSA tents, goods, tables, etc.
for our fun-filled weekend at TCR!!! With enough folks it shouldn't
take too long to load up the stuff. So, please stop by if you can.
After we get that taken care of we'll work on other little projects as
time permits.
As a reminder, the door will be open at 5:00 p.m. and stay open till
we adjourn. The TSS office phone is 475-8802 if you get lost or
stopped by the guard. Remember it is best to arrive before 6:00 pm, or
the gate guards might not let you in! If you have questions or
problems, please contact ronra...@austin.rr.com or call on his cell:
797-3817.
Please go to http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/sponsored_sites/tss/tsscalendar.htm
for additional information.
Map to the place is at: http://www.utexas.edu/maps/prc/ On PRC map 2
("NW Area"), 18-A is the little building just above the "ra" in
"Granberry". Park to the south in the PETEX lot across the street
(Read Granberry Trail) from building 18-A
Thanks!
Ann
Ann Scott, PhD, RPA
Research Fellow, Texas/Mesoamerican Archaeological Research Laboratory
The University of Texas at Austin
mayaca...@mail.utexas.edu
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[Texascavers] TSS Work Session this Wednesday, October 14th
Hello Cavers!
There is a scheduled second Wednesday work session of the Texas
Speleological Survey on October 14th at the JJ Pickle Research Center
on Burnet Road north of highway 183. We will be working on the
oversized flat map files plus other projects. We will continue to
update electronic files and work on organizing maps. Come by and see
if you would like to help organize one of our cave rich counties.
Both publication sales and the library will be open. If you attend,
you will also be able to work on your own projects as well. The door
will be open at 5:00 p.m. and stay open till we adjourn. The TSS
office phone is 475-8802 if you get lost or stopped by the guard.
Remember it is best to arrive before 6:00 pm, or the gate guards might
not let you in! If you have questions or problems, please contact ronra...@austin.rr.com
or me at mayaca...@mail.utexas.edu. (I have jury duty that day and
may not make it to the session on time, however, Ron will be there.)
Please go to http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/sponsored_sites/tss/tsscalendar.htm
for additional information.
Ron Ralph's Cell: 797-3817
Map to the place is at: http://www.utexas.edu/maps/prc/ On PRC map 2
("NW Area"), 18-A is the little building just above the "ra" in
"Granberry". Park to the south in the PETEX lot across the street
(Read Granberry Trail) from building 18-A
All the best,
Ann
Ann Scott, PhD, RPA
Research Fellow, Texas/Mesoamerican Archaeological Research Laboratory
The University of Texas at Austin
mayaca...@mail.utexas.edu
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[Texascavers] Thanks (finally) to everyone who helped Airport and Transportation at the ICS!
I was still working until 4:30pm on Monday on the ICS. We got the last shuttle of participants off to the Airport at 3:00pm. We delivered the last of the vans to San Antonio and finished off our paperwork. There are still some more minor things to do but it pales in comparison with the work we accomplished since we began on the 16th! I want to extend my gratitude to all of those who helped in some way to make the Transportation aspect such a success, which includes the Airport, Hotel, and Event shuttling. We had so many people helping I know I am unable to list them all, so I’m sorry, but know your efforts and dedication are appreciated! Thanks also for putting up with my “high energy” and running around like a gerbil…it’s the mode I get into in order to get stuff done. I think it worked. Airport Help: The following folks helped with both assisting in greeting arrivals and driving to get folks to Kerrville or helping with other aspects of support: Heather Tucek, without whom I could not have done this job! She was my number one assistant! Jenni Arburn, who put in long days of dedication and got us a phone charger! Christina Ceballos and Renee Skwara who greeted folks. Sue Schindel, for moving people, offering their house, and greeting folks! Aspen Schindel, for getting food for hungry people! Oscar Berrones for helping inside the airport and also driving Michelle Bryant, for helping out way beyond I ever expected! Thanks so much! Joe Ranzau and Devra Heyer for going to the Train Station Airport Drivers: Thanks so much for pushing yourselves to the limits to get folks to Kerrville or back to the airport again…I’m sorry I put y’all through that! I'm sorry if I left someone off the list. Denise Prendergast, Don Cooper, Dever Heyer, Alex Benavente, Zach Schudrowitz, Oscar Berrones, Joe Mitchell, Rob Bisset, Melanie Alspaugh, Geary and Sue Schindel Other Transporation: Cavers who helped with either shuttling or picking up or returning the vans. Sorry if I left you off the list. David Locklear, Kevin McGowan, Sara Ranzau, Bill Steele, Kurt Menking, Dale Barnard, Bob Cowell, Steve Bryant, Kim Maloy, Geary Schindel, Lyndon Tiu, Ernie Garza, Stefan Creaser, Jill Orr, Rick Corbell, Linda Palit, Joe Ranzau, Gail Denkhaus, John Hegemier There were many other folks who helped with shuttling to Banquets. We had so many step up that we lost track of who helped with driving on those days! Many thanks for those drove!! Don Broussard was in charge of the Hotel Shuttling and had a small army of folks helping him. All of his efforts and dedication, and those of his drivers, are greatly appreciated! Get some sleep DON! Once again, thanks to all who helped drive, including those who helped with caving and cultural trips! I know that Travis Scott and Joe Mitchell are appreciative of your assistance! I know I speak for Don Arburn, too, when I say that we couldn’t have done our jobs without your volunteerism and dedication. Thank you all. Ann Ann Scott, PhD, RPA Research Fellow, Texas/Mesoamerican Archaeological Research Laboratory The University of Texas at Austin mayaca...@mail.utexas.edu
[Texascavers] Looking for help to give ICS participants a place to stay or a ride!
Dear San Antonio area cavers--- I'm looking for any folks who are NOT going to the ICS early and who may be able to pick up some folks at the Amtrak train station and put them up for a night and then deliver them to the Airport the next morning for free shuttle transportation? Or, would a volunteer driver be willing to pick them up that late and bring them to Kerrville? I have 2 people arriving at 10:25 pm at the Amtrak station on the evening of Friday the 17th. I also have 4 people arriving the evening of the 18th at 10:25 pm. If you think you could help out, please contact me off list ASAP at mayaca...@oztotl.com to get more details. Thanks! Ann Scott, ICS Airport and Transportation Committees - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] Vendors and Book Sales at TCR
Hey y'all! Just a quick note to say that the TSS will be having their publications for sale. The TSA store will have lots of cool things for sale, too! Look for the AMCS publications to be for sale in the same area! Don't forget to bring objects to donate for sale at the TCMA garage sale on Saturday and help raise money to buy more caves! Also, I just finished updating the GGG website (www.gonzoguanogear.com) and Rebecca will be at TCR with lots of speleo-gear and updated catalogs! I'm sure we'll have other great vendors at TCR selling more gear, t- shirts, jewelry, and hopefully, massages! So in the words of Bill Mixon a couple days ago---Bring money! See you this weekend! Ann - 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] Caves under the Pyramid of the Sun
Matt et al., With some journalists, they just don't get their information correct 100% of the time! I looked at this article and pretty much it's got some glaring errors. Building upon what Allan Cobb already posted, the cave has been open up for researchers and wasn't sealed up. The article notes: The caves were discovered during the 1970s; however, they were immediately sealed up. Also, most of the information collected at the time of the discovery was lost forever. That's pretty much not true and in fact I'm co-organizing a symposium on cave archaeology next year that will have 3 of the major investigators from the 1970s plus Rebecca Sload (FAMSI project) talking about their findings over the years! The information was never lost...much has been published on it but a major synthesis hasn't been done but hopefully is close. This future work mentioned in the softpedia article will complement what's already been done, which is extensive, just not very public. I'm unsure of all the players in the game but hopefully they all get along and the public can benefit from their full investigations! We shall see! Ann On Sep 22, 2008, at 9:50 AM, Matt Turner wrote: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Archaeologist-Open-Sealed-Cave-Beneath-The-Pyramid-of-the-Sun-89271.shtml I just read this. It may have been posted before and I just missed it. Does anyone have more information about how it's going or what's been discovered? Matt Turner "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle "Empty pockets never held anyone back.Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that."- Norman Vincent Peale Ann Scott, PhD Candidate Latin American Studies mayaca...@mail.utexas.edu - 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] Help needed
Cavers, I just talked to Crash and it appears that we will be helping out at 3:15pm instead when a small army will appear to assist in the hauling. If you do want to help, show up then, otherwise we will definitely be done by 5:00pm today! Ann Scott On Apr 2, 2008, at 7:21 PM, Ron Ralph wrote: Cavers, Crash, Lee Jay and others will be loading trucks and trailers with TSS and TSA products, tents, and other gear tomorrow evening, Thursday, April 3, at the JJ Pickle Research Campus. Please come give a hand if you are free around 5:00pm. Everything is on the third floor and gets heavy as the evening wears on. And bring your checkbooks to Kerrville this weekend for cave books, map CDs and TSA gear. Call if you need directions. Ron 512-280-9648 Ann Scott, PhD Candidate Latin American Studies mayaca...@mail.utexas.edu
[Texascavers] TSS work session tomorrow, March 12th
Cavers, There is a regularly scheduled second Wednesday work session of the Texas Speleological Survey tomorrow, March 12th, at the JJ Pickle Research Center on Burnet Road north of Highway 183. Come by and help us to organize one of our cave rich counties, assist with map scanning, library development, or data entry. If you attend, you will be able to work on your own projects as well. The door will be open at 5:00 p.m. and stay open till we adjourn. For directions go to http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/sponsored_sites/tss/ tsscalendar.htm The TSS office phone is 475-8802 if you get lost or stopped by the guard. Remember that you must arrive before 6:00 pm, or the gate guards might not let you in! Ann Scott, TSS "Assistant" Office Manager Cell: 512 731-5823
[Texascavers] TSS Work Session Tomorrow, Wednesday February 13th
Cavers, There is a scheduled second Wednesday work session of the Texas Speleological Survey tomorrow, February 13th, at the JJ Pickle Research Center on Burnet Road north of highway 183. Come by and help us to organize one of our cave rich counties, assist with map scanning, library development, or data entry. If you attend, you will be able to work on your own projects as well. The door will be open at 5:00 p.m. and stay open till we adjourn. For directions go to http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/sponsored_sites/tss/ tsscalendar.htm The TSS office phone is 475-8802 if you get lost or stopped by the guard. Remember that you must arrive before 6:00 pm, or the gate guards might not let you in! Ann Scott, TSS "Assistant" Office Manager Cell: 512 731-5823
[Texascavers] TSS Work Session tomorrow, Jan 9th!
Cavers, There is a scheduled second Wednesday work session of the Texas Speleological Survey tomorrow, January 9th, at the JJ Pickle Research Center on Burnet Road north of highway 183. We will file exchange copies of newsletters from all over the country and continue to update electronic files updated by Assistant Data Managers. Come by and see if you would like to organize one of our cave rich counties. If you attend, you will be able to work on your own projects as well. The door will be open at 5:00 p.m. and stay open till we adjourn. If you have questions, please contact me, Ann, at mayaca...@oztotl.com or call my cell, or go to http://www.utexas.edu/ tmm/sponsored_sites/tss/tsscalendar.htm The TSS office phone is 475-8802 if you get lost or stopped by the guard. Remember that you must arrive before 6:00 pm, or the gate guards might not let you in! We'll probably work until 8:30 or 9:00pm. Ann Scott Cell: 512 731-5823
[Texascavers] TSA 2008 Officer Election Results
Hello Texas Cavers, The results of the TSA 2008 officer election are: John Brooks, President--78 votes Robert Bisset, Vice President--80 votes Mark Alman, Secretary--78 votes Darla Bishop, Treasurer--80 votes 84 ballots were received and counted by first Ron Ralph and then re- counted by Ann Scott (me!). Write in candidates included 1 vote each for: Willie Nelson for President, Hugo Chavez for Vice President, Barbara Bush for Secretary, Jack Abramoff for Treasurer, Carl Kunath for President, David Locklear for Vice President, Jerry Atkinson for Secretary, Donna Anderson for Secretary, and finally 1 vote for Oztotl for President. Congratulations to the Officers! Ann
