Congratulations to these two bastions of Texas caving and thanks to Logan for
his work in helping to recognize two of Texas’ most important caving
personalities.
===Carl Kunath
From: Logan McNatt via Texascavers
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2017 1:28 AM
To: Texas Cavers ; swrcav...@googlegroups.com
Cc: Logan McNatt
Subject: [Texascavers] special presentation at UTG meeting
We had some fun at the UTG (Austin) meeting Wed July 19th. About 50 people were
there, the usual mix of caver generations ranging in experience/membership from
"young" (< 5 years) to "mature" (5 to 25 years) to "venerable" (25 to 40+
years).
I announced that I had a presentation that would require group participation.
"Everyone who has been to at least one NSS Convention please stand up."
about 25 stood
"at least 5 Conventions, keep standing; the rest sit down" about 15
still standing
at least 10 about 12
At this point I mentioned that this impromptu survey was "a bit skewed"
regarding age, and the absence of many middle/venerable cavers (e.g. Terry
Raines, Don Broussard, Bill Stone, to name just a few)
at least 20 4 Gill Ediger, Jim Kennedy, Pete Strickland, and Bill Mixon
at least 30 2 Pete and Bill
at least 40 2--Pete and Bill
at least 50 2--Pete and Bill
I said that both of them had been unable to attend the convention in
Albuquerque this year because of health problems, breaking Pete's string of 47
straight years since an interruption for military service. But I had something
for them, and presented each their 2017 NSS Certificate of Appreciation "for
his long-term commitment to the NSS." They got an enthusiastic round of
applause.
After the meeting several photos were taken; the attached is by Dylan Beeler.
Bill had been sitting the entire time (with his hand raised during the
questions) because he is too weak to stand that long, but you can see he held
the rail for the photo. I noticed that Bill's NSS #5728 was on his certificate,
but Pete's #8298 was not on his. So I called NSS President Geary Schindel in
San Antonio, and he will send a corrected certificate to Pete. Geary is the
person I initially contacted before the Convention (I didn't go) to do
something special for Pete and Bill. I was hoping for something a little more
personal than the generic NSS Certificate (like mentioning Pete's hot tub), but
it worked out ok.
Congratulations and Thanks to Pete and Bill,
Hope the attached photo comes through.
Logan McNatt
(at least 5 NSS Conventions)
NSS 11274
P.S. William B. White, NSS 2237, apparently holds the record, with well over 60
Conventions attended, including 2017!
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