[Texascavers] Volunteers needed at Deep & Punkin March 6-7-8

[Robert B]

Texas Cavers and Friends of Deep & Punkin Caves
The following is a shameless request for your help on the weekend of March
6-7-8, 2020
Should your schedule, capabilities and desire to help match our needs ---
let Tom Rogers or I know.
We recognize how valuable your time is and do not make this request lightly.
Please understand, only those folks that contact us need show up.
We prefer - Safe, Strong, Smart & Quiet volunteers
This is not a caving or party weekend.
As or Feb-19... We have seven (7) volunteers.
We could use a few more, especially another 'Bobcat' operator.

OK, here it goes The Work...
On March 6-7-8, Tom Rogers and I are heading up the efforts to completely
replace the south-side deck at the Deep & Punkin Cabin.
The work crew will completely disassemble the existing plywood deck and
framing structure and remove all rock from underneath and around deck area
with the use of a rented Bobcat Skid-Steer with loader bucket.
The Bobcat arrives Friday evening, leaves Sunday afternoon.
We are preparing the site for the new deck being built the following
weekend.
We could use your help with the deck demolition (Friday 6th) but mostly we
need manual labor (7th-8th Saturday & Sunday)
This involves helping load the Bobcat with rocks. Operating the Bobcat.
Moving materials.
While the Bobcat can do much of the work, it can't do it all.
Through manual labor, we have to maximize each 'carried load' in order to
get the most efficiency out of the Bobcat. The Bobcat is basically a
motorized wheelbarrow.
I roughly estimate 70-100 loads will be loaded and dumped. This makes for a
long day, maybe two. The Bobcat must leave the property Sunday afternoon.
If manual labor is not your preference, we could use some help with cooking
- cleaning - cabin shutdown so the work crew can maximize their efforts.
Meals provided.
Tom and I are available should you have questions
Thanks for your consideration.
Rob Bisset
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Re: [Texascavers] Volunteers and Donations for TCR

[Trevor McClymont]

 Apologizes for the typo.   Looking for desserts.   No need for sandy deserts 
at TCR - there is plenty of sand out there already.  
On Thursday, September 13, 2018, 8:16:06 AM CDT, Trevor McClymont 
 wrote:  
 
 Texas Cavers,
The menu for this year's TCR dinner is nearly complete.  Prior to heading to 
the store to purchase all the ingredients, I wanted to throw a note out 
checking if anyone has any food donations (primarily meat) or would be willing 
to donate a desert.  In addition, I am looking for a few more volunteers to 
help out with food prep and serving the meal.  Please let me know if you have 
any food to donate, a desert to bring, or willing to help in the kitchen.   
Thanks in advance and I look forward to seeing you all at TCR in a few weeks.
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[Texascavers] Volunteers and Donations for TCR

[Trevor McClymont]

Texas Cavers,
The menu for this year's TCR dinner is nearly complete.  Prior to heading to 
the store to purchase all the ingredients, I wanted to throw a note out 
checking if anyone has any food donations (primarily meat) or would be willing 
to donate a desert.  In addition, I am looking for a few more volunteers to 
help out with food prep and serving the meal.  Please let me know if you have 
any food to donate, a desert to bring, or willing to help in the kitchen.   
Thanks in advance and I look forward to seeing you all at TCR in a few weeks.
- Trevor McClymont2018 TCR Head ChefFacebook  - Buddy Rutches___
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[Texascavers] Volunteers Needed for TCMA's Robber Baron Open House

[Joe & Evelynn Mitchell via Texascavers]

Saturday, November 11 is the date of the next Robber Baron Cave Open House and 
TCMA need many volunteers to help make it a success! This is a major 
fundraising event for TCMA, especially fundraising from outside the caving 
community, and is a chance to raise public awareness about TCMA and caves. We 
typically have more than 400 people go through the cave during the day, so need 
lots of volunteers both on the surface to run tables and coordinate cave entry 
and also in the cave to direct people and answer questions. The event runs from 
9 am - 3 pm and after its over, you are welcome stay and explore other parts of 
the cave. There will also be an after-party hosted by the Bissets. 

If you can come and help out, please contact Evelynn at evel...@satx.rr.com or 
via Facebook. She is coordinating volunteers and if you would like to do a 
specific job, let her know what you are interested in doing:
 
Surface Greeter/Support
In-Cave
Tour Guide for guided tours/Advance sign in table
Sinkhole gear table/cave sign in and out
Surface sign-in table
T-shirt sales table
Photo booth/runner

If you are only available for part of the day, that’s fine, just let Evelynn 
know.

If you are coming from out of town and need a place to stay, let us know and 
accommodations can be arranged.

Hope to see you there!

Thanks,
Joe Mitchell

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[Texascavers] Volunteers needed for the 2017 NSS Convention, New Mexico :

[Jerry via Texascavers]

Hi folks,

It's 5 months until the 2017 NSS Convention in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and time 
to get serious about the upcoming events. The Convention staff have been 
working diligently to make this a great Convention, but they need your help. As 
always, a conventions' success depends on the volunteers that make the gears 
and wheels of the convention actually turn. Volunteers are needed for a variety 
of jobs, both pre-, during-, and post-Convention, including Decon station 
volunteers for both full-day and 2-hourshifts, cave trip leaders, and for 
Registration andSecurity, among other duties. To date, approximately 200 people 
have pre-registered for the Convention.

I've been told that the best way to get folks to volunteer for something is to 
directly contact them. People like to be told that their personal contributions 
are important, and that their commitment to the greater good is much 
appreciated. I agree with this view and wish that it was a totally viable 
method to recruit folks for this years' Convention. But the Convention staffers 
are not clairvoyant nor do they know everyone out in the caving community that 
may be able to help out. If you've never volunteered at an NSS Convention, or 
have in the past and found it to be both fun and educational, I hope that you 
will consider doing so again or will try it out for the first time. It's a 
great way to find out how your society actually works (or doesn't) and a way 
for you to become involved in the greater caving community. 

I encourage any and everyone that may be able to volunteer to contact Meg 
Sorensen (Convention volunteer coordinator) at volunteer2...@caves.org  Meg can 
fill you in on what's needed and when, and help you figure out a schedule that 
fits your timeline.

Registration for Convention can be done online at: 
http://nss2017.caves.org/index.php  That link provides other Convention-related 
information as well.

I hope to see you in Rio Rancho this summer !

Jerry Atkinson
Chairman - Southwestern Region - National Speleological Society

Please pass this email on to any individuals or groups that you feel is 
appropriate.
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[Texascavers] VOLUNTEERS needed for NSS Ely Convention.

[Geary Schindel via Texascavers]

Passing this along.

Geary

Call for volunteers for the 2016 Ely convention!
NSS conventions rely on our dedicated volunteers to help produce the event. If 
you are interested in becoming part of our team, please let us know. We'd love 
to welcome you to Nevada!
Here are just a few categories where we need help:...
-- Banquet (set up and take down, drinks & food).
-- Security & Medical
-- Campground Operations
-- Registration
-- Marketing coordinators
-- Field trip assistants
-- Howdy Party (set up and take down, drinks & food)
-- Salon & Session assistants
-- Garbage pickup
-- Stage hands for entertainment
-- Videographers (to video major sessions)
-- Take down at end of convention, etc.
Please email Debbie Spoons at: 
xploreca...@yahoo.com if you can help. Let her 
know where you would like to help and what days you are available.
Thank you! We look forward to seeing you in Ely!
NSS 75th Anniversary Convention
July 16-23, 2016 ~ Ely, Nevada
http://nss2016.caves.org
‪#‎nss75th

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Re: [Texascavers] Volunteers Needed for Girl Scout Winter Jam at CBSP, January 12th

[Sheryl Rieck]

Mark,

Please put my name down. I have not been in these caves but am happy to help.   
I believe Dessie Pierce would like to volunteer as well. 

Sheryl

Sent from my iPhone-Resistance was futile. 

On Nov 28, 2012, at 12:40 PM, mark.al...@l-3com.com wrote:


Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and, now, I need your help.


For the last several years, cavers from around the state have participated with 
the folks at TPWD and GS leaders from the Austin and San Antonio area for their 
annual event at CBSP.

I just wanted to let you know that we have been invited to again assist the 
Girl Scouts from the Austin and San Antonio area at Colorado Bend SP for their 
annual Girl Scout Extravaganza.

They are needing our help to lead groups of girls on caving trips on Saturday, 
January 12th.


They are usually split into three (or four groups) and we typically visit 
Dynamite Cave, Turtle Shell Cave, and Cicurrina (sp?)  Cave and, possibly, 
Gorman Falls.

A short cave talk at the Park office is usually given beforehand and the girls 
will be providing their own equipment.


Female leaders are especially effective with the Scouts, as they seem to like 
and appreciate members of the fairer sex who aren’t afraid to have fun and get 
dirty!


I was planning on helping, as were the kids, as we have the last 6 or 7 ( 8?) 
years, but I found out my parents will be swinging through the DFW area to see 
us and, primarily, their two new great granddaughters that same weekend.



If any of you could head up this endeavor, I would be very much indebted to you 
and the Conference Center available for GS caving volunteers’ use.


Please let me know if you can assist and I appreciate your past help and, I 
hope, participation in January.


Thanks!



Mark Alman

Re: [Texascavers] Volunteers Needed for Girl Scout Winter Jam at CBSP, January 12th

[Sheryl Rieck]

Mark,

Please put my name down. I have not been in these caves but am happy to help.   
I believe Dessie Pierce would like to volunteer as well. 

Sheryl

Sent from my iPhone-Resistance was futile. 

On Nov 28, 2012, at 12:40 PM, mark.al...@l-3com.com wrote:


Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and, now, I need your help.


For the last several years, cavers from around the state have participated with 
the folks at TPWD and GS leaders from the Austin and San Antonio area for their 
annual event at CBSP.

I just wanted to let you know that we have been invited to again assist the 
Girl Scouts from the Austin and San Antonio area at Colorado Bend SP for their 
annual Girl Scout Extravaganza.

They are needing our help to lead groups of girls on caving trips on Saturday, 
January 12th.


They are usually split into three (or four groups) and we typically visit 
Dynamite Cave, Turtle Shell Cave, and Cicurrina (sp?)  Cave and, possibly, 
Gorman Falls.

A short cave talk at the Park office is usually given beforehand and the girls 
will be providing their own equipment.


Female leaders are especially effective with the Scouts, as they seem to like 
and appreciate members of the fairer sex who aren’t afraid to have fun and get 
dirty!


I was planning on helping, as were the kids, as we have the last 6 or 7 ( 8?) 
years, but I found out my parents will be swinging through the DFW area to see 
us and, primarily, their two new great granddaughters that same weekend.



If any of you could head up this endeavor, I would be very much indebted to you 
and the Conference Center available for GS caving volunteers’ use.


Please let me know if you can assist and I appreciate your past help and, I 
hope, participation in January.


Thanks!



Mark Alman

Re: [Texascavers] Volunteers Needed for Girl Scout Winter Jam at CBSP, January 12th

[Sheryl Rieck]

Mark,

Please put my name down. I have not been in these caves but am happy to help.   
I believe Dessie Pierce would like to volunteer as well. 

Sheryl

Sent from my iPhone-Resistance was futile. 

On Nov 28, 2012, at 12:40 PM, mark.al...@l-3com.com wrote:


Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and, now, I need your help.


For the last several years, cavers from around the state have participated with 
the folks at TPWD and GS leaders from the Austin and San Antonio area for their 
annual event at CBSP.

I just wanted to let you know that we have been invited to again assist the 
Girl Scouts from the Austin and San Antonio area at Colorado Bend SP for their 
annual Girl Scout Extravaganza.

They are needing our help to lead groups of girls on caving trips on Saturday, 
January 12th.


They are usually split into three (or four groups) and we typically visit 
Dynamite Cave, Turtle Shell Cave, and Cicurrina (sp?)  Cave and, possibly, 
Gorman Falls.

A short cave talk at the Park office is usually given beforehand and the girls 
will be providing their own equipment.


Female leaders are especially effective with the Scouts, as they seem to like 
and appreciate members of the fairer sex who aren’t afraid to have fun and get 
dirty!


I was planning on helping, as were the kids, as we have the last 6 or 7 ( 8?) 
years, but I found out my parents will be swinging through the DFW area to see 
us and, primarily, their two new great granddaughters that same weekend.



If any of you could head up this endeavor, I would be very much indebted to you 
and the Conference Center available for GS caving volunteers’ use.


Please let me know if you can assist and I appreciate your past help and, I 
hope, participation in January.


Thanks!



Mark Alman

[Texascavers] Volunteers Needed for Girl Scout Winter Jam at CBSP, January 12th

[Mark . Alman]

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and, now, I need your help.


For the last several years, cavers from around the state have
participated with the folks at TPWD and GS leaders from the Austin and
San Antonio area for their annual event at CBSP. 

I just wanted to let you know that we have been invited to again assist
the Girl Scouts from the Austin and San Antonio area at Colorado Bend SP
for their annual Girl Scout Extravaganza.

They are needing our help to lead groups of girls on caving trips on
Saturday, January 12th.

They are usually split into three (or four groups) and we typically
visit Dynamite Cave, Turtle Shell Cave, and Cicurrina (sp?)  Cave and,
possibly, Gorman Falls.

A short cave talk at the Park office is usually given beforehand and the
girls will be providing their own equipment.


Female leaders are especially effective with the Scouts, as they seem to
like and appreciate members of the fairer sex who aren't afraid to have
fun and get dirty!


I was planning on helping, as were the kids, as we have the last 6 or 7
( 8?) years, but I found out my parents will be swinging through the DFW
area to see us and, primarily, their two new great granddaughters that
same weekend.


If any of you could head up this endeavor, I would be very much indebted
to you and the Conference Center available for GS caving volunteers'
use.


Please let me know if you can assist and I appreciate your past help
and, I hope, participation in January.


Thanks!



Mark Alman

[Texascavers] Volunteers Needed for Girl Scout Winter Jam at CBSP, January 12th

[Mark . Alman]

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and, now, I need your help.


For the last several years, cavers from around the state have
participated with the folks at TPWD and GS leaders from the Austin and
San Antonio area for their annual event at CBSP. 

I just wanted to let you know that we have been invited to again assist
the Girl Scouts from the Austin and San Antonio area at Colorado Bend SP
for their annual Girl Scout Extravaganza.

They are needing our help to lead groups of girls on caving trips on
Saturday, January 12th.

They are usually split into three (or four groups) and we typically
visit Dynamite Cave, Turtle Shell Cave, and Cicurrina (sp?)  Cave and,
possibly, Gorman Falls.

A short cave talk at the Park office is usually given beforehand and the
girls will be providing their own equipment.


Female leaders are especially effective with the Scouts, as they seem to
like and appreciate members of the fairer sex who aren't afraid to have
fun and get dirty!


I was planning on helping, as were the kids, as we have the last 6 or 7
( 8?) years, but I found out my parents will be swinging through the DFW
area to see us and, primarily, their two new great granddaughters that
same weekend.


If any of you could head up this endeavor, I would be very much indebted
to you and the Conference Center available for GS caving volunteers'
use.


Please let me know if you can assist and I appreciate your past help
and, I hope, participation in January.


Thanks!



Mark Alman

[Texascavers] VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Earth Mars Cave Detection Project, 2011 Mojave Desert Expedition (09-15 April 2011)

[Jim Kennedy]

Forwarding for Jut to CaveTex.  Sounds interesting!!!

 

From: Jut Wynne [mailto:jut.wy...@nau.edu] 
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 11:46 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients
Subject: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Earth Mars Cave Detection Project, 2011
Mojave Desert Expedition (09-15 April 2011)

 

Hey y'all,

 

Could you please forward this announcement on to anyone you feel may be
interested?

 

Thanks very much in advance!

jut

 

Earth Mars Cave Detection Project, 2011 Mojave Desert Expedition (09-15
April 2011)
We are seeking volunteers to assist with thermal and visible imagery
collects and ground-based data and instrument recovery as part of the
Earth-Mars Cave Detection Project.  This work is supported by NASA's
Exobiology and Evolutionary Biology Program.  Work in the Mojave will
mark the culmination of a three-year effort to characterize thermal
behavior of terrestrial caves to identify optimal detection times using
thermal infrared imagery and ground-based measurements.  We have been
studying five caves and four shallow cave like features in the Mojave
Desert, CA.  Currently, we are using temperature and barometric pressure
data loggers to collect hourly data; these instruments are deployed on
the surface and throughout the length of each of our study features, and
have been collecting data for the past three years.

Ground-crew:  We will be collecting thermal imagery from a NASA-Dryden
B-200 aircraft from 11 through 13 April.  We'll be collecting thermal
and visible imagery on the afternoon of 11 April, pre-dawn thermal
imagery will be collected on 12 April.  13 April is currently a
contingency operations day in the event that weather or aircraft issues
prevent us from flying on one of the scheduled days. We are looking for
a ground crew of between 5 to 10 people who can be spread out across the
lava flow and serve as ground markers while we are collecting the
imagery.  During the day, they will need to wear bright colored
clothing.  At night, they will ignite emergency road flares.

Data and Instrument Retrieval: Once overflights are complete, we will be
removing all instruments from our study caves from 13 through 15 April.
We need at least two people to assist with this effort.  Volunteers must
be physically fit and must be either experienced cavers, rock climbers
or mountaineers to participate in this work; there are no exceptions for
these requirements.

Ground crew will be needed from 10 - 13 April; Data and Instrument
Recovery personnel will be needed from 13-15 April.

Schedule:
09 April   Travel to Barstow, CA/ Camping Area near Mojave National
Preserve
10 April Establish surface grid for geo-referencing tie points
11-12 April   Overflights/ Ground Crew deployed
13 April   Contingency Operations for Overflights
13-15 April   Pull data and instruments from all caves
15 April   Travel (Afternoon)

Accommodations: All volunteers will be responsible for their own
accommodations.  Volunteers may wish to camp at the site and there is a
large unpaved parking lot where we have camped in the past.  Conditions
in the Mojave will be quite comfortable this time year.  Also, there are
hotel accommodations in both Ludlow and Barstow, CA.

Food and Water:  
All volunteers will be required to have their own food and water during
this project.

Equipment:  
Ground Crew for overflights: Helmets and headlamps will be required when
working on the lava flow at night.  All volunteers must have their own
helmets, headlamps, back-up lights and extra batteries while working on
the flow.

Data and Instrument Retrieval: If assisting with the data and instrument
retrieval portion of this mission, a complete packing list will be
provided-at a bare minimum, all personnel working in caves will need a
helmet, at least 3 sources of light, extra batteries, gloves, elbow and
knee pads, personal first aid kit, emergency blanket, water, and food.

Explorers Club Flag Expedition:
This project is an EC Flag Expedition.  I will be carrying Flag # 139.

 

J. Judson Wynne

 

http://jutwynne.com

http://sbsc.wr.usgs.gov/cprs/research/projects/caves/research.asp

 

928.863.8628 (mobile)

928.523.7757 (office)

928.556.9111 (fax)

 

Colorado Plateau Research Station

Northern Arizona University

Box 5614, Building 56, Suite 150

Flagstaff, Arizona 86011

 

The SETI Institute

Carl Sagan Center

515 N. Whisman Rd.

Mountain View, CA  94043

http://www.seti.org

 

[Texascavers] VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Earth Mars Cave Detection Project, 2011 Mojave Desert Expedition (09-15 April 2011)

[Jim Kennedy]

Forwarding for Jut to CaveTex.  Sounds interesting!!!

 

From: Jut Wynne [mailto:jut.wy...@nau.edu] 
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 11:46 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients
Subject: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Earth Mars Cave Detection Project, 2011
Mojave Desert Expedition (09-15 April 2011)

 

Hey y'all,

 

Could you please forward this announcement on to anyone you feel may be
interested?

 

Thanks very much in advance!

jut

 

Earth Mars Cave Detection Project, 2011 Mojave Desert Expedition (09-15
April 2011)
We are seeking volunteers to assist with thermal and visible imagery
collects and ground-based data and instrument recovery as part of the
Earth-Mars Cave Detection Project.  This work is supported by NASA's
Exobiology and Evolutionary Biology Program.  Work in the Mojave will
mark the culmination of a three-year effort to characterize thermal
behavior of terrestrial caves to identify optimal detection times using
thermal infrared imagery and ground-based measurements.  We have been
studying five caves and four shallow cave like features in the Mojave
Desert, CA.  Currently, we are using temperature and barometric pressure
data loggers to collect hourly data; these instruments are deployed on
the surface and throughout the length of each of our study features, and
have been collecting data for the past three years.

Ground-crew:  We will be collecting thermal imagery from a NASA-Dryden
B-200 aircraft from 11 through 13 April.  We'll be collecting thermal
and visible imagery on the afternoon of 11 April, pre-dawn thermal
imagery will be collected on 12 April.  13 April is currently a
contingency operations day in the event that weather or aircraft issues
prevent us from flying on one of the scheduled days. We are looking for
a ground crew of between 5 to 10 people who can be spread out across the
lava flow and serve as ground markers while we are collecting the
imagery.  During the day, they will need to wear bright colored
clothing.  At night, they will ignite emergency road flares.

Data and Instrument Retrieval: Once overflights are complete, we will be
removing all instruments from our study caves from 13 through 15 April.
We need at least two people to assist with this effort.  Volunteers must
be physically fit and must be either experienced cavers, rock climbers
or mountaineers to participate in this work; there are no exceptions for
these requirements.

Ground crew will be needed from 10 - 13 April; Data and Instrument
Recovery personnel will be needed from 13-15 April.

Schedule:
09 April   Travel to Barstow, CA/ Camping Area near Mojave National
Preserve
10 April Establish surface grid for geo-referencing tie points
11-12 April   Overflights/ Ground Crew deployed
13 April   Contingency Operations for Overflights
13-15 April   Pull data and instruments from all caves
15 April   Travel (Afternoon)

Accommodations: All volunteers will be responsible for their own
accommodations.  Volunteers may wish to camp at the site and there is a
large unpaved parking lot where we have camped in the past.  Conditions
in the Mojave will be quite comfortable this time year.  Also, there are
hotel accommodations in both Ludlow and Barstow, CA.

Food and Water:  
All volunteers will be required to have their own food and water during
this project.

Equipment:  
Ground Crew for overflights: Helmets and headlamps will be required when
working on the lava flow at night.  All volunteers must have their own
helmets, headlamps, back-up lights and extra batteries while working on
the flow.

Data and Instrument Retrieval: If assisting with the data and instrument
retrieval portion of this mission, a complete packing list will be
provided-at a bare minimum, all personnel working in caves will need a
helmet, at least 3 sources of light, extra batteries, gloves, elbow and
knee pads, personal first aid kit, emergency blanket, water, and food.

Explorers Club Flag Expedition:
This project is an EC Flag Expedition.  I will be carrying Flag # 139.

 

J. Judson Wynne

 

http://jutwynne.com

http://sbsc.wr.usgs.gov/cprs/research/projects/caves/research.asp

 

928.863.8628 (mobile)

928.523.7757 (office)

928.556.9111 (fax)

 

Colorado Plateau Research Station

Northern Arizona University

Box 5614, Building 56, Suite 150

Flagstaff, Arizona 86011

 

The SETI Institute

Carl Sagan Center

515 N. Whisman Rd.

Mountain View, CA  94043

http://www.seti.org

 

[Texascavers] VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Earth Mars Cave Detection Project, 2011 Mojave Desert Expedition (09-15 April 2011)

[Jim Kennedy]

Forwarding for Jut to CaveTex.  Sounds interesting!!!

 

From: Jut Wynne [mailto:jut.wy...@nau.edu] 
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 11:46 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients
Subject: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Earth Mars Cave Detection Project, 2011
Mojave Desert Expedition (09-15 April 2011)

 

Hey y'all,

 

Could you please forward this announcement on to anyone you feel may be
interested?

 

Thanks very much in advance!

jut

 

Earth Mars Cave Detection Project, 2011 Mojave Desert Expedition (09-15
April 2011)
We are seeking volunteers to assist with thermal and visible imagery
collects and ground-based data and instrument recovery as part of the
Earth-Mars Cave Detection Project.  This work is supported by NASA's
Exobiology and Evolutionary Biology Program.  Work in the Mojave will
mark the culmination of a three-year effort to characterize thermal
behavior of terrestrial caves to identify optimal detection times using
thermal infrared imagery and ground-based measurements.  We have been
studying five caves and four shallow cave like features in the Mojave
Desert, CA.  Currently, we are using temperature and barometric pressure
data loggers to collect hourly data; these instruments are deployed on
the surface and throughout the length of each of our study features, and
have been collecting data for the past three years.

Ground-crew:  We will be collecting thermal imagery from a NASA-Dryden
B-200 aircraft from 11 through 13 April.  We'll be collecting thermal
and visible imagery on the afternoon of 11 April, pre-dawn thermal
imagery will be collected on 12 April.  13 April is currently a
contingency operations day in the event that weather or aircraft issues
prevent us from flying on one of the scheduled days. We are looking for
a ground crew of between 5 to 10 people who can be spread out across the
lava flow and serve as ground markers while we are collecting the
imagery.  During the day, they will need to wear bright colored
clothing.  At night, they will ignite emergency road flares.

Data and Instrument Retrieval: Once overflights are complete, we will be
removing all instruments from our study caves from 13 through 15 April.
We need at least two people to assist with this effort.  Volunteers must
be physically fit and must be either experienced cavers, rock climbers
or mountaineers to participate in this work; there are no exceptions for
these requirements.

Ground crew will be needed from 10 - 13 April; Data and Instrument
Recovery personnel will be needed from 13-15 April.

Schedule:
09 April   Travel to Barstow, CA/ Camping Area near Mojave National
Preserve
10 April Establish surface grid for geo-referencing tie points
11-12 April   Overflights/ Ground Crew deployed
13 April   Contingency Operations for Overflights
13-15 April   Pull data and instruments from all caves
15 April   Travel (Afternoon)

Accommodations: All volunteers will be responsible for their own
accommodations.  Volunteers may wish to camp at the site and there is a
large unpaved parking lot where we have camped in the past.  Conditions
in the Mojave will be quite comfortable this time year.  Also, there are
hotel accommodations in both Ludlow and Barstow, CA.

Food and Water:  
All volunteers will be required to have their own food and water during
this project.

Equipment:  
Ground Crew for overflights: Helmets and headlamps will be required when
working on the lava flow at night.  All volunteers must have their own
helmets, headlamps, back-up lights and extra batteries while working on
the flow.

Data and Instrument Retrieval: If assisting with the data and instrument
retrieval portion of this mission, a complete packing list will be
provided-at a bare minimum, all personnel working in caves will need a
helmet, at least 3 sources of light, extra batteries, gloves, elbow and
knee pads, personal first aid kit, emergency blanket, water, and food.

Explorers Club Flag Expedition:
This project is an EC Flag Expedition.  I will be carrying Flag # 139.

 

J. Judson Wynne

 

http://jutwynne.com

http://sbsc.wr.usgs.gov/cprs/research/projects/caves/research.asp

 

928.863.8628 (mobile)

928.523.7757 (office)

928.556.9111 (fax)

 

Colorado Plateau Research Station

Northern Arizona University

Box 5614, Building 56, Suite 150

Flagstaff, Arizona 86011

 

The SETI Institute

Carl Sagan Center

515 N. Whisman Rd.

Mountain View, CA  94043

http://www.seti.org

 

[Texascavers] Volunteers needed for TCMA Robber Baron open house

[Joe Evelynn Mitchell]

TCMA is hosting a fundraiser and open house at Robber Baron Preserve  
on Saturday, April 10. Its a chance for members of the public to  
explore a cave and for TCMA to raise awareness and hopefully raise  
some money as well. We are still in need of 10-15 volunteers to help  
out with this event. If you are able to come, please let me know. The  
event runs from 9am - 3pm and after its over, you are welcome to play  
around in the cave. If you are coming from out of town and need a  
place to stay, let me know so accommodations can be arranged.


Thanks!
Joe Mitchell
210-859-2105

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[Texascavers] Volunteers needed

[Ron Ralph]

Cavers,

 

We will be unloading books, tents, tarps and tables at the office tomorrow
at 6:00 pm. If you can give us a hand, please reply off line by writing or
calling.

 

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

6:00 pm

Texas Speleological Survey office, Building 18-A

JJ Pickle Research Center

Off Burnet Road north of Rutland

 

Ron

280-9648

 

A detailed map to the JJ Pickle Research Campus can be found 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. Remember
that you must arrive before 6:00 pm, or the gate guards might not let you
in!

[Texascavers] volunteers

[Nancy Weaver]

Good Grief - how about if everybody took the time they spend talking 
about volunteering and just complete a volunteer task?


and for those of you who have lots of suggestions about improvements 
- how about if YOU get them cleared with the appropriate coordiantor 
and make those improvements?


feel free to email me and I'll put you in touch with a way to use all 
this excess time and energy!


Nancy

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Volunteer Co-ordinator ICS
nan...@io.com
512.847.7422

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Re: [Texascavers] volunteers

[tbsamsel]

How many cavers does it take to?

Does Ediger have an answer?

TJul 14, 2009 11:35:48 AM, nan...@io.com wrote:
Good Grief - how about if everybody took the time they spend talking about volunteering and just complete a volunteer task?and for those of you who have lots of suggestions about improvements - how about if YOU get them cleared with the appropriate coordiantor and make those improvements?feel free to email me and I'll put you in touch with a way to use all this excess time and energy!Nancy-- Nancy WeaverVolunteer Co-ordinator ICSnan...@io.com512.847.7422-Visit our website: http://texascavers.comTo unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.comFor additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com

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[Texascavers] Volunteers needed

[Jim Kennedy]

Cavers,

I have need for some help for ICS.

First of all, I need a volunteer (or volunteers) to be on the WNS Decon
Committee, specifically to pick up the supplies from my house in Austin
and take them to Kerrville by Saturday 18 July.  This person or persons
will be responsible for ensuring that some of the supplies get to Travis
Scott, who is organizing the cave trips during the week, in order to
place them on the vans and busses that are going to those caves. The
volunteer(s) will also be responsible for getting other supplies to Jon
Cradit, in order to place them at the campus Washateria and other
laundry facilities in the dorms and apartments.  The supplies will
consist of some big plastic tubs, empty 5-gallon buckets, cases of
bleach and Lysol(r) disinfectant, boxes of trash bags, and other sundry
items (scrub brushes, Purell(r), etc.), so a pickup truck or SUV would
be needed.  I will be leading a week-long pre-convention field trip that
will end in Kerrville on that Saturday, so I cannot get the supplies to
Kerrville on my own.  Please let me know by the end of this week if you
are available and can do this.

The second job is for trip leader(s) for some Colorado Bend State Park
trips on Sunday (19 July), Monday (20th), Wednesday (22nd), Thursday
(23rd), Saturday (25th) and Sunday (26th).  There will be one van
heading out there each of those days with up to 12 people.  Trip leaders
will be responsible for driving the van to the Park, conducting
participants to Gorman Falls and several select caves in the Park, and
driving back to Kerrville, dropping off participants at the WNS Decon
Station and sweeping out the van.  These will generally be all-day
trips, with a sack lunch.  It would be great to have 2 leaders each day.
The same leaders can lead trips on as many of those days as you like.
You do not have to be familiar with the caves, since we will supply cave
maps, coordinates, and other beta, but it helps.  Drivers must be over
25, but assistant trip leaders need not be.  There will be coolers of
beverages on each van.  Please let me know ASAP if interested, and cc
Travis Scott (tra...@oztotl.com) as well.

Thank you all for your interest and support!

-- Crash


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[Texascavers] Volunteers Worth 3.3 Times Minimum Wage

[germanyj]

April 17, 2008



 

  
  
Volunteers Worth 3.3 Times Minimum Wage





The
value of a volunteer hour nearly kept pace with inflation during 2007,
increasing 3.94 percent while consumer prices tracked at 4.1 percent.
The estimate for the value of volunteer hour jumped by 74 cents, from
$18.77 in 2006 to $19.51 last year, according to Independent Sector
(IS), a Washington, D.C.-based coalition of nonprofits and foundations.





  
IS
calculates the hourly value of volunteer time based on the average
hourly wage for all non-management,

 non-agriculture workers as
determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 12-percent
increase to estimate for fringe benefits. The federal minimum wage is
$5.85 an hour.




  
Our
nation's volunteers play a vital role in helping America's 1.4 million
charitable organizations improve lives across the country and around
the world, said Diana Aviv, president and CEO of IS. Quantifying the
value of their time gives us yet another indicator of how important
volunteers are to communities.





  
The
new estimates were released ahead of National Volunteer Week (April
27-May 3) to acknowledge the millions of individuals who dedicate
their time, talents, and energy to making a difference.




  
Washington,
D.C. had the highest hourly value ($30.10) among the 50 states and
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The top states were all found in
the Northeast: New York ($26.18), Connecticut ($25.75), Massachusetts
($24.29) and New Jersey ($23.62).





  
The
bottom six states, excluding Puerto Rico ($10.21), all fell below the
level of the Virgin Islands ($14.85): West Virginia ($14.70), Arkansas
($14.63), North Dakota ($14.27), Mississippi ($14.08), South Dakota
($13.72) and Montana ($13.51).




  
In
all, 10 states eclipsed the $20 value and all but seven had values of
more than $15. Two pairs of states had identical values: Colorado and
Virginia ($20.08), and Vermont and Kentucky ($16.07).




  
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[Texascavers] Volunteers needed for summer cave/bat work

[Jim Kennedy]

Posted for Sofia.  If interested, contact her directly, although I might
be able to answer some questions.
-- Crash


Volunteer Opportunity

Introduction:
An Antioch University New England graduate student seeks research
volunteers to assist with a bat study throughout Central and West Texas.

Description:
Volunteers will assist with basic data collection in and around caves in
Texas. The study examines the roosting requirements of cave myotis
(Myotis velifer). Microclimate and physical parameters of caves as well
as conditions outside of caves will be recorded. Handling of bats is not
necessary for this study. This study will occur between June 29th and
September 4th 2008, but a commitment of any amount of time from a few
days to weeks is welcome. We will be working long days in hot weather
and camping at or near the field sites. Flexibility and enthusiasm is a
must. 

Qualifications:
* Caving experience
* Caving equipment and vertical gear
* Ability to work long days in hot weather
* Ability to take direction
* Works well in groups and independently
* Comfortable with camping in remote locations
* Knowledge of Texas plant and animal species is preferred
* Experience in scientific data collection preferred

Compensation:
There will be no monetary compensation; however, transportation and
meals will be provided.

Contact Information:
Interested volunteers should contact Sofia Angelo at
sofia_ang...@antiochne.edu.

[Texascavers] Volunteers for Girl Scout Trip to Colorado Bend SP, Saturday, January 19th

[rafal kedzierski]

Ann Evensen, a girl scout troop leader, has asked me about helping her take 2 
groups of 15 girl scouts through Gorman and Circurina Cave at Colorado Bend SP 
on Saturday, January 19th.  So far I have found no one who could be there that 
weekend and help her out, so I just want to send out an email to see if anyone 
familliar with these caves volunteers.  Cory Evans, the park sup, has offered 
help with accomodations as well.  Any takers?
 
Happy Holidays,
 
Rafal Kedzierski
CBSP Project
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[Texascavers] Volunteers needed at TSS office this Sunday

[Jim Kennedy]

Cavers,

The TSS office is having a major fall cleaning and work session this
Sunday, 30 September, at 10:00 am.  That's right, Sunday.  We have
scheduled it on a weekend to hopefully accommodate more cavers from
outside of Austin.  If your grotto would like to make a weekend field
trip and help out, we can probably hook you up with a caving trip on
Saturday and find you crash space at night.  Heck, people are welcome to
camp in my back yard or living room floor if they want.

We have multiple tasks that we wish to accomplish this Sunday.  We want
to move some furniture and wirebrush and paint a badly flaking brick
wall (previously painted).  We also want to repair a hardwood floor that
badly buckled from the humidity this summer, and have to move some
furniture and rip up some boards to do that.  And finally we need to
give the entire office a good cleaning, carrying out old equipment to
the curb, sweeping floors, knocking down cobwebs, dusting shelves and
cabinets, cleaning the desks and tables, and ridding the rooms of
vermin.  There will also be the opportunity to meet some TSS Directors,
go through the TSS files, and copy maps and descriptions if you want,
but those things will have to be worked around the big jobs, since the
main room will be a little torn up and a beehive of activity.

If you think you can make it, contact Jim Kennedy by Thursday at the
very latest so we can get your name on the PRC security list and so we
have a rough idea of how much help we have.  The TSS will buy lunch for
everyone who shows up for the day.  We plan to work until the afternoon
sometime, depending on how fast this all goes.

We'll have all the paint, cleaning supplies, and tools on hand, so all
you need are clothes you don't mind getting dirty, and a willingness to
help.  We hope to see you then.

Jim Kennedy, TSS Office Manager
jkenn...@batcon.org