Re: [Texascavers] Texas NSS Members--some statistics

2016-05-12 Thread Logan McNatt via Texascavers
Well, the zip codes vary a lot in area, so that would have to be calculated to determine true density. Here's the top 12 zip codes with most NSS members: Georgia 300xx  177 Tennessee 373xx  113 Georgia 301xx    101 Arizona 857xx  97 Florida 326xx  94

Re: [Texascavers] Texas NSS Members--some statistics

2016-05-12 Thread Julia Germany via Texascavers
So, I guess, based on zip code density, that Austin really is the center of the caving universe. ;) ZIP CODES WITH THE MOST NSS MEMBERS: the 787xx zip code in Austin,Texas ranks 8th, with 85 Georgia has 3 zip codes in the top 10 Julia G Germany germa...@aol.com -Ori

[Texascavers] Texas NSS Members--some statistics

2016-05-12 Thread Logan McNatt via Texascavers
The NSS Members Manual used to include a statistical summary of NSS members by various categories. I was curious about Texas so contacted the Manual Editor Kelly Smallwood, who referred me to Bob Hoke. Bob has been compiling data for the NSS Members Manuals for years, and

[Texascavers] NSS then and now

2016-05-12 Thread Mixon Bill via Texascavers
In 1990, the NSS had a little over 9000 members. The society was nicely housed in the office on the Shelta Cave property it has just moved out of, including the 2000-square-foot addition built in 1985. The NSS owned five caves. There were four officers. The department of the secretary-treasurer

Re: [Texascavers] Join the NSS and Team 404

2016-05-12 Thread Charles Loving via Texascavers
Back in the late sixties I joined the NSS and paid my dues for a couple of years. I was a Texas Caver and the idea of being a national anything just doesn't work for my way of thinking. I never join anything and it doesn't seem to matter all that much. AARP, the American Legion and so forth. I did

Re: [Texascavers] Texascavers Digest, Vol 23, Issue 11

2016-05-12 Thread Wm Shrewsbury via Texascavers
Long reply, so I apologize in advance… The search for a new office was started 15 years ago. This purchase was never a mistake, and in fact was the least expensive of the options on the Commissions table at the time. The others ranged from $4M-$6M. That we will be able to do this for under $

Re: [Texascavers] Texascavers Digest, Vol 23, Issue 11

2016-05-12 Thread Mixon Bill via Texascavers
To the author of another of those annoying unsigned posts: Nobody is planning to "rob" the endowment fund to pay for the building, although I have the impression that they did borrow something from it recently to cover an allegedly temporary shortfall (or maybe that was just proposed--I haven't

Re: [Texascavers] Was: Join the NSS and Team 404, Now: Donate $$ and Buy-A-Brick

2016-05-12 Thread Scott C via Texascavers
Hello, I usually do not write or respond to posts in this email group, because I am relatively new to caving and am still in the learning process. However, as this discussion keeps popping up in my inbox, I decided to share my opinion on this issue. My goal here is not to lambast anyone or a

[Texascavers] NSS

2016-05-12 Thread Nancy Weaver via Texascavers
so glad that I spent my money caving all over Mexico for 18 years and stayed out of politics, building funds and organizations. All to the good Nancy ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://

Re: [Texascavers] Texascavers Digest, Vol 23, Issue 11

2016-05-12 Thread R D Milhollin via Texascavers
This purchase was a mistake from the beginning.There were several options presented and this one was pushed through by a political group within the NSS leadership at that time, many of whom continue in office today. The building is far too large for the needs of a shrinking society, and accordin

Re: [Texascavers] Texascavers Digest, Vol 23, Issue 11

2016-05-12 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
On behalf of Bill Jackson: By now you NSS members with an email address on file will have received the emailed Spring Appeal Letter. A hard copy will go out later this week to those without email addresses on file. This has generated many questions about the HQ refinancing. There are answers her

Re: [Texascavers] Was: Join the NSS and Team 404, Now: Donate $$ and Buy-A-Brick

2016-05-12 Thread Diana Tomchick via Texascavers
Oops! A typo—I meant to write, “If I donate $900, can I get 9 contiguous bricks with an engraving.” I don’t actually have $9,000 to donate to charity in one year. Diana ** Diana R. Tomchick Professor Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry Univ

Re: [Texascavers] Was: Join the NSS and Team 404, Now: Donate $$ and Buy-A-Brick

2016-05-12 Thread Diana Tomchick via Texascavers
> The form for signing up for Team 404 is at > http://caves.org/donate/HQ_Donation_Form.pdf. I downloaded this form with the intention of directly donating money rather than signing up for Team 404 (I thought, “why prolong the agony by giving a paltry $25 per month, when I could just give a lum

Re: [Texascavers] Join the NSS and Team 404

2016-05-12 Thread via Texascavers
As said I would do in the last paragraph of my e-mail below sent three days ago. I asked for a show of hands of who is NOT an NSS member at last night’s DFW Grotto meeting. Our attendance was unusually low last night, but I am pleased to follow-up and report that of the ten members present, only

Re: [Texascavers] Join the NSS and Team 404

2016-05-12 Thread via Texascavers
On 10 May 2016 at 7:40, Bill Steele via Texascavers wrote: This would be a good opportunity to bring up something that most grottos seem to have a misunderstanding about. Numerous grottos believe that members don't have to be NSS members unless they are in a leadership position