Re: [Texascavers] cave tours in the news

2017-08-02 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
Hey, that's right next door to me, David! I'd give the reporter an B- for the article, mostly because 6 of the 10 photos were of their lunch, as was much of the piece. But the description of the nation's oldest commercial cave was better than average, which isn't saying much; we see some pretty h

Re: [Texascavers] Update on Mixon

2017-01-26 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
Thank you, Josie, for the update. I'm greatly relieved to hear he's doing better. I was worried about him at convention. Please keep up the reports. Alex ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: ht

[Texascavers] NSS Video Salon

2017-01-24 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
2017 NSS Video Salon - Rio Rancho, New Mexico The 2017 NSS Video Salon is open for submissions. The deadline is April 1, 2016, so hurry and get your favorite video or film entered before it's too late. All entries will be shown at the NSS Convention in Rio Rancho, New Mexico from June 19 to Ju

Re: [Texascavers] interesting news story

2016-12-24 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
Have you never seen 360-photography before, David? It's not really VR, but it is 3D, if you have the right glasses. (The YouTube version doesn't offer the 3D.) I had to shut down everything else on my PC in order to run this, which said it was 4K, but the resolution was disappointing. I've been

[Texascavers] Calling Penny Boston

2016-10-14 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
Dave Socky is trying to reach you concerning your Luminary Talk, but neither your published phone or email work. Please contact him at sock...@cox.net or 540-989-7693. Alex Sproul ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texasc

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

2016-05-13 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
Thanks, Lowgun, for resurrecting the statistics! I hadn't seen them since they disappeared from the Members Manual. Hoke copied me on your discussion. The NSS statistics as of February 2016 are now posted in several places on the NSS website, the most notable being in the Membership area of the ME

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] Join the NSS and Team 404

2016-05-10 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
Thank you for this Bill! This needs to be said, many times and loudly. If all the hangers-on joined up, even without joining Team 404, the mortgage issue would essentially be solved. And it would cost 'em less than pizza and beer one Saturday night. It's been a pet peeve of mine for many years th

Re: [Texascavers] NSS election

2016-04-07 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
Thanks, Bill. The lack of an explanation for the extra votes was an unfortunate omission. I'm going to use your excellent prose to advise the other list-servs (with attribution, of course). But Dwight, voting for less than 6 (of *8*) isn't silly, since we must fill 6 empty seats. In this case

Re: [Texascavers] Live Video Streaming of the UT Grotto Presentation Tonight

2016-02-18 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
AND FOR THE NSS???! Alex webmas...@caves.org --- Forwarded message follows --- On 18 Feb 2016 at 0:08, Katherine Arens via Texascavers wrote: From:   Katherine Arens via Texascavers To:"texascavers@texascavers.com" Date sent:   

Re: [Texascavers] PESH 2015 Expedition (Sistema Huautla

2015-10-14 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
>This came out yesterday. It's Steve Eginorie's blog about his participation in >this year's expedition. He was there at the beginning. Wow, Bill! Helluva a photo essay! The blog is good, too... How come we haven't seen Stephen in the NSS Photo Salon? Get him in there, please! Alex imoca...@co

Re: [Texascavers] ICS Bowling Green

2015-05-11 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
>I have a few. Could you supply a direct e-ddress. Thanks, Jon! I have to reply to the list, as don't have your address, either! Please send any/all pics to Boris Watz And copy me at ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascaver

[Texascavers] ICS Bowling Green

2015-05-07 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
Any of you old fart cavers have any pics from the 1981 Congress? The UIS will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in June, and Boriz Watz (Croatia) is preparing a video to celebrate it. He needs photos of sessions and special events at the ICS to flesh it out. He also needs images of early exp

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR] New views of Hang Son Doong

2015-03-19 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
The original is on Vimeo. I've linked to it from the NSS home page. Alex On 18 Mar 2015 at 16:08, Louise Power wrote: From: Louise Power To: "texascavers@texascavers.com" , "s...@caver.net" Date sent: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 16:08:50 -0700 Subject:[SWR] New views of Hang

Re: [Texascavers] [greater_houston_grotto] Re: Chris Lafferty's Hole

2015-03-16 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
>I had nothing to do with that upload. It's from a video Bennett Lee took on a >Deep Trip in August 2012. The video is somewhere on YouTube. The >comments are hilarious, though! That .gif is too classic, Chris! May I share it with the Social Media folks? It's bound to come in handy for somethi

Re: [Texascavers] NSS video salon question

2015-01-16 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
Hi, Mallory -- To amplify on what Mark said, the checkboxes on the application form are largely CYA/just-in-case. We don't normally publish the complete videos online, but instead put them in the library. Increasingly, the better videos are aiming for a sales market, even if informal, and online

Re: [Texascavers] Karst Information Portal

2014-12-10 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
I discovered that posting this morning, too. I think it's KIP that is overreacting by removing ALL grotto newsletters; the issue was just raised in the past few days by Huntsville, based on a member who discovered the KIP trove and worried about sensitive info in older issues. I'm not aware of

Re: [Texascavers] FW: Save the bats!

2014-10-31 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
So sorry, folks! Dang it, Charles! I keep getting hoodwinked by that 'via Texascavers' setup. I thought I was replying to a private mail. My bad. Alex ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http:

Re: [Texascavers] FW: Save the bats!

2014-10-31 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
Thanks! I've forwarded it to the WNS Committee. Alex -- Alex Sproul NSS 8086RL/FE Acting NSS Webmaster www.caves.org ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@

Re: [Texascavers] Peter Jones NSS Mugs are available on the NSS web page

2014-10-28 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
Thanks for this, Geary! Would you consider putting a similar version up on Cavechat? Peter would like to see it there, but doesn't want to be seen as tooting his own horn. Alex On 28 Oct 2014 at 20:06, Geary Schindel via Texascavers wrote: To: "'texascavers@texascavers.com'" Date sent:

Re: [Texascavers] Posting to Texascavers Digest

2014-07-30 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
Geeze, Louise! (Not you, Louise.) Can't you people trim your posts? My scrolling finger is worn out! And why am I getting 5 TC digests in a single day? (Actually postmarked within 90 minutes...) Shouldn't they be going out once, at midnight? Alex __

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR] BLM reopens Wyoming's Natural Trap Cave

2014-07-27 Thread Alex Sproul via Texascavers
Son of a gun, I DO get digested attachments! But Logan, I already deleted yours, so please do send. Alex -- Alex Sproul NSS 8086RL/FE Acting NSS Webmaster www.caves.org ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com