Good Morning Cavers in Texas and Other Places--
Work on the new NSS property at Huntsville, AL is progressing with volunteer work every weekend. Here is an example. The Birmingham Grotto the past two weekends installed a new green enviro metal roof on the outdoor pavillion. This pavillion will no doubt receive a lot of use at many future caving events including SERA and the NSS National Convention in 2014. The BG purchased all of the roofing material ($3,000 plus) and supplied all of the labor (around 18 volunteers the first weekend and 14 volunteers the second weekend). That is an example of what your grotto could do! Hope you can participate. This coming weekend a new self-leveling floor will be poured for the new library and archieves room, approx. 50 ft. x 120 ft. Very expensive filing cabinets, accordian style sometimes seen in medical offices, have been purchased at a fraction of the new cost. This filing-bookshelf system requires a level floor. I bet volunteers already have over 125 man hours of prep time of work in that new library. Maureen Handler is the volunteer coordinator. Please contact Maureen if you or your grotto want to contribute. Handler, Maureen tnshot...@earthlink.net I know it is a long drive from Texas, and other places, to Huntsville, Alabama, but some work sessions at Huntsville are several days long making the time and distance a very worthwhile satisfying trip. Cavingly, Preston Forsythe, Browder, KY only 4 hours, one way, from Huntsville.
