I have copies of all the extant grotto constitutions that were archived on the TSS files, including the UTG.
Jerry. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 2, 2012, at 5:53 PM, ryan monjaras <trog...@hotmail.com> wrote: > According to legend the U.T. Grotto does have a constitution Once upon a > time (the mid 70's), the N.S.S. sent out word throughout the land requesting > constitutions from all the kingdoms (N.S.S. affiliated grottos) and a copy > was magically produced as if out of thin air. Grotto lore says that the N.S.S > copy is the only one in existence as the others have been lost to time, but > some believe that the grand wizard (Gil Edigar) has a copy stashed away > somewhere. > > "Semper Exploro" > Ryan Monjaras > Maverick Grotto > Cowtown Grotto > DFW Grotto > UT Grotto Secretary > Bexar Grotto > Greater Houston Grotto > TSA > TCMA > Lost Oasis Preserve Manager > (832)754-5778 > > > > Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 15:37:53 -0700 > > From: l...@alumni.sfu.ca > > To: texascavers@texascavers.com > > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Grotto setups? > > > > I think the UT Grotto in Austin has no contitution at all .... can > > someone in the UT Grotto confirm this is the case? > > > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Mallory Mayeux <mmay...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Greetings, Texas cavers! > > > > > > The Houston grotto is in the process of updating it's constitution (which > > > hasn't been touched since 1972) and I wanted to get some insight from > > > other > > > parts of the Texas caving community. > > > > > > How many officers does your grotto have? What are their titles/roles? Do > > > you > > > have separate "trip chairs" or does the chairman typically announce what's > > > going on each month? Who decides how to spend your money...does the club > > > as > > > a whole vote on expenditures, or do the officers decide alone? > > > > > > Also, in a perfect world, what would you change about the structure of > > > your > > > club? (Especially changes that will facilitate more involvement and actual > > > caving.) > > > > > > I know every grotto has a different situation, depending on how much > > > actual > > > caving you have going on in an average week/month, and how much money you > > > have in your grotto bank account. Likely some things that work well in > > > say, > > > Austin wouldn't work well at all in Houston, and vice versa. And that's > > > OK. > > > :) My hope is that this email stirs up some interesting discussion and > > > gives us some ideas for our update! > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Mallory Mayeux > > > GHG Secretary > > > > > > > > -- > > Lyndon Tiu > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > >
