I guess this makes you the Grand Wizard!
-----Original Message----- From: jerryatkin <jerryat...@aol.com> To: ryan monjaras <trog...@hotmail.com> Cc: <l...@alumni.sfu.ca> <l...@alumni.sfu.ca>; texas cavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> Sent: Tue, Oct 2, 2012 10:02 pm Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Grotto setups? 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 >
