Dear Friends, The Pecos Valley Grotto and National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) will be hosting the Fall 2013 Board of Governors meeting of the National Speleological Society (NSS) at NCKRI Headquarters, Carlsbad, New Mexico, on 9 November 2013. The meeting will immediately follow the National Cave and Karst Management Symposium (NCKMS), which will follow the Board meeting of the Cave Research Foundation. A lot of things are happening in Carlsbad in early November!
Advance registration for the NSS meeting is requested. You are welcome to register onsite but it will help tremendously in our planning if you pre-register so we make sure to have enough, food, drink, and space for you. For the registration form and other details, go to the NSS Southwestern Region's Activities page: http://www.caves.org/region/swr/activities.html. You'll also find links there to the NCKMS and other happenings. Important!!! During the past two years, oil and gas production has greatly increased in the Carlsbad area. Although two new major hotels have opened during that time and more are being built, 95-97% of all hotels rooms in Carlsbad are filling every day. The NSS registration form has options for you to stay for free at local cavers' homes. Space in beds, on floors, and in yards for camping is limited so register ASAP. If you plan to stay in a hotel, make your reservations as soon as possible. People who arrive in Carlsbad without reservations often do not find rooms or pay very high prices. The registration form has hotel information to help you. Lastly, the registration form has information on caving trips, parties, a unique caver scavenger hunt, and other things to do while you're in town. So come for NCKMS and stay a little longer for the NSS meeting. If you haven't been to one before, this is a great chance to meet with the leaders of the NSS and give them your thoughts on what is going great with the NSS and what needs improvement. That is the reason the NSS Board meetings travel around the country. I know they look forward to meeting and hearing from you. Please share this message with anyone you think may be interested. Thanks, George ******************** George Veni, Ph.D. Executive Director National Cave and Karst Research Institute 400-1 Cascades Avenue Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA Office: 575-887-5517 Mobile: 210-863-5919 Fax: 575-887-5523 gv...@nckri.org<mailto:gv...@nckri.org> www.nckri.org<http://www.nckri.org>
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