I recently purchased a life membership.
I feel cheated now...
Bill
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From: Artisan Caver
To: Ray Keeler
Cc: Mailing List for SWR
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: [SWR] Fw: [NSSwest] BOG proposal to end the printed News
I agree with Dave Bunnell, that having the NSS News with an electronic option
is a good thing. It could save the NSS some funds on publication costs. I don't
believe that going totally electronic is best, because I collect them for the
Sandia Grotto, and I look forward to seeing a hard copy come in the mail. Since
I became a Life Member, I started to collect the NSS News. These copies have
become part of my 'Caving Library'. I will also contact the President and every
other BOG member on this issue and voice my opinion.
Blake N. Jordan
Sandia Grotto Chairman
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On Mar 19, 2013, at 9:41 PM, "Ray Keeler" <rckee...@cox.net> wrote:
hmmm. The BOG meeting is this weekend. It might be a good time to contact
your Director.
Ray
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From: Daniel Hewitt
To: nssw...@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [NSSwest] BOG proposal to end the printed News
If the NSS news is stopped than I won't pay my dues anymore. Simple as that!
From: Dave Bunnell <davebunn...@comcast.net>
To: nssw...@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 8:32 AM
Subject: [NSSwest] BOG proposal to end the printed News
Hey folks,Would you believe no one in the NSS even consulted me before
coming up with this proposal to stop the print versions of the News? I just
found out about it recently, I'll be attending the meeting to present the case
that most members like their printed News. I do think we should offer an
electronic version but it should be an option, and if enough people go for that
we will save some money there, but shouldn't force it on people.DaveOn
3/13/2013 10:07 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
This meeting should be a particularly interesting one. The NSS
is facing a serious budget tightening and this is the meeting
when the board must approve a new budget. The budget proposed by
the executive committee[1] includes only three printed issues of
the NSS news with the rest being electronic[2], and a reduction
of staff at the office.
There is a board election coming up, so come see how the board
members address the budget issues. A number of board members
will be represented by proxies, so come see if you would like to
have any of the people acting as proxies run for a full board
seat sometime in the future.
Cheers - Bill
[1] The NSS budget process has the five officers (the executive
committee) propose a budget which must be approved by the board
-- the officers plus the 12 elected directors.
[2] Life members and NSS News subscribers will continue to get
printed copies of all issues.
On 3/6/13 at 7:16 PM, mailto:peri%40frantzfamily.us (Peri Frantz) wrote:
>The NSS BOG (Board of Governors) will hold it's spring meeting
>Saturday, March 23. This will be the first time the BOG has
>met in California since the 2003 Convention in Porterville.
>All Western Cavers are encouraged to participate. Even if you
>can't attend the meeting, try to make the Friday Night
>Gathering, the Saturday Party, or the Sunday San Andreas Fault
>Field Trip.
>
>See http://www.sfbcgrotto.org/bog2013.html for details and registration.
>Why attend? This is your best chance to meet and talk to the
>Directors you get to vote for every Spring. They run the
>Society, and want to hear your ideas and opinions. That's why
>they move the meeting around the country.
>Why register? The meeting is free. There will be a small
>charge for the Gathering and Party to cover costs, which you
>can pay when you get here. SFBC is providing housing and
>transportation for BOG Members, and will cover their costs for
>the Gathering and Party, however, in order to assure we have
>enough food we need to know who else intends to show up.
>Registering will give us a headcount.
>Hope we see lot of you here,
>Peri Frantz
>NSS Director & Meeting Organizer
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