This is a National Historic Site - I don't find it offensive that they want to be extra cautious in who they leave alone in this treasure to do unsupervised work.
-----Original Message----- From: Ron R <rcrutherf...@gmail.com> To: Stefan Creaser <stefan.crea...@arm.com> Cc: Karen <karen.mast...@gmail.com>; Julia Germany <germa...@aol.com>; Mark.Alman <mark.al...@l-3com.com>; texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com>; Kuvasz1 <kuva...@mygrande.net>; lyndon.tiu <lyndon....@gmail.com>; bill <b...@zaraenvironmental.com>; natashanichole <natashanich...@yahoo.com>; cefrancke <cefran...@yahoo.com>; trogdog <trog...@hotmail.com>; cowboycountry <cowboycoun...@sbcglobal.net>; mreaiken <mreai...@gmail.com>; texascavers <texascav...@yahoo.com>; bellember <bellem...@yahoo.com>; edwin_lehr_3 <edwin_leh...@hotmail.com>; kristopherchandler <kristopherchand...@yahoo.com>; sharonavery409 <sharonavery...@yahoo.com>; caseydtucker <caseydtuc...@gmail.com>; mmayeu4 <mmay...@gmail.com> Sent: Mon, Oct 22, 2012 4:56 pm Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Caving AND Power Tools?! It Must Be a Longhorn Caverns Project Weekend, November 2nd thru 4th! You could be some sort of habitual tagger. We wouldn't want you in the cave now would we? On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Stefan Creaser <stefan.crea...@arm.com> wrote: Background check to be a volunteer?!! Is this some form of police state we’re now in?! How far in advance does TPWD need this filled out? If a background check is needed, I'd guess there is a cut-off point. Thanks, Karen On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Julia Germany <germa...@aol.com> wrote: This is SOOOOOOO cool! I am already registered. NOTE: When you sign up for LCSP, they require a background check. Can't be any worse than the 24-pager I just completed for a job in Austin! And, you can sign up for so many other things, too - like grant writing!! And even more exciting activities above ground, too. This was long overdue - very proud of TPWD for setting this up. What a great tool! julia Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Caving AND Power Tools?! It Must Be a Longhorn Caverns Project Weekend, November 2nd thru 4th! P.S. If you do decide to come out and help, the TPWD staff has stated and is requiring the following: From: Terry Rodgers [mailto:terry.rodg...@tpwd.state.tx.us] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 9:24 AM To: Alman, Mark @ SSG - WSG - EOS; Mark Winford Cc: David Bell; Terence Young; Michelle Devaney; Christina Utley Subject: RE: Longhorn Caverns trail supplies - Hi Mark! We have finally finished the paperwork to get volunteers at Longhorn!!! Here is the site to go to and apply: http://ec.volunteernow.com/custom/1353/ All volunteers must apply, then select a location, easiest to plug in Longhorn’s zip code, 78611. The new system works faster than the older paper. Thanks Mark! Terry Rodgers Inks Lake State Park 3630 Park Road 4 W Burnet, Texas 78611 cell 512-636-6206 It’s a very cool website and TPWD has several volunteer opportunities, besides caving (imagine that!) that you might be interested in. Complete the online application and see what other areas of interest are out there and might appeal to you. I know I found some! Very painless! Thanks! Mark Subject: [Texascavers] Caving AND Power Tools?! It Must Be a Longhorn Caverns Project Weekend, November 2nd thru 4th! Well, with TCR in the rear view mirror, and Halloween will soon be behind us by the time this rolls around, what better way to kick off the fall than a Longhorn Caverns Project weekend involving caving, electricity, and power tools! The TPWD has graciously followed through and purchased some much needed equipment for us to make some long overdue trail improvements to a few areas Throughout the cave. Other funds for several other projects in the cave are to follow. In the meantime, this project will involve scoring ~ 61 feet of concrete throughout the cave (after we remove some gawd awful Astroturf © ) to improve traction, safety, and overall appearance. We will have to do this after hours on Saturday night and, if there’s enough interest, I’d like to do this on Friday night, as well. We have enough equipment for 8 (!) crews to be at work at one time. As a reward for helping out with this, the park is offering: · Free camping Friday and Saturday nights · Free use of The Basement for wild cave tours (the Crownover back entrance is still off limits). · A Free Vanishing Texas Bald Eagle Boat Cruise Sunday on beautiful Lake LBJ to observe bald eagles! If you have water jugs with screw on caps, please bring them. Hope to see the old hands back at the project this month, as well as any new faces interested in helping out. This is a truly fun and enjoyable project and we try hard to keep it that way and we guarantee a great weekend! Come out to a spectacular and historic cave and park, friendly park staff, and the always entertaining camaraderie of cavers! Hope to see you this month! Thanks! Mark -- Ron Rutherford
