Dear Friends,
The abstract deadline for the Sinkhole Conference has been moved from 15 August 2012 to 31 August 2012. The Organizing Committee realized that the original deadline was only a day after the Geological Society of America Convention deadline, plus many faculty may not be back in time from their summer travels and research. The new deadline still provides us enough time to work with the authors to assure the continued publication of quality papers in the proceedings, and that the proceedings are ready and distributed at the conference. The new deadline also applies to students applying for the Dr. Barry F. Beck Sinkhole Conference Student Scholarship. We hope many students will apply. Professors, please encourage your students! This conference series is an excellent learning opportunity and chance to meet potential colleagues and employers. More information about the Sinkhole Conference is available at www.nckri.org/sinkholeconference2013. We are putting finishing touches on our on-line registration, but for registration and other details download or open the Second Circular at https://sites.google.com/site/sinkholeconference2013/home/announcements/seco ndcircularisonline. If you haven't seen it, the link below is a tragic reminder of why we work so hard to better understand sinkholes, caves, and karst, and to prevent problems like sudden, unpredicted sinkhole collapse. This is a video of someone in Taiwan swallowed and killed by a sinkhole that suddenly opened beneath his feet: www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_t3#/video/world/2012/08/02/vo-taiwain-teipei-sinkh ole.cnn Be safe, 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 www.nckri.org
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