texascavers Digest 24 Oct 2011 21:24:56 -0000 Issue 1422
Topics (messages 18949 through 18958):
Re: BOG Recap and Thank You!
18949 by: Geary Schindel
18951 by: caverarch
Re: TCR video by Dorothy Mladenka on YouTube
18950 by: dirtdoc.comcast.net
Re: Robber Baron Cave Open House, Sat. Nov 5 (Call for Volunteers)
18952 by: ellie watson
TCMA final election day today!
18953 by: Saj Zappitello
BOG weekend
18954 by: Mixon Bill
18956 by: Geary Schindel
18958 by: caverarch
2012 Request for Proposals for White-Nose Syndrome Research
18955 by: Julia Germany
Karst opportunities: teaching, management, students
18957 by: George Veni
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Well said Wm and I second the comments.
Thanks Clint and everyone else that helped with the BOG meeting. You made
Texas cavers proud.
Geary Schindel
NSS Administrative Vice President
San Antonio, Texas
From: Wm Shrewsbury [mailto:presid...@caves.org]
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 5:34 AM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] BOG Recap and Thank You!
Clint, Roger, Louise... and everyone too numerous to list here,
I would like to personally thank everyone for their hard work hosting our Board
meeting. By "our" I mean not only the Board of Governors, but every member of
our Society. We exist because of you, and it is through members such as
yourselves that we have accomplished so much over the last 70 years. Every
host group brings their own flavor to the Society, and I'd have to say you
definitely brought the meat to the table! I, for one, will always remember
"It's National Speleological Society Day on October 22nd!"
It is always amazing to see the diversity of our membership ride along so well
with the common goals we strive for. Thank you very much, and we look forward
to molding our Society into the organization that will make us all proud.
Clint, you deserve a special thanks for the work you're doing in Houston.
Additionally, I'd like to thank you for attending the Strategic Planning
Workshop on Sunday and the invaluable input you provided. Folks, let me tell
you this man is bubbling over with excitement not only for caving and his
fellow cavers, but for the Society as a whole. I'd say you are fortunate to
have him as the GHG Chairman, however I'm sure you already know that. We hope
one day to have him on our Society's board.
Keep up the great work and we'll see you underground,
Wm Shrewsbury
NSS President
From: Clint Ladd [mailto:cavel...@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 11:02 PM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: [Texascavers] BOG Recap and Thank You!
The events surrounding the fall NSS Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting are now at
a close, and we here in Houston can finally come up for air. The festivities
ended this afternoon (Sunday), with a strategic planning meeting at the
historic 1940 Air Terminal Museum at Hobby Airport, and let me tell you, there
are some really positive things happening within the NSS!
>From the Greater Houston Grotto's perspective, hosting this event was
>certainly a team effort and a very rewarding experience. For those of you who
>didn't make it to the event, you missed an incredible gathering of great
>people and great cavers. And for those of you who DID make it, thank you very
>much for contributing to this event! A few highlights included: Roger Moore
>presenting the NSS BOG with a framed certificate commemorating October 22,
>2011 as the official "National Speleological Society Day" for the City of
>Houston; NSS President Wm. Shrewsbury whacking a bat pinata; Kevin and Emily
>McGowen being awarded a beautiful cave photograph as a GHG lifetime
>achievement award; and Louise Hose delivering Jean DeVries to the door of the
>Sunday meeting via her personal aircraft! We even had several BOG members
>tell us that they sincerely felt that the BOG dinner/party was the best they
>had ever attended (though it sounded like they weren't at the legendary Buda
>BOG in the 70's)! And of course, this wouldn't have been possible without the
>support of the entire Texas caving community! In particular, thank you to the
>Bexar Grotto, DFW Grotto, and TSA for donating to the event! Outside of the
>Houston area, thank you to folks like Ernie Garza and Bill Steele for obtainng
>kegs from the Shiner Brewery, Dave McClung for his bartender services,
>Hungarian Barbara for helping to shop, and Sue Schindel for single-handling
>saving party goers from swarms of mosquitoes with some timely bug spray. Then
>there are my fellow Houston cavers who went above and beyond the call of duty:
>Mallory, Lyndon, Kevin, Roger, Louise, Paul, Peter, Evren, Stephen, TJ, David,
>Don, Sid, Ray, Julia, Greyson, Will, and Andy. And I sincerely apologize if I
>missed anyone (like the various folks who helped set-up and clean-up the
>events). Thank you!
Sincerely,
Clint Ladd (GHG Chairman)
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I am very, very glad that Clint was invited to attend. He has done, and I'm
sure will continue to do, and outstanding job as out grotto chairman. GHG is
lucky to have him come along on the tails of Kevin & Emily McGowan.
Roger Moorfe
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From: Geary Schindel <gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org>
To: 'Wm Shrewsbury' <presid...@caves.org>; texascavers
<texascavers@texascavers.com>
Sent: Mon, Oct 24, 2011 4:58 am
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] BOG Recap and Thank You!
Well said Wm and I second the comments.
Thanks Clint and everyone else that helped with the BOG meeting. You made
Texas cavers proud.
Geary Schindel
NSS Administrative Vice President
San Antonio, Texas
From: Wm Shrewsbury [mailto:presid...@caves.org]
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 5:34 AM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] BOG Recap and Thank You!
Clint, Roger, Louise… and everyone too numerous to list here,
I would like to personally thank everyone for their hard work hosting our Board
meeting. By “our” I mean not only the Board of Governors, but every member of
our Society. We exist because of you, and it is through members such as
yourselves that we have accomplished so much over the last 70 years. Every
host group brings their own flavor to the Society, and I’d have to say you
definitely brought the meat to the table! I, for one, will always remember
“It’s National Speleological Society Day on October 22nd!”
It is always amazing to see the diversity of our membership ride along so well
with the common goals we strive for. Thank you very much, and we look forward
to molding our Society into the organization that will make us all proud.
Clint, you deserve a special thanks for the work you’re doing in Houston.
Additionally, I’d like to thank you for attending the Strategic Planning
Workshop on Sunday and the invaluable input you provided. Folks, let me tell
you this man is bubbling over with excitement not only for caving and his
fellow cavers, but for the Society as a whole. I’d say you are fortunate to
have him as the GHG Chairman, however I’m sure you already know that. We hope
one day to have him on our Society’s board.
Keep up the great work and we’ll see you underground,
Wm Shrewsbury
NSS President
From: Clint Ladd [mailto:cavel...@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 11:02 PM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: [Texascavers] BOG Recap and Thank You!
The events surrounding the fall NSS Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting are now at
a close, and we here in Houston can finally come up for air. The festivities
ended this afternoon (Sunday), with a strategic planning meeting at the
historic 1940 Air Terminal Museum at Hobby Airport, and let me tell you, there
are some really positive things happening within the NSS!
>From the Greater Houston Grotto's perspective, hosting this event was
>certainly a team effort and a very rewarding experience. For those of you who
>didn't make it to the event, you missed an incredible gathering of great
>people and great cavers. And for those of you who DID make it, thank you very
>much for contributing to this event! A few highlights included: Roger Moore
>presenting the NSS BOG with a framed certificate commemorating October 22,
>2011 as the official "National Speleological Society Day" for the City of
>Houston; NSS President Wm. Shrewsbury whacking a bat pinata; Kevin and Emily
>McGowen being awarded a beautiful cave photograph as a GHG lifetime
>achievement award; and Louise Hose delivering Jean DeVries to the door of the
>Sunday meeting via her personal aircraft! We even had several BOG members
>tell us that they sincerely felt that the BOG dinner/party was the best they
>had ever attended (though it sounded like they weren't at the legendary Buda
>BOG in the 70's)! And of course, this wouldn't have been possible without the
>support of the entire Texas caving community! In particular, thank you to the
>Bexar Grotto, DFW Grotto, and TSA for donating to the event! Outside of the
>Houston area, thank you to folks like Ernie Garza and Bill Steele for obtainng
>kegs from the Shiner Brewery, Dave McClung for his bartender services,
>Hungarian Barbara for helping to shop, and Sue Schindel for single-handling
>saving party goers from swarms of mosquitoes with some timely bug spray. Then
>there are my fellow Houston cavers who went above and beyond the call of duty:
>Mallory, Lyndon, Kevin, Roger, Louise, Paul, Peter, Evren, Stephen, TJ, David,
>Don, Sid, Ray, Julia, Greyson, Will, and Andy. And I sincerely apologize if I
>missed anyone (like the various folks who helped set-up and clean-up the
>events). Thank you!
Sincerely,
Clint Ladd (GHG Chairman)
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Thanks for posting that, Logan.
Aaaaarggg!
It was good to see apparitions from the past (some, however, barely
recognizable).
We are sorry to have missed it as we are in the last throes of getting ready to
spend a month
in the karst of Laos and Vietnam. We will be back by Christmas and then in
Terlingua for the spring. Campers welcome, but contact ahead with your plans
to make sure
we are actually there.
DirtDoc
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Hello all,
We still need more volunteers for the Robber Baron Cave "Open House" that
TCMA is hosting on Saturday, November 5th, 2011. We are opening the cave to
hundreds of neighborhood visitors of all ages from 9am to 4pm. We can use
your help to direct visitors through the cave, tend to visitors above
ground, and help with all the many other necessary tasks.
This has been a well attended even over the past years and we expect it to
be a success again this year. This is a great opportunity to help TCMA raise
much needed funds, educate the neighborhood about the importance of caves,
and get them excited by giving them a chance to explore one. Please let me
know if you can volunteer on November 5th and I will provide more
information.
After the Open House on Saturday, Geary and Sue Schindel are putting on a
party at their home for all the volunteers. If you want to stick around for
even more caving, the Government Canyon Karst Project continues on Sunday,
November 6th and is guaranteed to be a great time.
Come and spend your weekend caving and partying in San Antonio, TX!
Ellie Watson
San Antonio, TX
ellie.tho...@gmail.com
509-899-0007
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Howdy,
Today is the final day to vote in the TCMA board of directors
election. Please check your spam folder if you are a member in current
standing and have not received an email with a link to the voting
website. You can also change your email settings to allow emails from
electioncl...@tcmacaves.org. Voting will end at 11:59pm tonight.
Thanks!
~Saj Zappitello
Chair, Nominations Committee
Director, Texas Cave Management Association
Underground Texas Grotto
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I'd like to agree that the arrangements for the NSS BOG meeting and
associated parties were very good. Thanks especially for Louise and
Paul for the party site and serving breakfast on Sunday to some of us
who crashed at their house. Cavers (and the mosquitoes of the
Houstopolis area) were well fed during the party. Rice campus very
nice. I'd never been there. They evidently got started with enough
land, and didn't get hemmed in like the UT Austin campus. Lots of
green lawns, huge parking lots around the stadium, etc. Glad, though,
that the Posse doesn't charge as much for beer as the Ginger Man, a
similar near-campus pub, does.
I've attended very few BOG meetings since I was actually on the board,
but I imagine this one was one of the most successful in years in
terms of getting to meet local cavers. There were hardly any Texas
cavers in the audience at the meeting itself. I don't especially blame
them, but they missed Bill Liebman accidentally voting against one of
his own motions. And another of his motions going down 1 for and 15
opposed.
--Mixon
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I believe there are
15,747,724,136,275,002,577,605,653,961,181,555,
468,044,717,914,527,116,709,366,231,425,076,185,
631,031,296 protons in the universe and the same number of electrons.—
Sir Arthur Eddington
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Well said Bill, I had thought that Rice was a small agricultural community
college but was impressed by the campus (other than their mosquitoes were even
larger than Louise's).
Nice campus and I hear and know good things about their graduates (Bev Shade).
Geary
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From: Mixon Bill [mailto:bmixon...@austin.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 1:41 PM
To: Cavers Texas
Subject: [Texascavers] BOG weekend
I'd like to agree that the arrangements for the NSS BOG meeting and
associated parties were very good. Thanks especially for Louise and
Paul for the party site and serving breakfast on Sunday to some of us
who crashed at their house. Cavers (and the mosquitoes of the
Houstopolis area) were well fed during the party. Rice campus very
nice. I'd never been there. They evidently got started with enough
land, and didn't get hemmed in like the UT Austin campus. Lots of
green lawns, huge parking lots around the stadium, etc. Glad, though,
that the Posse doesn't charge as much for beer as the Ginger Man, a
similar near-campus pub, does.
I've attended very few BOG meetings since I was actually on the board,
but I imagine this one was one of the most successful in years in
terms of getting to meet local cavers. There were hardly any Texas
cavers in the audience at the meeting itself. I don't especially blame
them, but they missed Bill Liebman accidentally voting against one of
his own motions. And another of his motions going down 1 for and 15
opposed.
--Mixon
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I believe there are
15,747,724,136,275,002,577,605,653,961,181,555,
468,044,717,914,527,116,709,366,231,425,076,185,
631,031,296 protons in the universe and the same number of electrons.-
Sir Arthur Eddington
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Bill, the place to buy beer around Rice is on the campus, at the entirely
volunteer-operated Valhalla, the non-profit Graduate Student Association pub
under the stairs to the old Chemistry Building. Beer was $0.35 when I was in
grad school there. That was a long time ago, admittedly, but I think it has
only risen to $0.75 per cup now.
Just look for the red lights by the stairs. The cavern-like atmosphere alone
is worth it.
Roger Moore
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From: Mixon Bill <bmixon...@austin.rr.com>
To: Cavers Texas <texascavers@texascavers.com>
Sent: Mon, Oct 24, 2011 9:41 am
Subject: [Texascavers] BOG weekend
I'd like to agree that the arrangements for the NSS BOG meeting and
associated parties were very good. Thanks especially for Louise and
Paul for the party site and serving breakfast on Sunday to some of us
who crashed at their house. Cavers (and the mosquitoes of the
Houstopolis area) were well fed during the party. Rice campus very
nice. I'd never been there. They evidently got started with enough
land, and didn't get hemmed in like the UT Austin campus. Lots of
green lawns, huge parking lots around the stadium, etc. Glad, though,
that the Posse doesn't charge as much for beer as the Ginger Man, a
similar near-campus pub, does.
I've attended very few BOG meetings since I was actually on the board,
but I imagine this one was one of the most successful in years in
terms of getting to meet local cavers. There were hardly any Texas
cavers in the audience at the meeting itself. I don't especially blame
them, but they missed Bill Liebman accidentally voting against one of
his own motions. And another of his motions going down 1 for and 15
opposed.
--Mixon
----------------------------------------
I believe there are
15,747,724,136,275,002,577,605,653,961,181,555,
468,044,717,914,527,116,709,366,231,425,076,185,
631,031,296 protons in the universe and the same number of electrons.—
Sir Arthur Eddington
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2012 Request for Proposals for White-Nose Syndrome Research
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is pleased to announce the
availability of new
funding for projects related directly to the investigation and management of
white-nose
syndrome (WNS). This opportunity is open to all State and Federal agency
personnel, as well as
non-governmental organizations, university, and private researchers. For
information on WNS
and details of currently funded projects, please see:
http://www.fws.gov/WhiteNoseSyndrome/
DEADLINE AND AWARD DETAILS
Closing date: 4 December2011. Proposals must be submitted by midnight on 4
December to be consideredfor review.
Estimated number of awards: 5
Estimated totalprogram funding:up to $1,000,000
Award ceiling: $350,000
Award floor: $30,000
Thesedetails will be available for download in PDF format at the following URL:
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Dear Friends,
Last week I received three announcements of karst-related teaching,
management, and student opportunities that I am sharing with you below. For
more information, contact the people or organizations listed. Please share
this message with anyone you think may be interested.
Thanks,
George
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The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is looking to hire a
professor whose "areas of particular interest include karst hydrology,
watershed hydrology, ecohydrology, and aqueous geochemistry." For more
information go to:
http://www.nmt.edu/images/stories/hr/pdfs/asstprofees111-117.pdf
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Government Canyon State Natural Area is seeking to hire Park Ranger 1
Resource Specialist. Government Canyon is a major karst preserve of the
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and located just outside of San Antonio,
Texas. This position will be responsible for "endangered species monitoring
and preservation (including the Karst Management and Maintenance Plan/KMMP)"
and related duties. For more information go to:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/business/jobs/postings/?page=12_06_041
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>From Dr. Lee Florea:
Seeking student for a PhD in Environmental Sciences
(http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CollegesandDepartments/EnvironmentalScience.as
px)
Ball State University (BSU) has recently initiated a new PhD program in
Environmental Sciences that combines faculty from Geology, Chemistry, and
Biology. Presently, the Department of Geological Sciences is seeking a
potential candidate to admit into this doctoral program. The selected
candidate would receive annual tuition remission and a research
assistantship renewable for three years. The ideal candidate holds a MS and
is a self-starter with experience and ambition to seek external funding to
support their dissertation. Potential areas of research for this funding
line may include investigations into low-temperature geochemistry,
groundwater tracing, and stable-isotope processes in karst aquifers,
electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) in karst environments, and
groundwater/geophysical studies related to the BSU ground-source geothermal
conversion. Interested students should visit the above link for application
information and contact Lee Florea at lflo...@bsu.edu to discuss their
interest in the program.
--
Dr. Lee J. Florea P.G.
Department of Geological Sciences
Ball State University
Fine Arts Building, room 130-B
Muncie, IN 47306
Phone: 765-285-8266
Fax: 765-285-8265
lflo...@bsu.edu
http://works.bepress.com/lee_florea/
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-8065-2011
http://web.me.com/lflorea/Lee_Florea/
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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: 413-383-2276
gv...@nckri.org
www.nckri.org
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