Don't know if you've noticed but I post the same stuff on both of them if I think it's interesting enough. --Ediger
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:19 PM, David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> wrote: > Facebook has become a more valuable resource to Texas cavers than > CaveTex. > > Recently cavers have been posting interesting historical photos, and > socializing > in a way that was never done on CaveTex. > > Just in the past few days, there have been interesting discussions about > Mr. Jasek's caver panorama shots. > > Maybe a few of you haven't got on Facebook yet, but nearly ever Texas caver > has. > Many are having productive discussions amongst themselves that were > not possible on Cavetex. > > Last year, several large caver gatherings benefited from the Events > planning feature > of Facebook. This feature is ideal for planning caving gatherings. > > As mentioned before, several grottos have their own Facebook page, as does > several caving organizations in Texas. > > Below is an example: > > http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=28567352179 > > I am not saying CaveTex is obsolete. It is just a different form or > resource > for communicating. > > Potentially there are dozens of Texas cavers on Facebook that are not on > CaveTex, and also hundreds of people that could potentially be good cavers > or make some form of constructive contribution to the protect caves and > bats. > > I have made a faithful effort to move all my ranting to Facebook, and > many of the other > things I used to post about. Most other cavers have too. > > It does not look like Facebook is going away anytime soon. All the latest > cell-phones have Facebook built into them, as will the upcoming portable > tablet gadgets, that cavers will soon be travelling with on their road-trips. > > The only logical course now is to find ways to use Facebook to make caving > in Texas even more fun, or productive. For example, a cave rescue call-out > might be more productive on Facebook, or an invitation to the Kiwi Dig > project. > You would just need to create a page for those and invite your Facebook > friends > to join, and eventually you would have a base of support for that > particular project. > > For example, > > http://www.facebook.com/CaveDive > > > Anyone wishing to continue this discussion may do so at: > > http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_191886334161087 > > > David Locklear > co-host of the East Texas Caver's Cookout > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/2nd-Annual-East-Texas-Cavers-Cookout/126749377360713 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
