FYI and let me know if you have any issues, opinions, volunteering desires...
I will do my best to at least bring it to attention, and at most to get it done. Jen There are five items in this copy of the IO INFO. 1) Fall Board of Governors (BOG) meeting invitation 2) West Virginia association for Cave studies (WVACS) to celebrate 50th anniversary 3) Nominations for Highest NSS Awards Sought by Bill Mixon 4) NSS looking for candidates to fill the office of Secretary /Treasurer 5) The NSS planning Committee needs your input --------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>1) Fall Board of Governors (BOG) meeting ----------------------------------------------------------------- Fall BOG Meeting The Fall 2010 Board of Governors Meeting will be held on November 6th in Grand Rapids, Michigan. All are invited to mingle with the Board, bend their ear, and see your NSS governance in action. For details, please visit http://www.caves.org/grotto/mig/static.php?page=static101003-211844. Contact Jean at devri...@aol.com <mailto:devri...@aol.com> with questions or for more information. Jean DeVries --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>2 West Virginia association for Cave studies (WVACS) to celebrate 50th >>>>>anniversary --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark your calendars', WVACS will be celebrating their first 50 years of cave study and exploration in the Greenbrier Valley, West Virginia on the weekend of August 13th and 14th, 2011, at the fieldstation on Butler Mountain Road. More information will be forthcoming but anyone who has ever been associated with WVACS in any way should plan on being there to help us celebrate. ************************************************************************* Bill & Juliet Balfour Cave Hollow Farm 7552 Carroll Hill Road HC 68 Box 13A Frankford, WV 24938 304-497-0859 (H)(F) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>3) Nominations for Highest NSS Awards Sought by Bill Mixon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am seeking nominations on behalf of the Awards Committee for the National Speleological Society's highest awards. The recipients of these awards are selected by the NSS Board of Governors; the Awards Committee's role is mainly to solicit nominations. Recipients receive life membership in the NSS. One person is awarded Honorary Membership each year for "outstanding contributions to the field of speleology." Candidates need not be NSS members; the award has often been given to distinguished foreign speleologists. One NSS member each year receives the William J. Stephenson Outstanding Service Award for "outstanding service to speleology and the society." I am sending this message to you in hopes that you will be moved to suggest someone who would be a good candidate for one of them. I am appending lists of past recipients for your convenience. You could write a nomination yourself, suggest doing so to someone else familiar with your candidate's qualifications, or both. Nominating letters are compiled and sent to the Board of Governors before their spring meeting. The deadline for nominations for the HM and OS awards for 2011 is November 15, 2010. This early deadline is to allow time for members of the Awards Committee and the Board of Governors to add comments to the file. No one else is told the slate of candidates, and all nominating materials are confidential. Nominations for the Honorary Membership and the Outstanding Service Award should be sent to Bill Mixon bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu 14045 North Green Hills Loop Austin, Texas 78737 HONORARY MEMBERS 1941 Vernon O. Bailey 1942 Roy J. Holden 1943 Ralph W. Stone 1944 Allyn Coats Swinnerton 1945 Alexander Wetmore 1946 Robert DeJoly 1947 Don Bloch 1948 William J. Stephenson 1949 Robert Broom 1950 Mark R. Harrington 1951 Emil W. Haury 1952 René G. Jeannel 1953 Charles E. Mohr 1954 J Harlen Bretz 1955 Henri Breuil 1956 Norbert Casteret 1957 Carl F. Miller 1958 Donald R. Griffin 1959 John S. Petrie 1960 William E. Davies 1962* Julia L. Staniland Day 1963 Thomas C. Barr, Jr. 1964 Albert Vandel 1965 William R. Halliday 1966 E. Aubrey Glennie 1967 Russell H. Gurnee 1968 G. Nicholas Sullivan 1969 Walter B. Jones 1970 Donald N. Cournoyer 1971 John A. Stellmack 1972 Jack Herschend 1973 Roger Brucker 1974 Don Sawyer 1975 Derek C. Ford 1976 Marjorie H. Sweeting 1977 Herb & Jan Conn 1978 Rane L. Curl 1979 George W. Moore 1980 John R. Holsinger 1981 Eugenio de Bellard Pietre 1982 Art & Peggy Palmer 1983 Joseph Jennings 1984 Stewart Peck 1985 Merlin Tuttle 1986 Jerry D. Vineyard 1987 Gregory "Tex" Yokum 1988 Richard A. Watson 1989 Patty Jo Watson 1990 Ronal C. Kerbo 1991 Alexander B. Klimchouk 1992 Donald Davis 1993 Antonio Nuñez-Jiménez 1994 Nicholas C. Crawford 1995 David C. Culver 1996 Arrigo A. Cigna 1997 Stein-Erik Lauritzen 1998 William H. Russell 1999 Horton Hobbs III 2000 Ronald Greeley 2001 Paul Williams 2002 Trevor Shaw 2003 James R. Goodbar 2004 Barry F. Beck 2005 Yuan Daoxian 2006 John Gunn 2007 William Elliott 2008 John Mylroie 2009 Andy Eavis 2010 Jim Martin *The apparent gap just reflects a change in the schedule of announcing the award. OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD 1973 John Cooper 1974 Charles Larson 1975 William B. White 1976 William F. Cuddington III 1977 Roy Davis 1978 Eugene Vehslage 1979 William S. Hill 1980 George F. Jackson 1981 Jeanne Gurnee 1982 G. Thomas Rea 1983 David McClurg 1984 Evelyn Bradshaw 1985 William W. Torode 1986 Robert R. Stitt 1987 William Mixon 1988 W. Roswell Jones 1989 Paul J. Stevens 1990 Janet B. Thorne 1991 Doug Rhodes 1992 Sheck Exley 1993 Doug Medville 1994 Lee Stevens 1995 Albert C. Mueller 1996 John P. Scheltens 1997 John Wilson 1998 Bill Varnedoe 1999 Warren C. Lewis 2000 Richard Blenz 2001 Dave Jagnow 2002 Robert B. Hoke 2003 Hazel E. Medville 2004 Dave Bunnell 2005 Joel Stevenson 2006 Steve Hudson 2007 Scott Fee 2008 Keith Wheeland 2009 Carol Tiderman 2010 Cheryl Jones ---------------------------------------- A chicken is the egg's way of making another egg. ---------------------------------------- Send info to Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org --------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>4) NSS looking for candidates to fill the office of Secretary /Treasurer ----------------------------------------------------------------- The NSS is looking for candidates to fill the office of Secretary/Treasurer (S/T). The position needs a person who is fiscally oriented and has good management skills. The S/T acts as the chief financial officer of the organization: they work annually with an outside auditor in preparing tax returns; work with the other officers to create the annual operating budget; monitor the use of grant money; and work with conventions to develop a profitable budget. The S/T has the assistance of a chief accounting manager and several committees. To see the full job description go to: http://www.caves.org/info/execsearch/exec_st.htm The election will be held at the November 6th Board of Governors meeting in Grand Rapids Michigan. Candidates should be prepared with a resume for an interview with the Directors during the closed session. The S/T elect will begin working with the current S/T until they take office at the Spring meeting to enable a smooth transition. If you are interested or want more information, please contact Carol Tiderman cti...@ymail.com <mailto:cti...@ymail.com> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>5) NSS planning Committee needs your input ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Did you know that you can go to the NSS website www.caves.org and link to the NSS planning Committee? It is important that you let the NSS planning Committee know where you want the NSS to be heading. After all it is your organization. Get involved. The planning committee will be making recommendations to the Board of Governors. You can influence the recommendations. Sometimes I hear complaints that the NSS isn't listening, Here is your chance to make a difference by being heard. For your Information: The Board of Governors is made up of the NSS Directors and the NSS Officers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith -- Keith D. Wheeland, NSS 2878 NSS Director& IO Committee Chair 2191 Mt. View Ave State College, PA 16801-7214 814-238-2057 NSS IO Website: caves.org/committee/i-o/ IO Annual Report and updates: nssio.org _______________________________________________ NMCAVER mailing list nmca...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/nmcaver_caver.net
