Well said Fritz, we have the same problem at the Kentucky Speleofest. There are two caving preserves in Kentucky that are supported by caving events. For every person who goes out of their way not to pay takes away money that could be used the up keep, maintenance, improvements of the preserves. Campgrounds are getting harder to find, much less rent for groups like us. And there is also the cost of event insurance that cuts into the profits. The bottom line is those people are enjoying the benefits and have no idea or care about what it takes to host an event and what the net profits are used for. I've been following the Texas cave scene for several years now. The TSA and TCMA are both great organizations that work to protect the caves of Texas. I know a few of you personally and are friends with some of you on Facebook and only know rest of you from the here. My hats off to all the great work being done in Texas. Steve Gentry NSS 25136RL FE
I GoodSearch for American Cave Conservation Association. Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo! _http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=908162_ (http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=842245) Take nothing but pictures, kill nothing but time, leave nothing but footprints In a message dated 10/19/2010 12:32:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, fh...@townandcountryins.com writes: It is difficult for me to believe that a Texas caver would purposefully cheat the supporting members of our organizations out of $ 35. to be a part of the best caving event of the year. I don't understand why every caver is not a member of TSA and TCMA as the cost is nominal. Some have expressed their reasons, all of which are lame. Cost is not an issue. If you can purchase related equipment and gasoline to attend, you can afford the membership fees. If you arrived after hours and "forgot" to register later, you can still send a check to Linda Palit. If you did this on purpose, you do not belong in our group. Go cheat someone else. I will save this post for next year and Gill and I will remind everyone to watch for those without a wrist band and ask them why they don't have one. It was a great event and thanks again to all who worked to make it possible. Fritz -----Original Message----- From: bgillegi...@gmail.com [mailto:bgillegi...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Gill Edigar Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 7:26 PM To: Allan Cobb Cc: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Texas Cavers Reunion "Dust Bowl" 2010 If one had walked around the campground as supper was being served probably another 50 or 60 or so without wrist bands would have been found eating supper at their own camp. They hadn't registered. TCR had to pay their use fee but didn't collect any registration fee to cover it. Try to discourage anyone scamming TCR in the future if you know about um. --Ediger On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Allan Cobb <a...@oztotl.com> wrote: > The registration count was indeed 381 people. > > Allan --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
