I didnt know you felt this way and thought as a TSA member, you would support having a small income for the organization. I will offer to give Gill my prize of a 2010 membership but in no way think that there should be no membership fees. I am glad he has someone to market for him though(you)-i wont
On 12/14/09, Charles Goldsmith <wo...@justfamily.org> wrote: > Gil, I seem to remember you making that statement within the last year > or so, about the $100 donation. I also seem to remark about matching > that, and I'll stand by it. I'll donate $100 as well. > > Charles > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Gill Edigar <gi...@att.net> wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 6:35 PM, John P. >> Brooks <jpbrook...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>> >>> I want to save the TSA from financial ruin....I will go digital if Ediger >>> renews his membership. Anyone else willing to make that commitment? >> >> Ediger will renew his lapsed TSA membership and donate $100 to the TSA >> within seconds of The TEXAS CAVER being made a free publication to any >> caver >> who wants to sign up for a free subscription. Subscribing non-TSA members >> should be solicited to join TSA but membership should not be a requirement >> for receiving all the good caving information aimed at bettering the cause >> of caving in Texas. As a caver and TSA member I, personally, would want >> every caver in Texas to be reading TSA promotional material, safety >> information, articles about equipment and techniques, cave science, >> upcoming >> events which they can support by attending, trip and cave reports, and >> participating personally by attending TSA conventions and contributing >> articles to The TEXAS CAVER themselves, all of which will also benefit ME. >> I >> am selfish. I want all of these non-TSA members to read The TEXAS CAVER >> because I will benefit from them being more informed and better cavers. >> They >> do not have to be TSA members to be better cavers. But they can be better >> cavers, and well qualified and participating members of the Texas caving >> community, if they simply read and contribute to The TEXAS CAVER. And >> their >> participation is good for me, it is good for you, and it is good for Texas >> caving. That is probably the most valuable service the TSA can provide to >> cavers and caving in Texas--keeping EVERYONE informed so they can be a >> better participant in Texas caving. >> I coined a phrase in 1969, "As The TEXAS CAVER goes, so goes the TSA." I >> think that is still true today. If The TEXAS CAVER is made available to >> all >> Texas cavers digitally and free then we will see a much better informed >> group of Texas cavers taking the bait to become members of the TSA and >> helping it reach it's selfish aims and purposes--a major part of which is >> promoting Texas caving--for ALL of us, not just the few. The time has >> finally come, my fellow Texas cavers, to do something for our selfish >> selves. It costs the TSA nothing to give The TEXAS CAVER away digitally. >> It >> costs the TSA and Texas caving a lot not to. If you want to do something >> selfish for yourself and for all the other Texas cavers vote at your >> earliest opportunity to separate The CAVER from TSA membership, to make it >> free to any digital subscriber. Otherwise, we're just preaching to the >> choir. >> Yours in Texas caving (for nearly 43 years now), >> --Ediger >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 6:35 PM, John P. Brooks <jpbrook...@sbcglobal.net> >> wrote: >>> >>> I want to save the TSA from financial ruin....I will go digital if Ediger >>> renews his membership. Anyone else willing to make that commitment? >>> >>> >>> On 12/14/09 1:14 PM, "mark.al...@l-3com.com" <mark.al...@l-3com.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Welcome back, Karen! >>> >>> Now, if we could only get Ediger to rejoin! >>> >>> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > >
