I think President Obama needs to sit down at the table on the White House lawn with all the variousAMCS factions and work out a memorandum of understanding or something ( with Mexican beer ).
Personally, I don't see why the AMCS can't have an office in Fort Bend County or anywhere else, or why a caver in say, Canada, couldn't be simultaneously working on Activities Newsletter number 41, while someone in Mexico is working on number 42, and someone in Virginia is working on 43. I think anybody who has been following speleological literature of Mexico greatly appreciates the dedicated years of service that the various AMCS publishers, editors, and mappers, and writers have put into it. I personally think AMCS produces the greatest literature in speleology. I don't think there is any kind of voting type membership, but if there were and if I were voting, I would nominate both Mr. Raines and Mr. Mixon for AMCS Lifetime Acheivement Awards, and give them some sort of respectable prize, such as a Stenlight. 15 years from now, all these kind of publications will be produced collaboratively over some kind of internet service, so shouldn't all the caver's worldwide who enjoy caving in Mexico have an understanding of how the AMCS operates ? Other than nostalgic value or sentimental value, does having a paper copy of the AMCS articles really mean anything? I think AMCS will have to go all digital and stop making paper copies in 10 years or so. That is all I can say as I know very little about the politics of the organization, history, etc. David Locklear arm-chair caver in Fort Bend County, Texas
