Austin got the bickering award?
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Mixon Bill <bmixon...@austin.rr.com>wrote: > Austin as the Center of the Caving Universe department: > > The National Speleological Society's highest awards to individuals are the > Honorary Membership and the Outstanding Service Award, each of which is > given to one person per year. The NSS Board of Governors selects the > recipient of these awards, and the award conveys life membership in the > society. > > Next in status are four awards given to one person or couple per year. They > are selected by the NSS Awards Committee and confirmed by the BOG. These > awards are the Bicking Award for cave exploration (considered by many cavers > to be the highest award), the Conservation Award, the Science Award, and the > Spelean Arts and Letters Award. > > Of these awards, cavers currently living in the Austin area have received: > > 1 Honorary Membership > 1 Outstanding Service Award > 2 Bicking Awards > 2 Conservation Awards > 1 Science Award > 1 Arts and Letters Award > > Can any other city claim eight or more of these awards? > --Bill Mixon > ---------------------------------------------- > You may "reply" to the address this message > came from, but for long-term use, save: > Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu > AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > > -- ~Gary McDaniel Grand Junction, CO
