Charles,
I recognize that this mail list has no formal affiliation to the TSA. I did not mean to imply so, and apologize if I did. Beyond that, I don't know much about the running of the list, but I do appreciate your doing so. Thank you! Regarding the TSA, I disagree with you in that I don't think there is any 'official' way to voice views and concerns to the TSA (short of certified letters, court orders and that sort of thing, which I hope we can agree is out of the current context.) Opinions technically mean nothing to the organization, at a meeting or otherwise. Motions, nominations, and ultimately votes are the only way to officially register anything resembling an opinion. 'Meeting opinions', 'cavetex opinions', and 'posse talk' are equivalent. Technically, those elected can choose to weigh them as they see fit. Taking into account the size of the state and distribution of the membership, the relative few meetings per year, and the nature of the business, I only propose what I consider the best and fairest method of doing so. Really, thanks again for the mailing list support. Geoff > Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:56:43 -0600 > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Viewpoint of a TSA Member (was RE: [Texascavers] > [Bitching & the Caver] > From: wo...@justfamily.org > To: g...@io.com > CC: gho...@hotmail.com; texascavers@texascavers.com > > Geoff, you make some very good points, but keep in mind, the only > official way to voice your views and concerns to the TSA is at a > meeting, or perhaps writing to the officers, but I don't know if that > would be allowed. > > While a lot of people associate this mailing list with the TSA, it is > in fact very separate. No organization is tied to this mailing list > other than the website, http://texascavers.com/ > > The TSA has offered to help pay for hosting, as a few individuals, but > I have politely turned them down, I do it as a service to the > community, it's my small way of giving back. > > While everyone is free to post just about anything here (following the > rules at the above site, of course), do not feel that this is any way > of discussing any official business of the TSA. > > Charles > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Geoff H <gho...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > I don't regularly follow cavetex, and more rarely post, but I think there's > > one or two recurrent themes here that merit reflection. > > > > My membership should not mean any less to the organization because I missed > > the last meeting. There's just one tier of membership. (some organizations > > have multiple tiers - sustaining, associate, voting/non-voting, whatever. I > > don't want that level of complication in the TSA.) The TSA exists to serve > > the interests of its members. This is probably constrained somewhat by > > language somewhere about serving the interests of caving in texas, > > conservation, and maybe one or two more things of that sort, but for the > > most part, it should do what a significant portion of its membership wants > > it to do. It doesn't matter if they go to meetings, or post on Cavetex, or > > just sit quietly at home and never go out. If they are members, the > > organization should consider what they want. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009
