I commend you... Oh isn't it surprising how many people still call it cavetex?
I am glad you are able to keep it privately funded.. I have done the same with www.caver.net.. Well keep up the good work... Are you going to be at the Spring TSA meeting? Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Goldsmith" <wo...@justfamily.org> To: <g...@io.com> Cc: <gho...@hotmail.com>; <texascavers@texascavers.com> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Viewpoint of a TSA Member (was RE: [Texascavers] [Bitching & the Caver] > 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. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com >
