Thank you! If all goes well, I made the last one, but you had another thing in NM I think at the same time.
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Bill Bentley <ca...@caver.net> wrote: > 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 >> > >
