No, it's not two years in a row, but there have been gaps even worse than that.
Bev Shade received the NSS Fellow award in 2006. Besides 2007, other years without a Texan being honored are: 1972, 1974, 1975, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2002, and 2003. There is a complete listing of Texans honored by the NSS in 50 Years Of Texas Caving. Beginning in the mid-1960s, there have been a total of 51 Texas-based cavers who were made Fellows. Of those, several received other honors such as Certificate of Merit. As Linda Palit has pointed out, those honored must have been nominated by others and their nomination supported by letters of praise. They must then be approved by the NSS Awards Committee. It may be that we do not have a worthy nominee(s) each year, but there ARE rather large gaps in the record. It's not too soon to begin thinking about nominees for 2008. ===Carl Kunath ----- Original Message ----- From: Gill Ediger To: texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 4:13 PM Subject: [Texascavers] Fellows Just got my NSS News. Does this make the second year in a row that no NSS Fellows have been awarded to Texas cavers? --Ediger --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.30/1127 - Release Date: 11/12/2007 9:19 PM
