As said I would do in the last paragraph of my e-mail below sent three days
ago. I asked for a show of hands of who is NOT an NSS member at last night’s
DFW Grotto meeting. Our attendance was unusually low last night, but I am
pleased to follow-up and report that of the ten members present, only one
raised his hand that he is not an NSS member. I read my paragraph below out
loud and frowned at him, which brought a laugh. We went on to discuss Team 404
and the new headquarters.
Cavingly,
Bill Steele
cwilliamste...@gmail.com
On 10 May 2016 at 7:40, Bill Steele via Texascavers wrote:
This would be a good opportunity to bring up something that most grottos seem
to have a misunderstanding about. Numerous grottos believe that members don't
have to be NSS members unless they are in a leadership position in the grotto.
This is incorrect. This came up at the NSS Board of Governors meeting in Bend,
Oregon in March.
The rules are written so people can be grotto members and not be an NSS member
for up to a year. After that, they are expected to join the NSS or stop being a
grotto member.
Here it is the relevant snippet regarding IOs (Internal Organizations, i.e.
grottos, surveys, etc.):
5. The membership of IOs shall conform to the following requirements:
A. All persons who serve on the governing board of an IO must be a member of
the NSS except in the case of Surveys where representatives of state entities
or other conservation organizations may serve on the board regardless of their
NSS membership status.
B. Full membership in IOs shall be open only to embers of the NSS.
C. IOs may, at their option, have members who are not members of the NSS and
who are limited to a year or less on this status.
D. Membership in grottos (or chapters) shall consist of at least five members
of the NSS who have designated that grotto as their Primary Affiliation.
E. The formal name of a Student Grotto shall indicate that the organization
is a Student Grotto (or Chapter), etc.
Section C is the relevant section. So we should encourage grotto members to
become NSS members.
The NSS needs to raise money now to refinance the mortgage on its new office
building in Huntsville, Alabama. Please go on and be committed to caving if you
are a caver, and if you are not an NSS member, now's the time to join.
And if you are a NSS member, then join Team 404. I am a member of Team 404. If
404 cavers allow $25 a month to be directly withdrawn from their bank account,
the mortgage payment is met. All above that pays down the mortgage all the
sooner.
Tomorrow night I am giving the program at the DFW Grotto meeting. Before I do,
I'm going to read the above about being an NSS member and talk about the
benefits of membership. I may even paraphrase JFK and say, "Ask not what the
NSS can do for you, ask what you can do for the NSS." You can admit that caving
is a main interest of yours, become a member of the NSS, and join Team 404.
I'll ask for a show of hands of who is not an NSS member. And I'll frown at
those who are not.
Cavingly,
Bill Steele NSS 8072 (joined at age 16)
--
Alex Sproul
NSS 8086RL/FE
NSS Webmaster & Acting IT Chair
www.caves.org
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