Back in the late sixties I joined the NSS and paid my dues for a couple of years. I was a Texas Caver and the idea of being a national anything just doesn't work for my way of thinking. I never join anything and it doesn't seem to matter all that much. AARP, the American Legion and so forth. I did join the USAF but they paid me to be a meteorologist and a cartoonist so that sort of made sense and as for paying mortgages for people ... naw. Aren't they a 501 C-3 or some such. Claim to be a church and get to pass GO.
On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 11:24 AM, via Texascavers < texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > 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* <http://www.caves.org> > > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > -- Charlie Loving
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