Diana, Thanks for encouraging folks to get started in planning their events for the IYCK, and to the Huautla and National Cave and Karst Management Symposium teams for their support.
I’ll toss in some easy ideas. Austin and San Antonio have an annual “Cave Day.” Those are ready-made events. They just need to be connected to the IYCK, which adds the element that caves aren’t just of local interest but are important around the world. Of course with COVID, think about your events and field trips and plan some virtually. Use social media, pod casts, and call the local news media to help spread the word. I encourage each grotto to set up a committee to figure out what it can do. Since grotto meetings are now virtual, I’d be glad to give a program to your grotto on the IYCK and help kick-start your planning. There’s one important piece of news that I hope will encourage everyone. The Director-General of UNESCO has invited us to hold the Opening Ceremonies of the IYCK at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Caves have never had such a high-level international stage to promote their importance. We haven’t broadly announced this yet as we’re coordinating details with UNESCO, including COVID contingencies, but no matter how big the stage the critical work to educate the public will happen at the local level. Let’s not miss this opportunity, Please, check out the planning guide in the link below, post your events to www.iyck2021.org<http://www.iyck2021.org>, and if you have questions, let me know. George ******************** George Veni, PhD Executive Director, National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) and President, International Union of Speleology (UIS) NCKRI address (primary) 400-1 Cascades Avenue Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220 USA Office: +575-887-5517 Mobile: +210-863-5919 Fax: +575-887-5523 gv...@nckri.org<mailto:gv...@nckri.org> www.nckri.org<http://www.nckri.org/> UIS address Titov trg 2 Postojna, 6230 Slovenia www.uis-speleo.org<http://www.uis-speleo.org/> www.iyck2021.org<http://www.iyck2021.org/> From: Texascavers <texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com> On Behalf Of Bill Steele Sent: Tuesday, 15 September, 2020 12:11 To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Texas events for the International Year of Caves and Karst 2021? Proyecto Espeleologico Sistema Huautla (PESH) will conduct its 2021 expedition March 27 to May 1. Team members will be international from the USA, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Costa Rica, Ireland and England. The expedition closing dinner on April 30 will have the theme of the International Year of Caves and Karst, and if exploration and mapping goes as expected, the dinner will issue a caver social media release with the news of Sistema Huautla having surpassed 100 km in length, one of only three cave systems in the world to be both over 1,000m deep and 100km long. Cavingly, Bill Steele PESH Co-Leader On Sep 15, 2020, at 12:50 PM, Diana Tomchick <diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu<mailto:diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu>> wrote: Great, that’s one event. Any others? Diana ************************************************** Diana R. Tomchick Professor Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry UT Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Rm. ND10.214A Dallas, TX 75390-8816 diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu<mailto:diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu> (214) 645-6383 (phone) (214) 645-6353 (fax) On Sep 15, 2020, at 12:15 PM, Jim Kennedy <cavercr...@gmail.com<mailto:cavercr...@gmail.com>> wrote: EXTERNAL MAIL Yes. A group of us are organizing the 2021 National Cave and Karst Management Symposium on San Marcos on 1-5 November. Hopefully we’ll have the website live this weekend. Crash Mobile email from my iPhone On Sep 15, 2020, at 11:23 AM, Diana Tomchick <diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu<mailto:diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu>> wrote: I'm posting this here to see if either the TSA or any Texas grottoes have started planning an event for the International Year of Caves and Karst 2021. This link is to an excellent planning guide written by George Veni, the International Union of Speleology President. Events can be as simple as lectures for public and school groups, community clean-ups of trash in sinkholes or graffiti in caves to public conferences, symposia or other meetings on important cave and karst issues in your area (OK, that last one might not be so simple, and require a lot more time). Perhaps a multi-grotto event or two, or even some already planned events could also be cross-promoted as an event for the International Year of Speleology. Let's hear some ideas! http://iyck2021.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IYCK-2021-Planning-Guide-English-Language.pdf Diana ************************************************** Diana R. Tomchick Professor Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry UT Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Rm. ND10.214A Dallas, TX 75390-8816 diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu<mailto:diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu> (214) 645-6383 (phone) (214) 645-6353 (fax) ________________________________ UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today. _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto: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<mailto:Texascavers@texascavers.com> | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers CAUTION: This email originated from outside UTSW. Please be cautious of links or attachments, and validate the sender's email address before replying. _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto: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
