texascavers Digest 20 Jan 2014 03:09:00 - Issue 1917
Topics (messages 23291 through 23306):
a vertical practice video
23291 by: David
23292 by: Nancy Weaver
23294 by: Bob Booth
Re: Texas Memorial Museum demise
23293 by: Chris Vreeland
23295 by: Jon
job related - climbing for a living
23296 by: David
ATV's in caves
23297 by: David
climbing for a living
23298 by: dirtdoc.comcast.net
23299 by: Bill Steele
23300 by: Logan McNatt
23301 by: Bill Bentley
23302 by: dirtdoc.comcast.net
23303 by: Mark Minton
Whatever happened to ?
23304 by: David
23305 by: Mark Minton
The story of Bushman's Hole
23306 by: Louise Power
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An Italian caver uploaded this video last week.
Are your vertical practice sessions this much fun ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QoNlQ264cU
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great video.
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The Gruppo Speleologico Bergamasco did public vertical demos from the walls
of the Citta Alta (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iN3WfKxMwc#t=1m10s).
I have some stills but no video.
On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 2:39 AM, David dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote:
An Italian caver uploaded this video last week.
Are your vertical practice sessions this much fun ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QoNlQ264cU
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From what I understand, any private fund-raising efforts over the 100,000 level
have to go through the Dean's office, which makes them a non-starter, since the
dean wants the museum shut down. She told the current director that she would
have closed it outright but the president's office wouldn't approve that, so
she defunded it instead. Dean Hicke's intent is that TMM cease to exist.
It would take an act of legislature to eliminate the state's portion of the
budget, but I doubt that there's going to be huge interest at the state level
to increase funding for a museum that the school wants dead, though I encourage
anyone who is politically connected enough to give it a try.
On Jan 17, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Diana Tomchick
diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu wrote:
Wouldn't it also be productive to look into a different funding source? Money
is tight in all areas of academia these days, and especially in the sciences.
Why not try going straight to the politicians there in Austin, they're the
ones that control how much money winds up at UT and the College of Natural
Sciences?
Diana
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Diana R. Tomchick
Professor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Department of Biophysics
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
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Dallas, TX 75390-8816, U.S.A.
Email: diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu
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On Jan 17, 2014, at 1:56 PM, Ron Ralph wrote:
Mary,
How did it go giving the petition to Dean Hicke?
Ron
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Dear Ronald, My name is Mary Newcomb, daughter of William W. Newcomb, an
anthropology professor and Director of the Texas Memorial Museum for many
years. You may have heard that the College of Natural Sciences will cut all
funding - $620,000 – to the museum beginning next year. This is a travesty
that can not be tolerated! My husband and I have started a grassroots effort
called Save the Texas Memorial Museum. Our goal is to gather many thousand
signatures on a protest petition and deliver it to Dean Hicke of the College
of Natural Sciences on Jan. 15, 2014 – the 75th anniversary of the museum’s
opening. We have a Facebook page and a group on meetup.com, where details of
our first meeting are. Please “Like” us on Facebook and RSVP on meetup.com.
You can sign the petition in person at our first gathering, the details of
which are on meetup.com. Or, we will email you the petition which you can
sign and mail back to us. Thank you in advance for your support! Kindest
regards, Mary Newcomb and Jeri Putnam
UT Southwestern
