Re: [Texascavers] giving away books

2018-01-11 Thread Joe Ranzau via Texascavers
An interesting tid-bit, the Texas Caver is banned by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Prison Division... Too many articles about digging and back in the day we had articles about the use of explosives for micro-shaving and what not. They frowned on it and asked us not to send anymore...

[Texascavers] 2018 TCMA Board of Directors Election Results

2017-12-12 Thread Joe Ranzau via Texascavers
Greetings Cavers - Please join me in congratulating, Linda Palit, Juliana Rincón, Ken Demarest, Greg Mosier, and Andy Edwards as they are our your new Texas Cave Management Association Board members! They will begin three year terms starting January 1st, 2018. The TCMA exists because of our

Re: [Texascavers] Write-in candidate for TSA treasurer

2017-10-21 Thread Joe Ranzau via Texascavers
The enthusiasm is great! Jules is also running for the TCMA board and I plan to vote for her. Something I've been thinking about for a while. It would be awesome if folks would pick one Texas caving board to support. They are all working boards and need as much time as folks can contribute.

[Texascavers] Who are the officers of the Greater Houston Grotto?

2017-10-11 Thread Joe Ranzau via Texascavers
There is super secret caving business we need to discuss! Email me off-list at jranzau at gmail.com Cheers! Joe ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives:

Re: [Texascavers] Pending rain and flooding in Southeastern Texas

2017-08-24 Thread Joe Ranzau via Texascavers
Channeling Captain Obvious here... This would not be the best weekend to explore your favorite central Texas water cave! Ciao, Joe 210.289.6839 On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Nancy Weaver via Texascavers < texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > Geary what a generous offer. thanks. > Nancy

Re: [Texascavers] [TCR Food]

2017-02-10 Thread Joe Ranzau via Texascavers
Repost of my comments for those among us not on BookFace. A) Fending for ourselves disrupts the communal nature of the Saturday evening meal. If we end up going this route it would be important to continue with Saturday evening activities that encourage everyone to come together. B) Catering

Re: [Texascavers] Cave Assistance number for Bexar County

2016-10-28 Thread Joe Ranzau via Texascavers
Geary - I'm pretty sure Linda Palit is a Texas Caver... *"Number from the Texas Caver is 210.865.2061 <210.865.2061> Texas Caver**I've called both the TSA and the Texas Caver numbers to see if there was a caver associated with them and there was not."* :-) Joe On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 1:50

Re: [Texascavers] TCR 2016 Friday Wine Tasting

2016-10-05 Thread Joe Ranzau via Texascavers
“It doesn’t matter if the glass is half empty or half full. There is clearly room for more wine.” We are having our annual wine tasting on Friday night! We will be down by the water just up river from the main lodge. We will start around 6:30pm and go until whenever. Look for the horde of

Re: [Texascavers] Honey Creek Cave Road Repair Project

2016-02-24 Thread Joe Ranzau via Texascavers
Rob and Texas Cavers - Many thanks to everyone for this effort. I'll make a personal donation of $100 should it be needed. Two questions, why isn't a group like the TSA taking care of the total cost? They have ample funds and this type of thing seems right up their alley... The other is how

Re: [Texascavers] grapevine cave

2015-07-04 Thread Joe Ranzau via Texascavers
Tom Brown has been the/a contact. Joe On Jul 4, 2015, at 5:23 PM, Nancy Weaver via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com wrote: wanted - a brief description of cave which is in Burnett Ranches west of Wimberley. darkly, Nancy ___

Re: [Texascavers] Honeycreek

2015-01-12 Thread Joe Ranzau via Texascavers
Yes, I'll bring one Joe Ranzau On Jan 12, 2015, at 2:07 PM, Kurt L. Menking via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com wrote: Does anyone have a refrigerator they can bring to Honeycreek for the two tank haul weekends. It needs to be least the 3' high dorm fridge or a larger one.

Re: [Texascavers] TCR 2015 Survey

2015-01-07 Thread Joe Ranzau via Texascavers
El Jefe - Keeping things consistent has its appeals for the more anal retentive of us in the group. I support the third weekend of October for the date. Water is always nice at a site but not a requirement. Some of the folks from outside San Antonio and Austin might appreciate a site closer to

Re: [Texascavers] new definition of karst

2015-01-05 Thread Joe Ranzau via Texascavers
I read that this morning on the plane. Made me giggle. Reporters are under time crunches and unless they are familiar with a topic take a sound bite and run with it. San Antonio lost a great environmental reporter a year or so ago. He is currently hiking/paddling the entire Rio Grande. That

[Texascavers] TCR Wine Tasting on Friday Night

2014-09-30 Thread Joe Ranzau via Texascavers
Greetings Cavers - There will once again be an informal wine tasting on Friday night near the Bexar Grotto campground. I'd say starting around 6:45ish but things are flexible and we may start drinking earlier or later, who are we kidding, It will be earlier! To participate please bring a bottle

Re: [Texascavers] Golondrinas in video game trailer

2014-09-04 Thread Joe Ranzau via Texascavers
Just saw the commercial as my plane was landing. Interesting but brief shot of the pit. Joe Ranzau On Sep 4, 2014, at 9:36 PM, Logan McNatt via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com wrote: Thanks Frank. Interesting to know why Golondrinas appears in a video game preview.

Re: [Texascavers] Ranch with 2 caves up for sale

2014-09-03 Thread Joe Ranzau via Texascavers
Christi Burrell held the contact for the past decade or so until the long time owners sold about a year ago. I'd ask that folks give her time to try to reestablish contact (maybe through Igor) before they try to arrange their own. She was always very good about taking other groups out there.

Re: [Texascavers] Texas Caver

2014-07-31 Thread Joe Ranzau via Texascavers
Ediger gives a nice talk about why the TSA really should or does encompass all people in Texas that like caves, not just the ones that pony up membership dues. Perhaps he will post it here for our review... On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Charles Goldsmith via Texascavers