Re: [Texascavers] UTGrotto at UTAustin, the end of an error

2018-05-29 Thread Robert Tait 
Wow, this is sad news. After landing in Austin for a job, the UT caving
community  became my local family.  I looked forward to the meetings,
trips, and the Posse, and other events that orbited around the community..
Gils Hot tub, Saturday swims, and more.  I  still managed a few trips over
the last 15 years since moving to NY.

Next, will cave trips be banned altogether for a university club from going
outdoors, like Penn State?

Tait (now in upstate ny)

On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 5:06 AM, Justin Shaw  wrote:

> Welp, the cats out of the bag over on Facebook so I figured I’d give it a
> mention here.
>
> Not much info in the public post and being that I’m not on Facebook I
> can’t read into the reply’s. As I understand it, the University of Texas is
> no longer willing to allow visitors* to the University Speleological
> Society meetings. They also instituted advance paperwork to be completed
> for hosting guest* speakers.
>
> * a visitor and/or guest is anyone not affiliated with the university
> through enrollment or employment.
>
> Obviously, this excludes practically everyone in the Underground Texas
> Grotto and will likely result in the end of a University Speleological
> Society. At least moving forward we wont have to dance around with
> semantics as if there’s two different organizations.
>
> We’ve known this could happen for quite some time, so a dedicated few have
> actually already done some research in the realm of meeting spaces. It
> won’t be easy to replace what we had so if you have any novel contacts or
> leads I'm sure the officers would appreciate you reaching out.
>
> The Facebook post suggested “this week’s meeting may unfortunately just
> have to be canceled” [sic]. While I don’t anticipate finding a replacement
> meeting facility on this short of notice, I would suggest many will still
> rally at The Posse East this Wednesday - for what might well be the last
> time. Wasn’t that where the Underground Texas Grotto officially meets,
> anyway.
>
>
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Re: [Texascavers] UTGrotto

2018-05-29 Thread Mixon Bill 
I can't see the Texas Speleology Center (ex my house) accommodating the crowd 
that attends UT Grotto meetings. --  Mixon

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Re: [Texascavers] UTGrotto at UTAustin, the end of an error

2018-05-29 Thread Katherine Arens 
HEY, try st. ed’s maybe?   One of the ACC campuses?

UT Grotto has been Underground Texas for a while anyway . . .


On May 29, 2018, at 4:06 AM, Justin Shaw 
mailto:jus...@oztotl.net>> wrote:

Welp, the cats out of the bag over on Facebook so I figured I’d give it a 
mention here.

Not much info in the public post and being that I’m not on Facebook I can’t 
read into the reply’s. As I understand it, the University of Texas is no longer 
willing to allow visitors* to the University Speleological Society meetings. 
They also instituted advance paperwork to be completed for hosting guest* 
speakers.

* a visitor and/or guest is anyone not affiliated with the university through 
enrollment or employment.

Obviously, this excludes practically everyone in the Underground Texas Grotto 
and will likely result in the end of a University Speleological Society. At 
least moving forward we wont have to dance around with semantics as if there’s 
two different organizations.

We’ve known this could happen for quite some time, so a dedicated few have 
actually already done some research in the realm of meeting spaces. It won’t be 
easy to replace what we had so if you have any novel contacts or leads I'm sure 
the officers would appreciate you reaching out.

The Facebook post suggested “this week’s meeting may unfortunately just have to 
be canceled” [sic]. While I don’t anticipate finding a replacement meeting 
facility on this short of notice, I would suggest many will still rally at The 
Posse East this Wednesday - for what might well be the last time. Wasn’t that 
where the Underground Texas Grotto officially meets, anyway.


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Re: [Texascavers] UTGrotto

2018-05-29 Thread Crystal Datri 
There are a number of new eateries, breweries, distilleries, etc. in the
vicinity.

Crystal Datri

On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 7:57 AM, Jim Kennedy  wrote:

> It's not centrally located, and definitely not bikeable, but the
> University of Texas Speleological Society (aka UT Grotto) would be able to
> meet in the new Texas Speleological Center (aka Mixon's old house).
>
> Jim
>
> Mobile email from my iPhone
>
> > On May 29, 2018, at 4:06 AM, Justin Shaw  wrote:
> >
> > Welp, the cats out of the bag over on Facebook so I figured I’d give it
> a mention here.
> >
> > Not much info in the public post and being that I’m not on Facebook I
> can’t read into the reply’s. As I understand it, the University of Texas is
> no longer willing to allow visitors* to the University Speleological
> Society meetings. They also instituted advance paperwork to be completed
> for hosting guest* speakers.
> >
> > * a visitor and/or guest is anyone not affiliated with the university
> through enrollment or employment.
> >
> > Obviously, this excludes practically everyone in the Underground Texas
> Grotto and will likely result in the end of a University Speleological
> Society. At least moving forward we wont have to dance around with
> semantics as if there’s two different organizations.
> >
> > We’ve known this could happen for quite some time, so a dedicated few
> have actually already done some research in the realm of meeting spaces. It
> won’t be easy to replace what we had so if you have any novel contacts or
> leads I'm sure the officers would appreciate you reaching out.
> >
> > The Facebook post suggested “this week’s meeting may unfortunately just
> have to be canceled” [sic]. While I don’t anticipate finding a replacement
> meeting facility on this short of notice, I would suggest many will still
> rally at The Posse East this Wednesday - for what might well be the last
> time. Wasn’t that where the Underground Texas Grotto officially meets,
> anyway.
> >
> >
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