Mark, the TSA has 180 current members.
On 31 July 2014 06:23, <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with you, Marvin. > > > > On occasion, when the picking were slim for the TC, I had to resort to the > same thing in order to get it published. > > > > No harm in that. > > > > Not everyone has access to these listserves (is that a word?) and, since > attachments aren’t allowed, I would ping the writers for photos to go along > with their offerings to further flesh out their report. > > > > “Put a little meat on their bones”, in other words. > > > > One’s gotta do what one’s gotta do when the pickings are a little slim. > > > > > > A report is a report. > > > > > > My main query yesterday was not just how the TC was doing, but how is the > TSA doing, as in membership numbers and trends. > > > > Organized clubs are struggling, including many grottos and the NSS. How > does the TSA look? > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > *From:* Texascavers [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Marvin Miller via Texascavers > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 30, 2014 10:19 PM > *To:* Heather Tucek; [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [Texascavers] Texas Caver > > > > For the record - and I'm not mad at anyone; I think this is a good > discussion - the Texas caving news appearing in the latest issue of the NSS > News is in Buford Pruitt's "Underground Online" column. Buford's method - > as I understand it - is trolling the chatter on various blogs, email lists, > etc. across the nation and compiling the interesting bits in his column. > That is how a Colorado Bend trip report, a Government Canyon trip report, > and a report on the latest Deep Cave trip ended up in the NSS News. They > were not sent to the News as an article to be published but were instead > picked up by Buford off of this very email listserve. That's great. Cavers > across the nation and the world need to see that Texas cavers go caving and > do interesting things. > > > > I know that occasionally the three people who wrote those reports for > Texascavers.com also compile the happenings in their respective projects in > a bit more of a readable and concise fashion with pictures and maps and > submit an article to the Texas Caver. That's also a great thing. If the > editors of the Texas Caver want to pull things of the email list and > publish it, more power to them. I'll continue to support the magazine and > the TSS and news about caving in Texas wherever it appears. > -- *Go find out!* -Heather Tuček UT Grotto, DFW Grotto TSA Secretary & Membership Chair NSS 59660 (512) 773-1348 [email protected]
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