As a comparison, the mailing list has 481 members. We do have a lot of out of state members on the mailing list.
On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:11 AM, Heather Tucek via Texascavers < [email protected]> wrote: > 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] > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/cavetex > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > >
