Tom was pretty much the Historian for the TSA, and he had a massive collection 
of memorabilia of caving, photography, postcards, literature of Texas and New 
Mexico in his collection. 

Collecting cave history was a passion for Tom. Since collecting an maintaing 
caving history is our window to the past, I feel the Tom Meador Award should be 
designed to encourage the collection of Texas  caving history. 

Tom was a personal friend and a really good fellow.

James Jasek

On Oct 23, 2013, at 12:37 PM, George Veni <[email protected]> wrote:

> I never had the pleasure of meeting Tom but have heard many great things 
> about him. One thing I haven't heard is about him focusing on mentoring new 
> cavers. If SWR will be developing an award for new cavers, then it should be 
> named for someone whose focus was new cavers, as in the case of Chuck Stuehm 
> in Texas. Maybe Tom fits that perfectly. I don't know one way or the other. 
> If not, I suggest naming the award for someone who better fits the award and 
> creating another award named for Tom that would honor him more by being more 
> appropriate to his strengths, interests, and accomplishments.
> 
> George
> 
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: [email protected] 
> Date: 2013/10/23 09:48 (GMT-07:00) 
> To: Harvey DuChene <[email protected]> 
> Cc: Bill Bentley <[email protected]>,[email protected],Steve Peerman 
> <[email protected]>,"jen ." <[email protected]> 
> Subject: [SWR] Tom Meador Award 
> 
> 
> 
> good idea, Harv!
> DirtDoc
> From: "Harvey DuChene" <[email protected]>
> To: "Bill Bentley" <[email protected]>, "Steve Peerman" <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected], "jen ." <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 9:07:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [SWR] PBSS member Kayde Hill wins "Chuck Stuehm Award"        at 
>        the        Texas Cavers Reunion
> 
> I recommend naming the award for legendary Tom Meador!
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