Just a reminder that the deadline for nominating candidates for NSS
awards to be announced at the banquet at the end of the 2014 NSS
convention in Huntspatch is November 15. See the September NSS News,
page 21, for information about all the awards and to whom nominations
should be sent for each. There is also information about the awards,
including lists of previous recipients, hidden away in the NSS web
site. I don't know what's so secret, but some idiot has put it in the
members-only area. On the home page at caves.org, click on members
page, and sign in with your NSS number and ZIP code, which some idiot
has labeled name and password. Depending on your browser, you may have
to click a box to persuade it to remember you. Way down at the bottom
of the resulting menu is a link to the awards information.
I'm particularly interested in nominations for the NSS's two highest
awards, the William J. Stephenson Outstanding Service Award and the
Honorary Membership. Nominations for those awards are sent to me, and
the NSS Board of Governors selects the recipients at its spring BOG
meeting. The Outstanding Service Award is given to one NSS member per
year "in recognition of outstanding service to the Society and its
goals." The Honorary Membership is given to one person per year, not
necessarily an NSS member, for "outstanding contributions to the field
of speleology"; cave scientists from anywhere in the world are
eligible. Nominating letters for either of those awards should be sent
to me at the e-mail address below (or the one this message came from)
or by mail to 14045 North Green Hills Loop, Austin, Texas 78737, and
should reach me by the deadline of November 15. I will be out of reach
until November 11, but after that will promptly acknowledge any
letters received..--Bill Mixon
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