"... and notify them individually" Pretty much my thoughts exactly -- if you want to run someone down and be overtly rude and personally critical, please do it in private. We all appreciate and applaud the efforts going into group or personal websites, but some of us don't spend all our time trying to find them and keep up with the information, and we occasionally use synthesis listings and pseudo-indices. The index list that you overtly criticize is expressly for new cavers, people interested in cave related communication, and others that are not so informed as yourself. I also note that you don't want anyone to access your website -- not especially in the vein of sharing. And exactly how many non-volunteer cavers are there. Seems like an unnecessary jab.
I should be making this a private message, but since the original was posted to the entire group, I have responded to all. I sure hope this is the last of such criticism and we can get back to bear, raccoon, and coyote scratches, or even caving. I had intended to provide more information on bear remains in (and bear use of) caves in central TX and the Devils River area, but this got me side-tracked. On the subject of bear scratches and bear use, I sure hope someone puts out a general call for info (and especially to people like Reddell and Russell), synthesizes it all, and does an article in the Texas Caver. It would be a worthwhile research tool to much more than just cavers. jg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Bentley" <[email protected]> To: "David" <[email protected]>; "CaveTex" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 6:33 AM Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Facebook news David, PBSS has a Facebook Page and it is up to date... last post December 21st, 2013, not in April, you have to be a member to see the posts... Duh! https://www.facebook.com/groups/102420208204/ But with that in mind, who appointed you the official unofficial re-caper of Facebook cave related groups? 99.99 % of the people who create or maintain these cave related Facebook Group pages are volunteers, hadn't known of many getting paid to do that. I am glad we have them at all. Most of these groups are like the grotto web pages and should be informative as to the date and time & place for the meetings. And any other grotto related information. While some of your emails I ignore, I get tired of you ridiculing cavers and now volunteers in a public forum like this mailing list. And you wonder why lots cavers don't care for you? If your doing all this "research" then research who maintains these groups and notify them individually. Just my thoughts, Bill On 1/4/2014 11:49 PM, David wrote: > This is just a recap of the current status of Facebook related > caving sites in Texas. This post is intended for newbies, but also > shows some of the areas for improvement in using Facebook as a tool > for cave related communication. ( Disclaimer: Please ignore if you are > a Facebook hater or disinterested in anything I have to post. ) > > If you do not wish to use Facebook, or follow any of the sites below, you > should at least check out the page, "Cavers of Facebook," as that is an > international site that post very interesting current events. > > > > > Feel free to correct me. > > David Locklear > NSS # 27639
