Hi All! I am assisting Bill Steele to raise the remaining $500 needed to get CaveSim to TCR this fall. If you are getting this message twice, it's because I bcc'ed you in hopes that you will personally help out financially. Every little bit helps.
In addition to individual donations, I would also like to ask the owners of Texas Show Caves to pitch in. I did not contact you directly in the bcc, but if you know the owners, please ask them. We will give public acknowledgement to anyone or any organization or business who contributes. Below is Bill's well written plea with a list of donors to date. See the end of this message on where to send your donation. We thank you in advance for your support of this very worthy educational tool which is appropriate for children, new cavers, arm chair cavers and those who have never been in a cave and are curious how to do it right without harming the natural cave environment. >From Bill Steele: This is a request for financial assistance. At the recent NSS convention I was impressed by the operation there of a portable artificial cave in a big trailer called CaveSim (See cavesim.org). It was a buzz of activity and people were constantly doing it. When crawling through it you try to not touch formations which have sensors in them and a computer outside keeps track of how many you touched and how long it took you to go through it. It will cost $1,500 for it to be brought to TCR from Colorado Springs. It'll be staffed and run through the weekend. I have raised $1000 toward that cost. Here's the source of that money: D/FW Grotto $100 TCR 100 Jerry Atkinson 200 Bill Steele 100 Bill Stephens 100 UTG 300 John Brooks 100 Names of contributors will be prominently displayed at the CaveSim trailer if they like. Checksshould be made out to Bill Steele and sent to 500 Kingston Dr., Irving, TX 75061 For more information, you may contact me at [email protected] Thanks for the consideration, Bill
