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> From: George Veni <gv...@nckri.org> > Date: September 20, 2013 at 1:43:26 PM CDT > To: New Mexico Cavers <s...@caver.net>, Cavers Texas > <texascavers@texascavers.com> > Subject: [Texascavers] Register for the NSS Board of Governors meeting: > Carlsbad, NM, 9 November 2013 > > Dear Friends, > > The Pecos Valley Grotto and National Cave and Karst Research Institute > (NCKRI) will be hosting the Fall 2013 Board of Governors meeting of the > National Speleological Society (NSS) at NCKRI Headquarters, Carlsbad, New > Mexico, on 9 November 2013. The meeting will immediately follow the National > Cave and Karst Management Symposium (NCKMS), which will follow the Board > meeting of the Cave Research Foundation. A lot of things are happening in > Carlsbad in early November! > > Advance registration for the NSS meeting is requested. You are welcome to > register when you arrive (but it will be at a slightly higher price) but it > will help tremendously in our planning if you pre-register so we can be sure > to have enough, food, drink, and space for you. For the registration form and > other details, go to the NSS Southwestern Region’s Activities page: > http://www.caves.org/region/swr/activities.html. You’ll also find links there > to the NCKMS and other happenings. > > Important!!! > During the past two years, oil and gas production has greatly increased in > the Carlsbad area. Although two new major hotels have opened during that time > and more are being built, 95-97% of all hotels rooms in Carlsbad are filling > every day. The NSS registration form has options for you to stay for free at > local cavers’ homes. Space in beds, on floors, and in yards for camping is > limited and filling up so register ASAP. If you plan to stay in a hotel, make > your reservations as soon as possible. People who arrive in Carlsbad without > reservations often do not find rooms or pay very high prices. The > registration form has hotel information to help you. > > Lastly, the registration form has information on caving trips, parties, a > unique caver scavenger hunt, and other things to do while you’re in town. So > come for NCKMS and stay a little longer for the NSS meeting. If you haven’t > been to one before, this is a great chance to meet with the leaders of the > NSS and give them your thoughts on what is going great with the NSS and what > needs improvement. That is the reason the NSS Board meetings travel around > the country. I know they look forward to meeting and hearing from you. > > Please share this message with anyone you think may be interested. > > Thanks, > > George > ******************** > George Veni, Ph.D. > Executive Director > National Cave and Karst Research Institute > 400-1 Cascades Avenue > Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA > Office: 575-887-5517 > Mobile: 210-863-5919 > Fax: 575-887-5523 > gv...@nckri.org > www.nckri.org >
