Yes I remember one of the best things that the TSA ever did to facilitate cavers going caving... The *Texas Speleological Association Activities Newsletter* (TSAANL).
How could I forget it. The most recent issue was always under a magnet on the door of my 'fridge, and I'd see copies of it on the 'fridge door of most all active cavers homes I visited. If it wasn't there then they probably had it up on a bulletin board or other go-to place in there home. That's because the TSAANL was the go-to source for all caving opportunities within a daze drive of the center of the caving universe. When I was editor of the TSAANL, I found it much more difficult to deal with the speleo-politicians in the TSA (who eventually killed the TSAANL) than to print, staple, stamp and mail the things. And to think that in todays world a PDF could be e-mailed... cost could be 0. I don't know what y'all do on facebook, because all I see is a login page. All I do know is that facebook is not designed to let everyone see the same thing. So it seems utterly worthless to expect a diverse group, such as cavers are, to be forced into using such a twisted product in this way. See this TED talk for more on that: http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html Warning: even us non-facebookers will likely find this information distressing. Cave Safe, Soft & Often, Justin P.S. Mark Alman is doing the BEST JOB -ANYONE- has done with the Texas Caver since Gill gave it up over a decade ago. Kudos supreme to him. I mention this because during the TSAANL's last leg of life it was in many ways a supplement to the Texas Cavers' unreliable publication schedule. This is NOT the TSAANL I pine for, but rather the Calendar section that was the bulk of issues content throughout the 90's. Today the best source for upcoming trips is the UT Grotto web page calendar section. http://utgrotto.org/schedule.asp The TSA's calendar (no comment) is at http://www.cavetexas.org/calendar/index.php P.P.S A question was asked a while back; Ask not what you could do for the TSA, but what could the TSA do for you. I meant to get a reply sent, and never did. Seeing as how I am now ranting on one of my points of my reply to that question, I guess I'll finally get around to answering that question in full and public. Coming Soon... On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 9:52 AM, David <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anybody still remember the old TSA Activities Newsletter and what > a pain in the ass it > was to print and mail out ? > > Check this out: > > http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_213300932024864 > > That took all of 10 seconds. > > David Locklear > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
