Nor am I. These social websires are entirely too cavalier with one's personal
information.
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:07:58 -0600
> Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Facebook related
>
> I'm not on facebook, myspace or anything else. If anyone wants to communicate
> with me they can use my e-mail or the old fashioned (and indispensable)
> telephone. If it concerns caving or may be of interest to cavers, what's
> wrong with [email protected] or OT?
>
> Fritz (Geezer and proud Spelunker)
> 713-818-2496 AT&T cell
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:20 PM
> To: Cavers Texas
> Subject: [Texascavers] Facebook related
>
> Facebook has become a more valuable resource to Texas cavers than
> CaveTex.
>
> Recently cavers have been posting interesting historical photos, and
> socializing
> in a way that was never done on CaveTex.
>
> Just in the past few days, there have been interesting discussions about
> Mr. Jasek's caver panorama shots.
>
> Maybe a few of you haven't got on Facebook yet, but nearly ever Texas caver
> has.
> Many are having productive discussions amongst themselves that were
> not possible on Cavetex.
>
> Last year, several large caver gatherings benefited from the Events
> planning feature
> of Facebook. This feature is ideal for planning caving gatherings.
>
> As mentioned before, several grottos have their own Facebook page, as does
> several caving organizations in Texas.
>
> Below is an example:
>
> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=28567352179
>
> I am not saying CaveTex is obsolete. It is just a different form or resource
> for communicating.
>
> Potentially there are dozens of Texas cavers on Facebook that are not on
> CaveTex, and also hundreds of people that could potentially be good cavers
> or make some form of constructive contribution to the protect caves and
> bats.
>
> I have made a faithful effort to move all my ranting to Facebook, and
> many of the other
> things I used to post about. Most other cavers have too.
>
> It does not look like Facebook is going away anytime soon. All the latest
> cell-phones have Facebook built into them, as will the upcoming portable
> tablet gadgets, that cavers will soon be travelling with on their road-trips.
>
> The only logical course now is to find ways to use Facebook to make caving
> in Texas even more fun, or productive. For example, a cave rescue call-out
> might be more productive on Facebook, or an invitation to the Kiwi Dig
> project.
> You would just need to create a page for those and invite your Facebook
> friends
> to join, and eventually you would have a base of support for that
> particular project.
>
> For example,
>
> http://www.facebook.com/CaveDive
>
>
> Anyone wishing to continue this discussion may do so at:
>
> http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_191886334161087
>
>
> David Locklear
> co-host of the East Texas Caver's Cookout
>
> http://www.facebook.com/pages/2nd-Annual-East-Texas-Cavers-Cookout/126749377360713
>
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