Hey Mark! GREAT issue. Excellent cover photos - makes me glad I also get a hard copy in the mail!
julia -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, Apr 28, 2010 6:57 am Subject: [Texascavers] Hot Off The Press - The 2nd Quarter 2010 issue of The TEXAS CAVER is now online! All, the second quarter version of The TEXAS CAVER hasbeen posted to the Members Area (not the free area) by our very ownWizard of the Web, Butch Fralia. In this issue: We have some excellent trip reportsand photos from Lacey Heath and Joe Datri on their La Navidad del Panquequeexpedition, Matt Turner’s account of his trip to Aquismon, San LuisPotosi, along with photos from Dr. Ann Scott, an Amazing Maze trip report fromJacqui Thomas, a report by Ellie Thoene and photos by Amanda Bentley on theNational Cave Rescue Commission Training at CBSP—February 26th to 28th,and a Punkin Cave trip report by Jim Kennedy and Deep/Punkin Preserve news. Also included, at no extra charge to YOU, our faithful TSAmember, is Bill Steele’s article on why he always carries a knife oncaving trips and a HUGE photo montage of pics submitted by Roger Moore, CanEvren Yarman and moi from the TSA Spring Convention held at the Texas CaveConservancy (TCC) world headquarters in beautiful (and growing!) Cedar Park,TX. This second quarter issue of the TC for 2010 is available toall paid TSA members. Non-members will have to wait a year! Not a TSA member? No problem! We still would like for you tocontemplate becoming a TSA member. Send me an email for yourcomplimentary past issue of the TEXAS CAVER and see what you'vebeen missing. Or better yet, visit the TSA website at www.cavetexas.org and become a paid memberand/or become an online member of the TSA TODAY! Dues are as cheap as $15 a year! That’s a bargain in any language! If you're a TSA member, but haven't yet joined the DigitalRevolution, it is extremely painless to do so. Go to http://www.cavetexas.org/members/ andsign up and enjoy the current and back issues! Be sure to also peruse the back issues of the TEXAS CAVER, if youhaven't done so already. There now are a total of 19 (14 in thefree area) issues of the Pulitzer worthy TEXAS CAVER available foryour reading pleasure and available to all! More to be added soon. You can still opt to receive a hard copy TC, but will have towait a couple of weeks, at the earliest, to receive your latestnewsletter via snail mail and dues are $10 more. We are in the process of transferring ALL back issues of the TEXAS CAVER tothe website and we will let you know when this monumental task has beencompleted. Finally, I want to thank all of the cavers who submitted material for thisissue and all of the past issues of The TEXAS CAVER. This is YOUR newsletter and I couldn't do it without YOU! So since the caving season is well underway, don't be bashful. Be sure toget those articles, photos, and summer trip reports written and sent in. I know who you are and where you have been! Without you, there is no TSA or TEXAS CAVER! Thanks and have a safe summer and we’ll see you at TCR in October! Mark Alman - TSA Chairman and TEXAS CAVER Editor
