----- Forwarded Message ---- From: ICS 2009 eList <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 12:52:48 AM Subject: 15th ICS - guidebooks and more for sale Dear Friends, Did you miss the 15th International Congress of Speleology (ICS) or not get a copy of the proceedings or guidebook while you were there? Did you want a guidebook for a field trip you could not attend? If so, you can now purchase these and other products from the 15th ICS by going to “Convention Items” at the National Speleological Society’s (NSS) bookstore website at http://nssbookstore.org/index.php?mode=store&category1=Convention%20Items. You will notice that the top of that page says “Sold to NSS Members Only.” The ICS was also the 2009 NSS Convention, and NSS regulations prevent sale of guidebooks and related materials to non-members. This is mostly to protect caves because cave locations appear in some guidebooks. However, the NSS understands that these materials were for an ICS, not just an NSS Convention. During the November 2009 NSS Board of Governors’ meeting, a motion will be made where I expect this sales restriction will be removed on ICS products. I apologize because I didn’t remember to fix this problem earlier. All ICS T-shirts and pins were sold in Kerrville. No more are available. Some of the field trip guidebooks have also been sold out, but they and other ICS publications will soon be posted digitally for free download on the Karst Information Portal (www.karstportal.org). The ICS website team is working on final changes to the website which I will announce soon too. George George Veni, Ph.D. Chairman, 15th International Congress of Speleology Adjunct Secretary, International Union of Speleology Executive Director, U.S. National Cave and Karst Research Institute ---- You have received this message because you are subscribed to the 2009 ICS eList. To unsubscribe, please visit: http://ics2009mail.nfshost.com/pommo/user/
