While many trips were cancelled because of WNS, a few trips, like the Maya trip, were cancelled because of insufficient registration. There are expenses and commitments that need to be paid early for the trips, and we need to be sure we have enough people registered for the trips to cover all of the costs. When the numbers aren't there, we have to cancel the trips to avoid going into debt.
George From: Nico Escamilla [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 1:05 PM To: Mixon Bill Cc: Cavers Texas Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Fwd: 15th ICS - field trip news and only 2 months! Why was caving with the Maya cancelled? Nico On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Mixon Bill <[email protected]> wrote: Forwarded by Mixon: Begin forwarded message: From: ICS 2009 eList <[email protected]> List-Post: [email protected] Date: May 20, 2009 11:13:57 AM CDT To: [email protected] Subject: 15th ICS - field trip news and only 2 months! Dear Friends, Last month we sadly announced that we needed to cancel and re-examine all of the trips for the 15th International Congress of Speleology (ICS) because of White Nose Syndrome (WNS), the mysterious condition that has recently killed about a half millions bats in the U.S. We hoped to send you news about the trips a couple of weeks ago, but arranging some of the details was more complicated than expected. Here is the final news on the Pre and Post-ICS trips: Confirmed Trips, Full 01: Coast-to-Coast Eastern Segment 02: Coast-to-Coast Western Segment 85: Cenote Karst of the Yucatan Peninsula 88: Giant Caves of Northern Mexico Confirmed Trips, Space Available* 03: Texas Bat Caves 31: Mammoth Cave, Kentucky 41: Black Hills, South Dakota 51: Science in Southeastern New Mexico 53: Caving in the Guadalupe Mountains (post-Congress) 55: Lilburn Cave, California (only 2 slots still open!) 71: Cave Management in New York 86: Deep Pits of Mexico * The numbers of seats available for some trips in may be different from the total trip size originally announced Canceled 04: Endangered Species, Endangered Caves 33: Cumberland Plateau (TAG) 34: Tectonic Pseudokarst of North Carolina 37: Caves and Karst of Virginia 52: Caving in the Guadalupe Mountains (pre-Congress) 56: Cave the Sierra Nevada, California 58: Big Island Hawaii 59: Southeast Alaska 81: Caving with the Maya 82: Caves of the Bahamas I encourage you to register for the available trips soon before they fill. Some of the trips may experience minor changes because of WNS. If you are concerned, please contact the trip leaders as listed on our website at www.ics2009.us. As reminder, to do our best to prevent the spread of WNS in the US and to other countries, all caving equipment and clothing will need to be decontaminated after each caving trip. The decontamination procedures will be announced and posted on our website within 2 weeks. Today is exactly 2 months until the 15th ICS begins. Today our pre-registration exceeded the total number of people who attended the 8th ICS, the previous ICS held in the US in 1981. I look forward to seeing many more registrations in the coming weeks. Remember, the price of registration increases on June 1st so register now and register for the great field trips that will be held before the ICS, after the ICS, and on Wednesday during the ICS. 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/ --------------------------------------------- He who renders warfare fatal to all engaged in it will be the greatest benefactor the world has yet known. - Sir Richard Burton ---------------------------------------------- You may "reply" to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: [email protected] AMCS: [email protected] or [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
