Keeping up with all of the names/email addresses will be a pain without a listserve, so I took it upon myself to create one.
[email protected] with the usual assortment of commands: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] I can sub everyone that is cc'd on this or you can join up individually, up to you :) If you don't like this idea, let us know, afterall, we are sitting around the campfire! Charles On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:28 AM, David <[email protected]> wrote: > This private list is now officially called > > The Virtual Speleo-Campfire > > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/David_Rossall/fire_1.gif > > > About this list: > > This is sort of an introduction to the members of this list. > > For the time being, I am posting my opinionated stories to a select group > of people. Most if not all of these people I met on Cavetex or are > cavers > I have met over the years. > > The purpose of project is to allow cavers to talk to one another on-line > as if they were sitting around the camp-fire after a long day of caving. > > I would like to encourage a wide range of discussions, while at the same > time > walking a tight rope of not offending readers on the sensitive issues. > > Now I would like to introduce a few of the people on the list.: > > I will start with Mary Kay Manning since I have known her for 24 years. > Mary > Kay is a park ranger out at Big Bend. She has won several caver rope > climbing contest. I have been caving with her in Precipicio and several > trips to the caves in Langtry. > > Dave McClung. I met David in 1987. He is well known for making > margaritas at TSA functions. I think he is temporarily stuck out east > somewhere - like Florida? > > Bill Bentley. I think everyone knows Bill. He is the world's > cyber-caving > guru. > > Dr. Roger Moore is a prominent archealogist in Houston. Many of > Houston's > landmarks before being built had to first past his archeaological scrutiny. > > Dorothy Mladenka is the world's 3-D speleo-photography guru. > > Fritz Holtz. Fritz did some caving in Texas back in the 50's. He > has > been posting things on Cavetex for at least a year, and he has been > active in the Houston Grotto for several years now. I strongly believe > we should listen to the opinions of our elders. So his opinions are > highly needed on this project. > > Jim McLane. Jim is one of the most highly opinionate people that > I know, and for that very reason he needs to be part of this project. > Jim > has a lot of experience with technical things, and has travelled the > world, especially my favorite part of it - the Sierra Madres. > > Preston Forsythe. Preston is a very active caver in Kentucky. > I have caved with him in a river cave in southern Mexico. He > and his wife Sherry are the birding gurus of the list. > > Kenny McGee. I met Kenny in 1989. He has an unbelieve > artist skill with all kinds of media. He is a petroleum > geolgist in Colorado. I have been caving with him in Precipicio. > You have probably seen some of his artwork on the covers of > some Texas cavers back in the early 90's, but most recently > he has a hand-drawn portrait of Carl Kunath in the book > 50 years. > > Wayne Hutchinson. Well, I don't really know Wayne yet. > However, he has been one of the most active cavers in > Houston for the past several years. He loves to go > caving in the Guads. > > Bill Steele. I think everybody knows and highly respects Bill. He > has > several claims to fame. He wrote the exciting tale - > Yochib - The River Cave. He has been very active > in encouraging exploration of Honeycreek Cave. Bill > is an executive officer in the Boy Scouts. > > Carol McGee. I once went caving with Carol at Precipico. > She has been on the cover of several Texas Cavers. Carol > is pre-occupied these days with taking care of her elderly > mother. > > Gil Ediger. I met Gil in 1985 at TCR. He was ram-rodding > the show back in those days. I still remember his famous > speech that day. "If the younger members of the > TSA do not step up soon and start volunteering, we are going > to find ourselves without leadership." ( or something to that effect ) > Gil may be even more opinionated than Jim. That is a > tough call. I think Gil drives a train up north somewhere now. > Right? > > Alex Sproul. Alex is very well known on the national caving > scene. He knows more about caving gear than just about > any caver on earth. He is retired from operating a > speleo-business called "Inner Mountain Outfitters," which is > still the best place in the world to buy your caving gear. > > Charles Fromen. I have mentioned before that I love the > Sierra Madres. Well, Charles knows more about the > Sierra Madres than anybody - even the Huastecas that > live there. He has several claims to fame. He > discovered the longest dry cave in Mexico. He may > be the oldest caver to ever do Precipicio. His > son Carl Phillip is the youngest caver to ever do > Precipicio. And Carl Phillip has won numerous > rope climbing contest. Charles has a beautiful > beach house just north of Acapulco in what once > was a quaint little village called Zihuantenajo, but is > now a major tourist attraction. > > Dale Barnard has been an active caver in the > Austin area for something like 20 years. He > recently married another well-known caver > Denise Prendergast. Dale plays the acoustic > guitar and has performed at several TCR's. > > I will have to describe the rest of you later. > Feel free, to introduce yourself, or make > any corrections to the above. > > If you know someone who would enjoy being > part of this project please tell them to e-mail me, > or just forward the messages to them. > > If you don't want to be part of the virtual speleo-campfire ( VSC ), > please inform me, so we all won't be spamming you. > > Also, I encourage everyone to post interesting > topics on the listserve at [email protected] > > This was set up to help Cavetex focus on important caving > related events. You can post non-caving things on the "ot" listserve > that are considered of interest to cavers in general. > > David Locklear > temporary moderator of the VSC > > > P.S. Topics currently being proposed for the VSC are the rising gas > prices, > the rising cost of groceries, condoms for middle school kids, > the continuing FLDS polygamy story, the newest version > of Windows Vista SP1, hybrid cars, LED lights, taxes, retirement, > the presidential campaign, Religion, Armageddon, Sexuality, > Travelling in general - especially the Sierra Madres, road-trip > stories, movie reviews, "non-technical" computer talk about > Macs and Linux. Gadget reviews, announcements concerning > your family such as your kids, or a new baby, or an obituary. > Current events in the news. Historical comparisons to > current events. > > I would ask politely that we all refrain from cursing, however, > the general use of the word "frickin" is allowed. And you > can substitue explicatives with symbols "sh*t." >
