David Locklear The TSA does have an Awards committee and chair...when we can find someone willing to take this task on....the TSA has also resorted to the officers as a defacto awards committee. As with any volunteer organization; the TSA can and will do whatever our membership wants to do...and will support with their time and effort. We are a member driven organization. A fabulous example of how the TSA can work is the tower enhancement at Honey Creek Cave. Bill Steele and Kurt Menking had a fabulous idea. And they pitched it to the TSA. And the TSA along with the TCMA and TCR are providing funding for this effort. While Bill, Kurt and others are organizing the work project.This project is occuring in April . The Chuck Steuhm awards are TSA awards; but the nominations process and selection has typically resided with the grottoes.
I would welcome anyone who would like to serve as an awards chair to coordinate an awards committee made of TSA members.I personally think it best if the officers of the TSA are not involved in the award selection process.But we, officers, are always willing to step in and do what needs to be done. With all the great ideas that you have, Mr. Locklear, I think you are an excellent candidate to serve in this position. And I appreciate that you are willing to take this task and run with it. And I will add a report from the Awards Committee to the agenda for the TSA Winter Meeting at CBSP.I would encourage anyone interested in serv ing on this committee to contact David. I am sure he can use your support.David, Thank you for stepping forward and supporting the TSA. We will see you at CBSP in mid january. John Brooks 2008 TSA Chairman David Locklear wrote: > The new book 50 years, does list many of the Stuehm Award > recipients. I saw at least 8 listed, and there may be more > in the book somewhere ( It is a huge book ). > I have always felt the Chuck Stuehm Award was a prestigious > award, and a great way to encourage new cavers to keep > up the good work. > I also feel that it has been neglected. > I know there was once a Texas Caver article on the subject, but > maybe it is time for a new one. For example, the article could > include photos of the past recipients, along with a very short > bio on each. That is just a suggestion for someone looking > for ideas on topics for the caver. > Here in east Texas, we always have a hard time finding a > new candidate. However, I would like nominate > 2 new ones for 2007 or 8. > And if it is possible to go way back further, I would like > to nominate someone that may have been over looked from many years ago. > Who in the TSA is officially responsible for granting the > award and making sure that it gets to the recipient? > Does the TSA have an Awards Chairperson? > Is it an official award of the TSA? > I propose that a PDF file be created of the Award > Certificate and that it be placed on a secure part > of the TSA web-site where any member can > view it. > I also propose that, a grotto > president ( who is a TSA member ) has the authority > to just print out the PDF file of the award > certificate and give it out to whoever he wants to? > Many good independent cavers were over-looked on this > award, because there was nobody to nominate them. > I can't think of a solution to that at the moment. I > guess they could politely knudge somebody to nominate > them? > David Locklear > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
