Whoa, this is great! Who among us knew that John Strickland joined the NSS prior to Pete?
Although it’s disheartening to see that the percentage of female names on this list is below 10%. :( Diana ************************************************** Diana R. Tomchick Professor Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Rm. ND10.214A Dallas, TX 75390-8816 diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu (214) 645-6383 (phone) (214) 645-6353 (fax) > On May 12, 2016, at 10:31 PM, Cave Texas <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > > The NSS Members Manual used to include a statistical summary of NSS members > by various categories. I was curious about Texas so contacted the Manual > Editor Kelly Smallwood, who referred me to Bob Hoke. Bob has been compiling > data for the NSS Members Manuals for years, and promptly provided me with > statistics regarding current NSS members as of Feb 16, 2016. I've selected > some, with my comments, that I think will be of interest to Texas cavers and > other list subscribers. > Thanks Bob! > Logan McNatt lmcn...@austin.rr.com > NSS 11274 > > Current NSS Member Data as of Feb 16, 2016 > > TOTAL NSS MEMBERS 9,256 (including 109 in Canada and 203 in other > countries) > > STATES WITH THE MOST NSS MEMBERS: Texas ranks 7th > Georgia 602 Virginia 598 Tennessee 582 California 559 Florida 532 > Pennsylvania 467 Texas 419 > Alabama 414 Ohio 386 Colorado 367 Indiana 331 Missouri 285 > > ZIP CODES WITH THE MOST NSS MEMBERS: the 787xx zip code in Austin, Texas > ranks 8th, with 85 > Georgia has 3 zip codes in the top 10 > > LOWEST ACTIVE NSS NUMBERS (below 10K): > [Cavers with #s from 1 to 9,999 joined from 1939 to 1967, and were the first > to light the way with for those who followed.] > #247 Virginia #262 Iowa #373 Alabama #509 Texas #518 California > #568 Virginia #645 Pennsylvania > #742 Maryland #812 Tennessee #835 Missouri #882 Pennsylvania #913 > Idaho > > Texas currently has one 3-digit (#509, Roy Pietsch, Dallas) and 39 4-digit > members. > There are others who have not maintained their membership. > See attached list. If it doesn't make the journey, I'll resend. > > > > > <TEXAS NSS MEMBERS with # below > 10K.docx>_______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ________________________________ UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today. _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
