I won't be able to be there but will be celebrating from afar. Fabulous news!
George ******************** George Veni, PhD Executive Director, National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) and President, International Union of Speleology (UIS) NCKRI address (primary) 400-1 Cascades Avenue Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220 USA Office: +575-887-5517 Mobile: +210-863-5919 Fax: +575-887-5523 [email protected] www.nckri.org UIS address Titov trg 2 Postojna, 6230 Slovenia -------- Original message -------- From: Justin Shaw <[email protected]> Date: 6/2/19 22:34 (GMT-07:00) To: CaveTex <[email protected]> Subject: [Texascavers] June 6 2019 is William H. Russell Austin Cave Heritage Day June 6 2019 is William H. Russell Austin Cave Heritage Day by Proclamation of the Austin City Council. The proclamation will be presented by the Mayor at a ceremony in City Hall beginning at 5:30pm on June 6. Cavers are encouraged to attend and wear your helmet. We are asked to sign in by 5:15. Some of us will be gathering in the ish of 4:30 at the Austin Java located in the City Hall building. >From Clerk’s office: The City Council meeting is in the Council Chamber at City Hall, which is at 301 West 2nd Street, between Lavaca and Guadalupe. You may park in the public area of our underground parking garage; the entrance is on the west (Guadalupe) side of the building; you may park on the P1 or P2 level. When you enter the building, security staff will be at a table in front of the Council Chamber, and will validate your parking ticket, so parking won’t cost you anything. The Proclamations section of the Council meeting will be announced by the Mayor, beginning no earlier than 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 6th. Please arrive by 5:15 to check in with the Proclamations Coordinator for final instructions and arrangements; she will be at a table outside the Council Chamber. In a fitting universe coalescence June 6th is also National Cave and Karst Day, a holiday began in 2017 by the National Caves Association which is the national Show Cave Owners Association http://cavern.com/Learn/cavesday.asp ~ ~ ~ ~ Having a William H. Russell Austin Cave Heritage Day was only one point to the change dot org petition which led to this proclamation. In an effort to address the rest of the petition there is a resolution (item#: 48) on the consent agenda for the June 6 Council Meeting. It seeks to make good on our petition request to rename the Blowing Sink Research Management Area as the William H. Russell Karst Preserve and engage the local caving community as the most knowledgeable stakeholders in further exploration and documentation of its karst resources. The text can be found at: https://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=320262 If you live in Austin please consider writing your council member in support of agenda item#: 48 on the June 6th City Council Agenda. If you don’t live in Austin but are of distinguished status/title then a letter of support from you would also be influential. The Resolution was drafted through and is sponsored by the Office of Council Member Ann Kitchen and is also being sponsored by Council Member Paige Ellis, Council Member Kathie Tovo, Council Member Alison Alter, Council Member Leslie Pool. That’s half of Austin's City Council ! If your district is one of these council members, PLEASE THANK THEM !!!! If you don’t know who’s district your in, use the District Lookup Tool here: http://www.austintexas.gov/government That same page has this link to email all City Council members: http://www.austintexas.gov/email/all-council-members Beyond urging support of the 6/6 agenda item#: 48 and/or giving thanks, it would be good for cavers to emphasize that what William did is what Cavers do and it is important and needs to continue. This will help make sure City Council will see value in us cavers and allow Williams legacy to move forward through continued cave excavation, exploration, documentation, and research. I wrote up some talking points on that last point, and put them in a Google Drive along with some various potential resources from his archives and google searches: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VrBxHv_kFfwbnhcl7xvl-1fyAJ_e_bUH Justin Leigh Shaw [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 512-593-CAVE<tel:512-593-CAVE> (2283) - mobile voice & text "we need to start using our collective intelligence in a creative, clear and coherent manner" - John Trudell
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