On another note, Dave Belsky received the Outstanding Service Award, Dr. Ralph Ewers from Kentucky received the Honorary Member Award, and Stan Allison received the Lew Bicking Award.
Dave and Tracy Jackson received the Group Conservation Award for Cave Sim. Rod Dennison receive the Steve Hudson Award presented by the NCRC. RD Milhollin was named a Fellow of the society along with a number of other folks. Geary Schindel _____________________________________________ From: Texascavers <texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com> On Behalf Of Geary Schindel Sent: Monday, June 24, 2019 10:35 AM To: 'texascavers@texascavers.com' <texascavers@texascavers.com> Subject: [Texascavers] 2019 NSS Convention Quick Trip Report Folks, The NSS Convention was excellent and even though David L. didn't mention me, I did stop for a moment, shake his hand, and run off to another meeting. Much of my time was spent in the Board of Governors meeting on Monday and Friday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, I was with Benjy Von Cramon helping present our session on the 3D Photorealistic model of a nice Texas Cave. We had a very good turnout both days. On Wednesday, I went caving with the Junior Speleological Society and had a great time in Lost Creek Cave. It had been many years since I was in the cave. Really nice trip, the kids did great. We had the fellows reception one night and another meeting with the NSF on another night. The Photo Salon was excellent and well attended on Thursday night. On Friday night, the NSS Awards Banquet was held and finished up about 10 minutes before a major wind and rain storm hit. Two tornadoes touched down some ways north and south of Cookeville with some minor damage. There was a lightening strike in or near the campground. The large circus tent set up at the campground survived but many other tents were damaged. I think there were more than 1,100 people attending the event for the full week. The campground facilities seemed to be very nice but Sue and I had gotten a hotel room which was a good call. The campground was about 15 minutes from Cookeville High School where the sessions were held. The high school was in great shape and was a great venue for the meeting. The only complaint I heard was that it was very cold (I had heard that there was an advisory that ice may form in some of the hallways). We've decided at next year's convention to announce the new fellows of the society on Monday but still present them with their certificates on Friday at the Awards Banquet. This will give the new fellows an opportunity to bask in the glory for the entire week. Great selection of caves available for the event including Camps Gulf, Blue Springs, Lost Creek, Rumbling Falls and many more. There were lots of Texans present at the convention including Guin and Colin (and the young'un (and he is quite the smiler and may have had the best time of all), Galan, Drew, Preston and Sheri, Mike Harris, David Locklear, Bill Bentley, Jacquie Thomas and many others. There were storms almost every day including the Monday evening Howdy Party and the Friday banquet. No one was hurt during the storms. The stands at the campground/fairground were storm shelters and I think that many folks took shelter under the concrete stands and continued to party on - at least on Friday night. Once the storms passed, folks went to the party barn. We didn't attend the Terminal Syphons but I heard the music was great again this year. Camping was cool but wet. Maureen Handler and Frank Bogle and staff did a great job. It was very well organized and executed. It was in a wonderful part of the country and great to be back in Tennessee, land of 10,000 caves. Geary Schindel << File: ATT00001.txt >>
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