INTRODUCTION
AMERICAN
CAVING ACCIDENTS COMMITTEE
AAAS REP-BIOLOGY
AAAS
REP-GEOLOGY & GEOGRAPHY
AGI DELEGATE
JOE IVY ENDOWMENT
COMMITTEE
U. S. EXPLORATION
COMMITTEE
INTERNATIONAL
EXPLORATION
RESEARCH
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SPELEO DIGEST COMMITTEE
SPECIAL
PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
JOURNAL
OF CAVE AND KARST STUDIES
NSS NEWS
MEMBERS MANUAL
COMMITTEE
PERMISSION TO
REPRINT
The Table of Contents lines above in bold means I have a committee report below,
There are 13 committees, and publications, etc, in the Department of the Executive Vice President (EVP). A fourteenth item has been added here to cover permissions to reprint from NSS publications.
This has been a period of rapid learning about the status, successes and problems of many of the committees along with understanding the accounting system and grasping our financial procedures.
Thanks to Dave Bunnell the NEWS is rolling along, on time and within budget. Classified ads will go to 50 cents a word the first of the year.
On Call is at the printers. Thanks, David McClurg.
The Members Manual and American Caving Accidents are finally heading to press.
A full color GIS special issue of the Journal is in the works for the next issue. This issue will be co-sponsored by ESRI, and guest edited by Bernie Szukalski.
The draft of the new Annual Report is well in the works and has been critically reviewed and edited. This is pretty amazing since the committee chair has not been established yet. I highly recommend selecting Bert Ashbrook.
Maureen Handler is resigning as Members Manual chairman and Jim Pisarowicz is resigning as Journal Production Editor. I am posting both positions in the NEWS as required. Both individuals have cited other activities limiting their available time. I am sorry to see them go.
I will be requesting all non-periodical publication editors to present a benchmarked production timeline in an attempt to eliminate the late publication dates.
I will not be at the Fall Board Meeting, as I stated during my interview. Ray Keeler, a highly experienced EVP, will be my proxy.
Respectfully submitted,
Don Paquette speleo@reliable-net.net
ACA Committee Report - September 2001
Report Date: September 2001
Bill Putnam (Chairman)
1865 Eagle Summit Ct
Lawrenceville GA 30043-6669
Phone: (770) 822-0003
Fax: (770) 682-5536
Cellular: (678) 234-0566
Email: putnam@scci.org
Committee Members:
The following people assisted with the review of the last issue
and will be helping with the review of the current issue:
Diane Cousineau
Bill Cuddington
George Dasher
John Ganter
John Gookin
Kris Green
Buddy Lane
Ray Keeler
Jeff Parnell
Laura Putnam
Progress: I have not quite finished with the manuscript for ACA 1999-2000, but am trying my best to get it wrapped up this month. Travel and work have caused many delays for me, but I am making progress towards the end. I expect to get it out to the printer no later than the end of October.
Plans: Finish up the 1999-2000 issue and get it printed and distributed not later than November.
Problems: None other than my own slow pace. I have suspended all other volunteer work and nonessential activities in order to complete the issue.
Bill Putnam
ACA Editor
Kathleen H. Lavoie
Dean of College of Arts and Sciences and Professor, Biology
Department
University of Michigan-Flint
Flint MI 48502-2186
Home: (810) 234-0524
Work: (810) 762-3360
E-mail: lavoiekh@SPLAVA.CC.PLATTSBURGH.EDU
Progress: Too late for the session deadline for AAAS this year. I will try to be more timely next year and consider a special session, probably with Geology. Have been continuing discussions of ideas for sessions, and informational materials, with colleagues.
Plans: Continuing efforts as above.
Problems: No time to be truly devoted to the cause.
Daniel L Chess
19 Tavano Road
Ossining NY 10562
Home: (914) 945-2479 tieline 862
E-mail: dJchess@watson.ibm.com
Progress
My symposium submissions to the AAAS was accepted and is
scheduled for Monday February 18 from 3-6 P.M. The symposium is titled “Recent
Innovation in the Science of Underground Development.” The
symposium covers excavated underground space and covers tunnels
and micro and macro boring both into rock and soft earth. I am
the program organizer and Andy McKown V.P. from Haley and Aldrich
is chairing the session.
Plans
I made my reservations to attend the Geology Business meeting on
February 14 at 12-3 P.M.
The meeting will be held in the Sheraton Boston
Hotel. The annual meeting will be at the Hynes
Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
Problems
No problems, all expenses are being handled out of pocket.
Daniel Chess
Advisory Environmental Engineer
Environmental Engineering and Operations
Research Division
(914) 945-2479; tieline 862
Harvey R. DuChene
7216 East Bentley Circle
Englewood CO 80112
Home: (303) 688-5315
Work: (303) 695-3672
E-mail: hduchene@compuserve.com
American Geological Institute Representative's Report
Progress: The long-awaited AGI publication "Living with Karst: A Fragile Foundation" was published this summer and has received good reviews, according to George Veni. The publication won an award at the International Congress in Brazil as one of the best speleological publications of the last four years. Congratulations to the authors for their contributions, to George Veni for handling the NSS's side of assembling and editing the manuscript, and to the NSS officers and board for its financial support and for sticking with us to make the publication happen.
Problems: None
Plans: I will be seeking a proxy to attend the AGI meetings in Boston next month. This meeting will be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America.
Rebecca Jones, Chairman
11916 Bluebonnet Lane
Manchaca TX 78652-3801
(512) 292-1878
jocivy@intcrscrv.com
No report received.
C. William Steele, NSS 8072, Chairman
2909 Warren Circle
Irving TX 75062
E-mail: oksteele@aol.com
Home tel.: (972) 255-3911
Members of committee:
Dave Black - Indiana
Don Broussard - Texas
Jim Chester - Montana
Scott Davis - Arizona
Tom Shifflett - Virginia
Jim Smith – Georgia
Progress: A posting on the NSS Discussion Board's Exploration section has prompted some grant requests. Three are being reviewed by the committee.
Plans: To continue as have been.
Problems: None.
Joel Despain
HC 89 Box 211
Three Rivers CA 93271
Work: (559) 565-3717
joel_despain@hotmail.com
Progress: No grants given out so far this year.
Plans: Beginning work on standardized criteria for grant dissemination.
Problems: None
Donald A. McFarlane, Chairman
WM. Keck Science Center, The Claremont Colleges
925 North Mills Avenue
Claremont CA 91711-5916
ph: (909) 607 2564
fx: (909) 621 8588
dmcfarla @ ~isd.claremont.edu
Committee Members:
Dr. Joyce Lundberg, Carleton University
Dr. Joseph Troester. USGS -Puerto Rico
Dr. Will White
Donald McFarlane, Chairman, Ralph W. Stone Research Grant
Progress: To date, (May 1st 2001 - April 30th 2002 financial year), the RAC has awarded 5 grants, as follows:
| EK | David | 7/9/2001 | $750 | Hydrologic and geochemical cycling within karst versus non-karst basins within the interior Low Plateau Province of south-central Kentucky. |
| FLOREA | Lea | 8/1/2001 | $1000 | Sedimentaion history of a breached flank margin cave. |
| HOBBS | Joseph | 8/1/2001 | $1000 | Perception and uses of caves in Malaysia |
| HILL | Carol | 9/5/2001 | $1000 | Caves in the Grand Canyon |
| CHRISTENSON | Keith | 9/5/2001 | $170 | Mist nets for cave bat studies in Panama |
One additional application has been received and is currently under review.
The RAC webpages are now up and running at the Chairman's home site, but are not yet linked to the main NSS page.
http://jsd.claremont.edu/bio/nss/nssRAC.html
Plans: In the past the RAC has reviewed proposals on a rolling basis, but this makes it difficult to evaluate proposals competitively and creates the danger that the committee will fund a higher proportion of proposals early in the funding cycle and be unable to fund proposals received at a later date. I have therefore proposed reviewing proposals twice per funding cycle, in June and January of each year.
Problems: None
Scott Fee
2501 Gable Blvd
Birmingham AL 35215-2862
Home: (205) 854-7487
E-mail: scottfee@pipeline.com
2001 Digest: James & Shelley Reyome (Editors)
Progress: The Reyomes agreed to edit the 2001 Digest on September 9th. They will receive their first shipment of newsletters by September 14th.
Plans: They are hopeful the book can be ready for the 2002 Convention.
Problems: None.
David McClurg
104 Graves Ct
Vallejo CA 94591
Phone and Fax: (707) 642-5528
dmcclurg@value.net
Tom Rea (Committee Member)
Gale McCoy (Committee Member)
Shannon Knapp (Committee Member)
Janet McClurg (Committee Member)
BOOKS IN PROGRESS
On Call
A Complete Reference for Cave Rescue
John C. Hempel and Annette Fregeau-Conover, Editors
Progress: This book is at the printer now and will most likely be finished by the third week of October and delivered to the NSS Bookstore at the beginning of the fourth week. A final review by the NCRC medical officer and other qualified medics caused the project to be delayed. Also minor problems with image resolution in the pdf files have required some rework.
Plans: On Call was advertised in the NSS News in August 2001 and orders were taken at the NSS convention in July. It will also be part of a multibook ad in the November and December 2001.
Problems: None.
NCRC Rescue Seminar Manual
Jeff Parnell and Members of the NCRC
Progress: The new editor, Jeff Parnell, has prepared some initial chapters of this book, which are being reviewed now. It is planned that this manual will closely follow the NCRC curriculum through all three NCRC levels. Our understanding is that it will contain 31 chapters, a glossary, and four appendixes. Since it directly parallels the instructional materials used in the NCRC seminars, it differs from On Call, which is a general reference book for cave rescue.
Plans: We are awaiting further developments.
Problems: Too early to tell.
Techniques of Cave Conservation and Restoration
Jim Werker and Val Hildreth-Werker, Editors
Progress: Good progress continues to be made by the editors in the final preparation of this book. The book was advertised in the October NSS News and is part of a multi-book Christmas ad (both ads prepared by this committee), which will appear in November and December.
Plans: We are awaiting final materials to begin production, probably in early October. If there are no problems, we expect to have the book printed in late November or early December.
Problems: None.
Caves: A Children’s Book
Ronal Kerbo
Progress, Plans, Problems
No report received.
Underground Wonders—
Visiting Caves on Public Lands
Ronal Kerbo
Progress, Plans, Problems
No report received.
Caves of the Guadalupe Mountains
By Michael Queen
Progress, Plans, Problems.
No report received.
Other Committee Activities
To help sell NSS books through the Bookstore, this committee has been designing a series of advertisements for the NSS News—at the request of operations vice president Scott Fee and with the able assistance of office manager Stephanie Cothron.
Ads prepared so far include:
On Call
Cave Conservation and Restoration
Cave Minerals of the World
Speleogenesis
Caving Basics
On Rope
SpeleoDigests
A multibook Christmas ad has just been completed that will appear in the November and December issues of the NEWS. It covers five books:
On Station
Cave Conservation and Restoration
On Call
Cave Minerals of the World
On Rope
As indicated in a previous report, we made up a color promotional flier to support the sale of NSS books at IMAX theaters and museum and science bookstores nationwide. To accompany the promotional fliers, we produced a quarter page informational tipon describing NSS library and bookseller discounts.
It goes without saying that these and all future ads were prepared without charge as one of the volunteer tasks of this committee.
Louise D. Hose (Editor)
Department of Environmental and Chemical Sciences
Chapman University
1 University Drive
Orange CA 92866
Work: (714) 997-6994
Fax: (714) 532-6048
E-Mail: Hose@chapman.edu
James A. Pisarowicz (Production Editor)
Wind Cave National Park
South Dakota SD 57747
Home: (605) 673-5582
Work: (605) 745-4600
E-Mail: pisarowi@gwtc.net
BOARD OF EDITORS
Steven Taylor (Life Sciences)
George Huppert (Conservation)
Andrea Futrell (Exploration)
Ira D. Sasowsky (Earth Sciences/Journal Index)
Marion O. Smith (Social Sciences)
Patty Jo Watson (Anthropology)
Ernst Kastning (Book Reviews)
ADVISORY BOARD
David Ashley
Rane Curl
Andy Flurkey
Doug Medville
John Mylroie
Diana Northup
Art Palmer
Elizabeth White
Progress: Volume 63, number 2 (August issue) was mailed in August to all members. This issue was another relatively small one and we are well under budget for the year. This is largely due to the postponement of a special issue until spring 2002.
We are currently working on the December (v. 63, n. 3) issue. Abstracts were received from the 2001 National Convention in a prompt manner and are currently being reviewed by the Associate Editors. The December issue will also contain the index for volume 63. We anticipate v. 63, n. 3 being mailed on time in December.
Plans: Bernie Szukalski is working as a Guest Editor for a Special Issue on Geographic Information Systems and Karst/Cave Resources. He and EVP Don Paquette are seeking additional funding to cover the necessary additional color that the issue will require. If the funding comes through, we anticipate making it another pull-out book, a la the Kartchner and Guads special issues. He began receiving manuscripts this week (9/10).
Problems: The Journal staff and advisory board met at the national convention. Our primary topic of discussion was the growing demands on the business, internet, and production side. It is clear that the growing demands have outgrown the capacity of the present editorial team. If the Journal is to continue along the course it has set, the NSS needs to commit more resources to the production side of the Journal. We need a professional-type production editor to handle lay-out, produce a much stronger web presence, and handle the brusque demands from the Treasurer Department.
Along this line, Jim Pisarowicz wishes to resign as Production Editor as soon as possible. The job has grown much too big for him to continue to do under his current employment conditions. I also continue to feel it appropriate to find another Editor, but I would like to see us solve the production problems first. I prefer to avoid dumping the current situation on a new person and to work with the Board to quickly find a solution to the current problems. Addressing the problem, however, needs to come soon.
Dave Bunnell (Editor)
PO Box 879
Angels Camp CA 95222
Phone: (408) 338-3853
E-mail: dbunnell@caltel.com
Current News Committee:
Conservation
Jim & Val Hildreth-Werker
PO Box 1018
Tijeras NM 87059-1018
(505) 286-0148
werks@worldnet.att.net
In the Media
Bill Klimack
4809 Avocet Court
Dayton OH 45424
(937) 235-6652
BKlimack@aol.com
Technology Reviews
Scott Shaw
sshaw@hiwaay.net
Virtual Caving
Gary Gibula
ggibula@aol.com
Newsletter Review
Jay Kennedy
3638 Fifth St. Apt 214
Rapid City, SD 57701
(605)343-1855
caver_doc@hotmail.com
Spelean Spotlight
Bill Steele
oksteele@aol.com
Techniques & Safety
Dan McConnell
(540) 774-5342
threecavrs@aol.com
Progress: The News continues to come out on time and within budget. Apparently I was 5K under budget for the last FY, partly because I held back (based on Ray's request to bail out the Journal) some color use and printing of some fold-out maps. Many articles are coming in and many were promised me at the convention, so material should be plentiful for the near future.
Plans: Convention issue for November, with a color collage. I plan to run 4 pages color as much as possible in the months ahead since my budget allows it, and printing that back side color costs only about $250 more. there will be "100-mile" articles on Fisher Ridge and Wind Cave. Some in-depth articles on digital photography in caves are in the works. Based on feedback from Bert Ashbrook, I plan to raise the classified rates to 50 cents/word beginning with the January issue. Bert suggested 60 cents but I felt that was too big a jump from the current 40.
Problems: None that I'm aware of.
Maureen Handler
PO Box 3802
Cleveland TN 37320
Home: (423) 614- 7077
Email: mhandler@cdc.net
Committee Members:
Vince Kappler (Board Information)
Evelyn Bradshaw (Grotto Information)
Bill Bussey (Section Information)
David Taylor (Survey Information)
Office Staff (Members Listing)
Al Romero (Project and Study Group Information)
Jim Wilbanks
Progress: The MM formatting is nearly complete. Two more days of work and it should be ready. The cover art will be scanned on Tuesday to be included in the package going to the printer.
Plans: The MM should be ready for shipment to the printing house on Friday September 17.
Problems: The only problems have been personal in nature, and I am forced to resign as the MM editor. Please accept my apologies for the delays encountered this year.
Don Paquette
NSS EVP
3530 Moulton Road
Martinsville IN 46151
H/(765) 349-0211
W/(765) 349-1630
speleo@reliable-net.net
The following permissions/contacts/non-permissions were made for reprinting NSS copyrighted materials and release of NSS Member information:
| WHO ORG. TYPE ORGANIZATION |
REPRINT PERMISSION STATUS |
REQUEST/REASON FOR REQUEST |
| Dale Smith Copyright Management Services |
Returned request to clarify confusion about what they really need. Pages 1-16 or Ch 2. 8/13/01 | 17 copies of On Rope Chapter 2 for Wildlife Techniques training class taught by Richard S. Halbrook |
| Department of
Agriculture Bert Lindler/Jerry Taylor Wolf |
Granted 8/13/01 | Drawings from On Rope for National Tree Climbing Guide reprint. Permission given for previous issue of same. 200 copies for internal use. |
| Paolo Forti Carol Ann Hill Fitzroy-Dearborn Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst: Cave
Minerals, Carbonate |
For profit
publication. EC ok on 9/22/01 Granted. 9/24/01 |
1. Inside color
cover of depositional environments for all cave minerals 2. Fig. 8, p. 48-49. Carbonate speleothems 3. Fig. 177, p. 188-189. Sulfate speleothems |