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The Southwestern Region of the NSS is a Region of the National Speleological Society, and was founded in 1962. The Southwestern Region spans New Mexico, west Texas, and eastern Arizona. These boundaries overlap boundaries recognized by the Texas Speleological Association and The Arizona Regional Association. See our Flyer! Membership Regular membership is ten dollars per year, and includes six issues of the Southwestern Cavers newsletter. Additional family members (living at the same address) are an additional one dollar each, but do not receive the newsletter. The individual members (regular or family) present at a Regional meeting are the voting members of the Region; member grottos have no voting franchise. Subscriptions are available without membership for nine dollars per year. If you would like to become an individual member of the Southwestern Region, make your check or money order payable to "Southwestern Region of the NSS". Please include name(s), mailing address, phone number, email address(es), primary grotto affiliation, NSS number(s) (if applicable), and type of membership (regular or family) for each person. and mail to: Southwestern Region of the NSS c/o Patty Daw, Treasurer P.O. Box 1952 Carlsbad, NM 88221 Please send any changes of information to this address as well. Southwest Region Activities Regional activities include exploration, mapping, cave inventory, scientific study, public education and awareness, and conservation and restoration volunteer efforts with the NPS, BLM, and USFS. The Southwestern Region holds four Regional meetings a year. Three of them are field meetings, and include caving activities and/or volunteer projects. The Winter Technical is held indoors with technical papers presented. Spring Regional - late March or Early April Summer Regional - usually Memorial Day weekend Fall Regional - usually Labor Day weekend Winter Technical Regional - usually held the first or second weekend in December. NM Caver Email List Sign up on the email list for news and notices and check the calendar for events. http://mail.caver.net/mailman/listinfo/nmcaver_caver.net SWR Caving Calendar Select the Day, Week or Month tab, or view the entire schedule with the Event Lists tab. To get your event added to the calendar, send a message with Date(s), Location, Contact Person and Email to southwestern_region@yahoo.com http://calendar.yahoo.com/southwestern_region 2008 SOUTHWESTERN REGION MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES May 24-26 SWR Memorial Day Regional -Chosa Draw Area sponsored by White Sands and Pecos Valley Grottos Aug 30-Sept 1 SWR Labor Day Regional - Grants Malpais sponsored by Sandia Grotto Dec 6? SWR Winter Tech TBD Last update - April 14, 2008 web pages maintained by Jennifer Foote bigredfoote@yahoo.com and Blake Jordan Blandevoid@comcast.net