2007 NSS Convention July 23 - July 27

[Cheryl Jones]

(I was asked to post this)

Dear fellow NSS cavers,

The NSS 2007 Convention Pre-registration discount ends May 15th. You have less than two weeks to get your mailed in registration postmarked or to register on-line to take advantage of our deep discount price break. Mail-in/on-line registration will continue until July 1st, but the discounted pricing ends May 15th.

For more information about the many activities being planned for this year's convention in Marengo, Indiana, as well as the registration information, please visit http://www.nss2007.com .

Hope to see you all July 23-27th, and keep those registrations rolling in!

Thank you!
Jaime Fee
2007 NSS Convention Pre-registration

[mgmills]

Well, almost I printed out the forms and wrote out the check tonight. Glenn and my registration forms will go out in the mail tomorrow.

Looking forward to seeing caving friends from different parts of the country.

Howdy Party here we come!

[caverd]

For anyone wanting an idea of what some of Indiana's caves are like, check out the following link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/elliot_stahl

Elliot Stahl has posted several very nice pictures that provide great examples of just a few of the caves available for exploration while attending the Convention. He also has many other nice pictures of caving in TAG and nature. Elliot just emailed me permission to post this link on this forum.

[Scott McCrea]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/elliot_stahl

I checked out his site yesterday too. Very nice pics of some very inviting caves. Good work, Elliot! Can't wait to see some of them in person!

[John Lovaas]

Hi all-

Was just browsing the pictures at the 2007 convention site and saw these two pics of the campground-



and



Three things come to mind-

1) Pretty darned funny- or
2) A humorous hacker has accessed the Convention site- or
3) I had better rethink my camping arrangements

Those of you who are familiar with the Convention location might tell tell me which of these it is! Or are these pics from the Salem Convention?

jl

[caverd]

Those two pictures are not of the campground for the 2007 Convention. I've been to this years site during some pretty bad storms and water does not pool like that (it just gets muddy). It's possible that those pics could be from the 1992 Salem Convention. That site was much lower and on a big lake. The site in Marengo is much higher ground. The first two pictures shown on the Convention web site are actual overhead views of the campground.

[John Lovaas]

I was fairly confident that they weren't pictures of this year's site. 'cuz if they were, it'd be a bad marketing practice to let folks see them! ;-)

Maybe they should have a disclaimer there- my heart did jump when I first viewed them.

[caverd]

The web site has now been updated to show that those two pictures are there for humor.

[exploringearth]

The campground is located on a high ridge...if water gets up that high, there will be other problems on this side of the Mississippi.

Some may not have browsers that allow the cursor to show image messages. If you hover your cursor over any of the pictures it shows a description of the picture. On the School pics, you can find out the room number of the classroom and then locate it on the School map.

Make sure and keep Sister Winkie happy and there will be no rain.

[Grandpa Caver]

Make sure and keep Sister Winkie happy and there will be no rain.

Oh-ma-gosh, I just remembered...At the Salem Convention, I gave Sister Winkie a cassette copy of Neil Youngs "Everyone Knows This is Nowhere" album. If She was offended... I am so so sorry.

[CaverScott]

24 hours left to preregister and save some bucks!

[hardcorecaver]

Hello I know someone who has a cabin rented at convention. There is still some bunks if anybody want to stay. pm or email me if you are interested.

[Teresa]

If the humor of the flood pictures did not immediately occur to you:

a) You haven't seen the DVD Promo which Indiana did. OMG!!!! These folks are probably hard workers, but they are *WARPED* (in a good way.)

b) You are not old enough to to remember the 1986 convention in Tularosa, NM.

Grab a PFD, and let's go caving! It *is* Indiana, you know.

[John Lovaas]

If the humor of the flood pictures did not immediately occur to you:

a) You haven't seen the DVD Promo which Indiana did. OMG!!!! These folks are probably hard workers, but they are *WARPED* (in a good way.)

No, I have not- I understand it is hilarious. A Youtube link, perhaps?

b) You are not old enough to to remember the 1986 convention in Tularosa, NM.

Not a question of age but avocation- I was an amateur cyclist(and small business owner) at the time. Between the two, I didn't have the money or time to delve into caving. I had yet to have met any cavers at that point in my life.

I started caving in 1989, and I have yet to set foot in an Indiana cave. I hope to end that streak at Convention.

[CaverScott]

No, I have not- I understand it is hilarious. A Youtube link, perhaps?

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You can see it via download on the NSS Convention Website.

http://www.caves.org

Then click on 2007 NSS Convention (right side)