Wayne Harrison wrote:Another thing I thought of that I would suggest posters do is SPELL OUT acronyms for visitors and new cavers who may not be familiar with what the terms mean. I think this is especially important when publicizing events with acronyms instead of names.
That's a very good point. I distinctly remember a conversation I had with someone when I first got into caving. I was amazed how long it went without me getting a single bit of comprehensible information.
HIM: Are you going to NRO?
ME: What's NRO? Does that stand for something?
HIM: You've never been to NRO? You gotta go. Did you go to Convention?
ME: Is NRO the convention?
HIM: Convention's Convention. Have you been to OTR?
ME: Is OTR the convention? That's gotta stand for something.
HIM: Everyone goes to OTR. Bruce Smith was there.
ME: Who's Bruce Smith?
HIM: You don't know who Bruce Smith is? He wrote On Rope.
ME: He couldn't find any paper?