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Sessions & Salons
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Convention Trips
Pre/Post Trips Field Trips Galena King Mine Trips Scuba Diving
Local Attractions
List of Local Attractions Historical and Natural Resources Caves Dining and Activities Sandia Peak Tramway Camping and Hiking in New Mexico
Maps
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Abstracts are due for all sessions on April 1st.
Abstracts are 250 or less words and are a brief summary of your presentation.
If you have any questions please contact the appropriate session chair or Patricia Seiser: cavewench@outlook.com.

Session Chairs
Digging Section Kathy Peerman speleobabe@comcast.net
Convention Planning & Debriefing Carol Tiderman ctider@ymail.com
Video Section Dave Socky sockydr@cox.net
Communication & Electronics Brian Pease
Sam Rowe		 bpease2@myfairpoint.net
kg9ng@arri.net
State Cave Surveys Howard Kalntiz kalnitz.hj@pg.com
Cave & Karst Inventory Session Patricia Kambesis
Mike Queen		 pat.kambesis@wku.edu
jmofguads@gmail.com
Lechuguilla Cartographic Session Rod Horrocks Rod_Horrocks@nps.gov
Climbing Contests Miriam Cuddington
Bill Cuddington		 256-905-1001
256-905-1001
Cave Photography Workshop Ken Ingham ingham@i-pi.com
NCRC Meeting & Presentation Anmar Mirza anmar.mirza@gmail.com
NSS Status Briefing NSS President president@caves.org
Speleophilatelic Section Larry Cohen chickenhill99@hotmail.com
Conservation Tuesday Val Hildreth Werker werks@zianet.net
Geology & Geography Katherine Schmid kschmid3@gmail.com
Luminary Series Geary Schindel
David Hughes		 gschindel@mindspring.com
dwhughes@aol.com
Rebelay Course Gary Bush gary1@wgbush.com
Medical Section Meeting Bill Jackson unclebill4768@gmail.com
Biology Special Session:Jill YagerSarah Keenan swkeenan@gmail.com
National Speleological Foundation Ted Kayes kayes3@verizon.net
Arts & Letters Section Meeting Carolina Shrewsbury carolina@hawaiiflow.com
Biospeleology Session Sarah Keenan swkeenan@gmail.com
SpeleoArt Workshop Carolina Shrewsbury carolina@hawaiiflow.com
US Exploration Patricia Kambesis pat.kambesis@wky.edu
Cave Diving Session Forrest Wilson 16fw@bellsouth.net
Human Sciences Session Bonnie Gottschalk bgottschalk@mac.com
Spelean History Session Dean Snyder
Bob Hoke		 dsnyder3@ptd.net
bobhoke@gmail.com
Cave Poetry Carolina Shrewsbury carolina@hawaiiflow.com
Cave Photography Session Bob Stucklen stucklen@q.com
Cave & Karst Management Rod Horrocks Rod_Horrocks@nps.gov
International Exploration Cyndie Walck
Pat Kambesis		 karstgirl@yahoo.com
pat.kambesis@wvul.edu
Vertical Techniques Workshop Kurt Waldron keystrokeaero@hotmail.com
Awards Committee Meeting Mike Backe caverbacke@outlook.com
Cave Ballad Salon Roland Vinyard rolandvinyard@gmail.com
Speleology for Cavers Steve Stokowski caversteve@aol.com
Vertical Section Terry Mitchell terysmitch@cox.net
Writer’s Workshop Michael Taylor taylorm@hsu.edu
Lightning Talks Jim Washington washington.jim@gmail.com
Cave Conservancy Roundtable Jonathan Beard mokanman@att.net
NSS Cave Preserves Tom Griffin altopcatdesign@aol.com
Survey & Cartography Workshop Carol Vesely cavesely@gmail.com
Fine Arts Salon Carolina Shrewsbury
Carol Jackson		 carolina@hawaiiflow.com
olebat@gmail.com
Photo Salon Patricia Seiser cavewench@outlook.com
Cartographic Salon Dwight Livingston cartsalon@caves.org
Cave/Karst Conservation Management on Public and Private Lands Val Hildreth-Werker (abstract submissions)
Rod Horrocks (Federal abstracts)		 werks@cunacueva.com
rod_horrocks@nps.gov