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Active member
Dear Friends,
Yesterday, the National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) moved from its temporary offices to it newly built headquarters. Our thanks go to the City of Carlsbad, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech), and the U.S. National Park Service for helping us change our headquarters from a dream to a reality. Effective immediately, NCKRI?s new address is:
National Cave and Karst Research Institute
400-1 Cascades Avenue
Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA
Our e-mail address and direct phone numbers have not changed.
George Veni, Ph.D., Executive Director
gveni@nckri.org
575-887-5517
Debbie Herr, Administrative Coordinator
dherr@nckri.org
575-887-5518
Dianne Gillespie, Education Director
dgillespie@nckri.org
575-887-3640
Lewis Land, Ph.D., Research Hydrogeologist
lland@nckri.org
575-887-5508
Our Advancement Director, Ann Dowdy, has the same e-mail address, adowdy@nckri.org, but a new phone number: 575-628-2702.
This move only affects NCKRI?s offices and personnel in Carlsbad. NCKRI is administered and greatly supported by New Mexico Tech in Socorro, New Mexico; personnel and programs at that location are not affected.
If you need to reach us, please accept our apologies in advance if we are slow to respond. It will take us a several days to unpack and organize our offices. Also, our telephone and Internet lines are currently being installed (I?m sending this through a separate connection). When we retrieve our backlog of messages it may take a little time to answer them all.
While our new offices are now open for business, we are planning our Opening Day Celebration for Saturday, 14 May 2011 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. We are planning this to not just celebrate our headquarters, but as a community celebration for many of our partners in Carlsbad who have worked for years to create a scenic new shopping and business area near the beautiful Pecos River ? the Cascades at Carlsbad. NCKRI Headquarters is the first building in this development. If you are an NSS member, look for an article on our Opening in the April 2011 issue of the NSS News. You can also check out NCKRI?s Facebook page on our current progress and for details later on our Opening Day Celebration. Also in April, look for a major revision of NCKRI?s website: www.nckri.org.
Lastly, if you have not heard through other channels, NCKRI was recently granted the honor of membership in the American Geological Institute (AGI). Attached is AGI?s the press release.
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NCKRI is moving forward in many ways. We tremendously appreciate your support and hope you can join us on May 14th. If not, please drop in to visit us the next time you?re in Carlsbad. Feel free to share this message with anyone think may be interested.
George
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George Veni, Ph.D.
Executive Director
National Cave and Karst Research Institute
400-1 Cascades Avenue
Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA
Office: 575-887-5517
Mobile: 210-863-5919
Fax: 413-383-2276
gveni@nckri.org
www.nckri.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Andrea Martin
February 10, 2011 asm@agiweb.org
AGI Welcomes the National Cave and Karst Research Institute Alexandria, VA ?
The American Geological Institute is pleased to announce the 48th Member Society
of the AGI Federation, The National Cave and Karst Research Institute.
Originally part of the National Park Service, The National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI),
is a non-profit organization with three founding partners:
The National Park Service; the City of Carlsbad; and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
NCKRI exists to advance cave and karst science, serve as a repository for data, foster partnerships, promote educational programs, develop
both national and international programs, and promote environmentally sound and sustainable cave and karst management.
Their addition to the AGI federation adds to the quality speleological and hydrological organizations already part of AGI?s member society council. NCKRI?s active role in research, publishing and developing educational and outreach programs matches well with AGI?s mission. Dr. P. Patrick Leahy, AGI Executive Director says
?We are very pleased to include NCKRI as part of the AGI Federation and hope to partner with their staff on shared initiatives to increase the public awareness of the earth sciences. This is an exciting time at NCKRI as they transition to non-profit status and it is our hope that
belonging to AGI is beneficial during this process.?
NCKRI?s Executive Director, Dr. George Veni, sees AGI membership as integral to fulfilling NCKRI?s mission. ?Roughly 25% of this country is karst, yet most people, including some geoscientists, don?t adequately understand what that means. AGI offers an unparalleled platform for educating the public, policymakers, and the geoscience community about how karst functions, and the resources and challenges it presents.?
To learn more about NCKRI visit
http://www.nckri.org/.
The American Geological Institute is a nonprofit federation of 49 geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 120,000 geologists, geophysicists and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in the profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in society's use of resources, resiliency to natural hazards, and interaction with the environment.
Yesterday, the National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) moved from its temporary offices to it newly built headquarters. Our thanks go to the City of Carlsbad, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech), and the U.S. National Park Service for helping us change our headquarters from a dream to a reality. Effective immediately, NCKRI?s new address is:
National Cave and Karst Research Institute
400-1 Cascades Avenue
Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA
Our e-mail address and direct phone numbers have not changed.
George Veni, Ph.D., Executive Director
gveni@nckri.org
575-887-5517
Debbie Herr, Administrative Coordinator
dherr@nckri.org
575-887-5518
Dianne Gillespie, Education Director
dgillespie@nckri.org
575-887-3640
Lewis Land, Ph.D., Research Hydrogeologist
lland@nckri.org
575-887-5508
Our Advancement Director, Ann Dowdy, has the same e-mail address, adowdy@nckri.org, but a new phone number: 575-628-2702.
This move only affects NCKRI?s offices and personnel in Carlsbad. NCKRI is administered and greatly supported by New Mexico Tech in Socorro, New Mexico; personnel and programs at that location are not affected.
If you need to reach us, please accept our apologies in advance if we are slow to respond. It will take us a several days to unpack and organize our offices. Also, our telephone and Internet lines are currently being installed (I?m sending this through a separate connection). When we retrieve our backlog of messages it may take a little time to answer them all.
While our new offices are now open for business, we are planning our Opening Day Celebration for Saturday, 14 May 2011 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. We are planning this to not just celebrate our headquarters, but as a community celebration for many of our partners in Carlsbad who have worked for years to create a scenic new shopping and business area near the beautiful Pecos River ? the Cascades at Carlsbad. NCKRI Headquarters is the first building in this development. If you are an NSS member, look for an article on our Opening in the April 2011 issue of the NSS News. You can also check out NCKRI?s Facebook page on our current progress and for details later on our Opening Day Celebration. Also in April, look for a major revision of NCKRI?s website: www.nckri.org.
Lastly, if you have not heard through other channels, NCKRI was recently granted the honor of membership in the American Geological Institute (AGI). Attached is AGI?s the press release.
[attached]
NCKRI is moving forward in many ways. We tremendously appreciate your support and hope you can join us on May 14th. If not, please drop in to visit us the next time you?re in Carlsbad. Feel free to share this message with anyone think may be interested.
George
*************************
George Veni, Ph.D.
Executive Director
National Cave and Karst Research Institute
400-1 Cascades Avenue
Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA
Office: 575-887-5517
Mobile: 210-863-5919
Fax: 413-383-2276
gveni@nckri.org
www.nckri.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Andrea Martin
February 10, 2011 asm@agiweb.org
AGI Welcomes the National Cave and Karst Research Institute Alexandria, VA ?
The American Geological Institute is pleased to announce the 48th Member Society
of the AGI Federation, The National Cave and Karst Research Institute.
Originally part of the National Park Service, The National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI),
is a non-profit organization with three founding partners:
The National Park Service; the City of Carlsbad; and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
NCKRI exists to advance cave and karst science, serve as a repository for data, foster partnerships, promote educational programs, develop
both national and international programs, and promote environmentally sound and sustainable cave and karst management.
Their addition to the AGI federation adds to the quality speleological and hydrological organizations already part of AGI?s member society council. NCKRI?s active role in research, publishing and developing educational and outreach programs matches well with AGI?s mission. Dr. P. Patrick Leahy, AGI Executive Director says
?We are very pleased to include NCKRI as part of the AGI Federation and hope to partner with their staff on shared initiatives to increase the public awareness of the earth sciences. This is an exciting time at NCKRI as they transition to non-profit status and it is our hope that
belonging to AGI is beneficial during this process.?
NCKRI?s Executive Director, Dr. George Veni, sees AGI membership as integral to fulfilling NCKRI?s mission. ?Roughly 25% of this country is karst, yet most people, including some geoscientists, don?t adequately understand what that means. AGI offers an unparalleled platform for educating the public, policymakers, and the geoscience community about how karst functions, and the resources and challenges it presents.?
To learn more about NCKRI visit
http://www.nckri.org/.
The American Geological Institute is a nonprofit federation of 49 geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 120,000 geologists, geophysicists and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in the profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in society's use of resources, resiliency to natural hazards, and interaction with the environment.
