Voting privileges in grotto elections and region meetings
An electronic subscription to the SFBC Newsletter, which includes regular information on upcoming cave trips
Regular Western Region Membership in the NSS Western Region and subscription to the California Caver newsletter
Access to SFBC Wiki of Caves and other online resources including newsletters archives (Xappian PDF Search Engine) and recorded presentations given at Grotto Meetings
Priority participation in grotto expeditions, cave trips, and activities.
Family Member: defined as person living in same residential address, same as regular member, but the household will receive only one printed newsletter, eligible to hold office if NSS member, Family (if NSS member) or Subscriber/Family Membership in Western Region
Associate Member: a member of another grotto, no voting privileges, will receive SFBC Newsletter and access to SFBC online resources
Honorary Member: lifetime membership bestowed upon those who have made great contributions to SFBC.
Write a check payable to SFBC-NSS and mail to: SFBC-NSS c/o Treasurer, PO Box 2282, Menlo Park, CA 94026
Fee Schedule:
$20 standard membership (including Western Region)
$2 additional family member
$5 Diablo Grotto joint membership
$10 for printed newsletters
-$10 opt out of Western Region/pay through another grotto
If you are selecting something other than the standard membership, please explicitly note what type of membership you want.
Thanks for considering joining SFBC and happy caving!
The members meeting this July will be a social potluck at member Dat’s house in Menlo Park (2 min away from the USGS) on, Tuesday, July 28th, at 7:30 pm.
The social is potluck style. Chips, salsa, and snacks will be served. Feel free to bring a main course for yourself and something to share. Bring photos or upload them!
It’s super easy to sign up for a trip. Come say hello at a meeting or send us an email if you’re right on time. Share with us your interest and caving experience. Could be none. Could be tons. We want to get to know you.
Check the calendar for an upcoming trip and wait for the trip leader to send you more info. That’s it. You’ll be caving in no time.
Ronald Bourret talks about the 2012 expedition to Loferer Schacht, an 800 meter deep cave in the Austrian Alps. Ron has been caving for more than 20 years in the US, Canada, and Europe. This was his sixth expedition to Loferer Schacht.
Walt Vennum presents “Field Geology in Antarctica” which will cover a bit about the geology and, what it is like to live and work in a really remote, inhospitable and (sometimes) beautiful place for an extended period of time.
As a member of Diablo Grotto since the early-mid 90s, Walt has caved in both the Western and Eastern US as well as Mexico, Guatemala and Cuba. Walt’s interest in big wall rock climbing in Yosemite led him into caving. He earned a PhD in geology from Stanford in the early 1970s after doing a dissertation on the igneous rocks of Castle Crags Wilderness Area in northern California. He has worked for the USGS in SE Alaska, Antarctica and Saudi Arabia and then became a geology professor at Sonoma State University (SSU) near Santa Rosa. He has since retired from SSU.
