KWI Conduit
Volume VII, Number 1-2
Spring/Fall 1999
Editor's Comments
Greetings!  First of all, I wish to thank all of those who sent me suggestions and comments after the publication of the Fall 1998 Conduit.  In my last editorial I asked for suggestions on the best way to include graphics and pictures in the Conduit while ensuring that the newsletter is still easily and quickly downloadable for all readers, especially those still relying on slow internet connections.  Rob Payn offered several ideas on how to balance these objectives, including the approach I have taken in this issue.  In some of the articles you will find a text link that will lead you to a related picture.  Please let me know what you think of this approach.

Conduit readership continues to grow.  The size of the e-mail notification list has almost doubled in the past 18 months, and encompasses cavers, karst scientists, and other folks interested in the mission of KWI.  This readership includes people from five continents (North America, South America, Asia, Australia, and Europe) and numerous countries.  Much of this growth has occured as news of the Conduit has spread by "word of mouth".  Please continue to tell others who share our common interests in the KWI about the Conduit and encourage them to write me (conduit@karstwaters.org) so that I can add them to the e-mail distribution list.

In the Spring/Fall 1999 issue you will find comments from KWI President Dave Culver.  Dave provides an update on the internal happenings of the KWI.  The Karst Notes section reports on the The Annual Karst Awards Dinner which honored the career and accomplishments of Derek Ford.  Also in the Karst Notes section is information about the upcoming session on karst sediments organized for the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America and an announcement about the new KWI web site.  In the Conference Notes section you will find a summary of the very successful KWI Symposium on Karst Modeling held in Charlottesville, Virginia.  These and many other articles are featured in this issue of the KWI Conduit.

And finally, your suggestions and comments regarding any aspect of the KWI Conduit or the Karst Waters Institute are always welcome.
 

                                         Best Regards,
                                         Toby Dogwiler
 


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Please direct comments and/or suggestions to:
Toby Dogwiler (conduit@karstwaters.org)
Editor KWI Conduit
University of Missouri-Columbia
Department of Geological Sciences
101 Geological Sciences Building
Columbia, Missouri  65211
USA

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