Workshop Schedule
The Hydro~Geo Workshop officially begins at 7:30 am, Saturday, and runs until noon Sunday.
- Cave Without Name campgrounds become available Friday at 4 pm.
- Registration opens Friday at 4 pm.
- Camping is available at the site on Friday and Saturday nights and is included in the workshop fee. If you are arriving on Friday night or early Saturday morning, a special combination lock will be placed on the gate. You will receive the combination with your registration confirmation.
- Friday night activities will include registration, socializing, and lightning talks at the pavilion, along with the standard buffoonery around the campground.
At a Glance
| Activity | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Friday | Check-in | 4 – 9 pm |
| Saturday | Check-in | 7 – 11 am |
| Announcements and introduction | 8:30 am | |
| Modules | 9 am – 5 pm | |
| Sunday | Modules and wrap-up discussion | 9 am – noon |
Geo-quiz
We have a challenging quiz that will test your knowledge of sustainability, distances and measurements, chemistry, famous geologists, geography and geology, hydrology, history, caves, and bad puns. Form a team and impress your friends with your knowledge of the arcane, minutia, trivial, and useless. However, you need to know this stuff if you want to be king.
The Geo-quiz runs all Saturday consecutively with the Mudules.
Evening Social
Friday
On Friday night, there will be informal lightning talks in the pavilion. If you have a particular research topic or presentation you would like to make, please bring it along. Talks range from 5 to 15 minutes. Here is a good chance to get feedback on a research topic.
Saturday
Saturday night, there will be socializing around a campfire (assuming no burn ban) and Lightning Talks in the pavilion regarding tales from the field and general good fun. If you have a short presentation (5 to 15 minutes) you would like to make on your research or an interesting field area, please feel free to share.
Music
A number of bands have been invited and may appear (Led Zeppelin; Crosby Stills, Nash (with Young); the Turtles, and Plain White T’s). In the event that none of the bands can fit us into their schedule, please feel free to bring an instrument. There are a number of accomplished musicians in the group and I’m sure there can be an informal jam session. I know we have a professional accordion player that will be attending and she would love to have a jam session – we can always use more cowbells – please no kazoos – we’re trying to run a respectable event here.
Yodeling/Hog Calling Contest
Also on Saturday evening, after the Keynote speaker, a special prize will be awarded to the champion Yodeler/Hog Caller as determined by the participants. Cave Without a Name is noted for being a wonderful venue and hosts many fine concerts throughout the year. The yodeling contest is an opportunity to appreciate the fine acoustics of the cave and also obtain greater glory and personal bragging rights. The contest is open to all participants – including previous winners of yodeling, auctioneering, or hog calling contests. The master of ceremonies for this event will be announced at the time of the event to minimize the possibility of judge tampering or undue influence. However, appropriate monetary payments to the event chairs will go a long way in helping select the winner.
Be safe and have a good time!
