Geocaching will certainly continue to evolve, and I hope the WGA will evolve along with it. Not that we will always agree with Standards & Practices set by the geocaching community as a whole.

I like that we have our own things in Wisconsin. We created the term “finder’s tree” and I know that has crept into other places. I like that we have a stance on temporary caches that the WGA stands behind. I’m sure that we will continue to create that which makes geocaching in Wisconsin unique to Wisconsin.

I hope that as the years progress we continue to have a diversified and cohesive group with the WGA. I don’t know that major changes will occur, may be just refinement or redefining of what we do that makes us an organization.

If we continue to spread the positive word about geocaching throughout Wisconsin, I believe we can expand the size of our group. This should have a positive impact on the placement of geocaches (as long as we keep up the good work we have begun with the WI DNR and City of Madison). We can act as a positive role model for other states!

Oh, and when we get to 10 years — we should have a big party!!

Bec

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Originally posted by arcangl7:
I invite the candidates to reply to the following question below.

Geocaching celebrated its 5 year anniversary this last year. Where do you see the WGA as it celebrates the 10th year of geocaching and how do we get there?

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That’s a hard one to answer.. So much can happen these days in a very short time… I think we need to continue to be a group that supports each other and is also willing to pitch a hand where it’s needed..

I think geocaching will continue to grow in the next 5 years and we need to stay current with whatever the trend seems to be at the time. We should never forget where we came from but be flexible enough to make changes..

I think, even right now, we need to loose some ego’s and remember what it means to be an “association”… Help each other. If we can’t maintain what we have now, and have had in the past, we will destroy ourselves from within. I agree with “Tie”.. Strength in numbers..

Enough said.

~Bill

Being a member of the Wisconsin Geocaching Association for almost 4 years, I feel the changes to our Association have mirrored those to geocaching.com. Our Association began as a group of friends who enjoyed the new geocaching pastime and wanted to share their excitement with others. We now have over 600 and probably closer to 1000 members.
I see geocaching and the WGA continuing to increase in numbers and scope. As we grow as an Association, we will need to meet many new challenge, some expected and some not so obvious. We will need a good Board that will be able to work with it’s membership to advance in a positive direction.
Members will come and go, as in most groups, but the corps of our group will be those dedicated to the outdoors and hiking, who appreciate the environment, and enjoy the thrill and mysteries presented with each new find. It will take dedicated leaders to continue representing geocachers, educating and negotiating with land managers, and still having energy to put on the wonderful quality events for which the WGA is known.
I think there will be new variations of geocaching and as our State becomes more saturated with geocaches, locations may have to become limited-termed, to give new comers a chance to place a quality geocache. I foresee more events per year in different regions of our State to keep events from becoming too large or unmanageable and damaging to the environment.
It will be an exciting and challenging 5 years.