I have a passion for educating and encouraging new geocachers. I would love to see every WGA event incorporate an element that is attractive to those who are new to the game. It does not need to be elaborate but the more fun the participants have the more they will remember it.

My greatest weakness. Do I only get to pick one? I think the greatest weakness I have that affects me serving on the board is that I am easily distracted. When given an assignment I can sometimes lose track of the details and must scramble to complete the job on time. I rely on the other board members to hold me accountable to get assignments completed on time.

My first reaction was Stubbornness and Stubbornness!

My strength is the Stubbornness of Perseverance/Adaptability.  I keep going, no matter the struggles. As a descendent of a long line of farmers, I think it’s in my genetics!  I just see challenges to work around or over.  I like to finish once I begin something.  When I travel, I like to learn some of the language of the country I visit.  I listen to CDs or online, and at least learn numbers and common words like train, train station, room, etc.  When I get to the new country, I often panic at hearing the rapid speaking of the natives, but once I calm down, my stubbornness kicks in and I can generally get to the hotel and find our room.

My weakness of Stubbornness is more Obstinance.  I can dig in and get stuck.  But, since I tend to listen to others’ points of view, I can generally get out of the rut when someone presents a good argument or point of view.  An example of this is from work.  I realized that we were being charged for the raw material and the finishing process by a vendor instead of just the finishing process.  I brought this up for nearly a year before telling my boss that that was enough time beating my head up against a wall, and I let it go.  When the new year started, one of the legal team working on the new pricing contract remembered my argument and put in pricing for just the finish process.  I was pretty excited to have been proven correct, but even happier that I let it go for my own mental health!